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Panasonic’s Prototype Headset Uses OLED Display

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has shown a VR headset prototype, with an OLED display, at a private show in Japan. The unit shows an omnidirectional image that follows head movements, similar to the Oculus Rift. Panasonic’s prototype …

Tags:AR Glasses| Head Up Displays HUDs| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Panasonic| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearables

LG’s Take on Google Cardboard is Free

by Tom Allen

LG is the latest company to enter the ‘VR headsets that aren’t really VR headsets’ space, with its own take on Google Cardboard and the Gear VR. The VR for G3, predictably, is designed …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Magna Buys Part of PLDS

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magna is to acquire the head-up display and electronic components units of Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS), the joint venture company between Philips and Lite-On which focuses on the design, development, sales, marketing, customer …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Iris Heads Up Display

Visor-based Auto HUD Coming from DD Technologies

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to talk to RR Technologies (Vancouver, Canada) recently about their new automotive Heads-up Display (HUD) called Iris. It is the first visor-based HUD we have heard about and will be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

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Do Head Up Displays Add to Safety in Cars?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head Up Displays (HUDs) are entering the automobile industry at an impressive speed. Not so long ago HUDs were the exception rather than the rule in automotive instrumentation. Now, many new models in the …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Opinion| Vol 22 - Issue 08

SMI has partnered with OmniVision

by Tom Allen

Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions …

Tags:Eyewear| Gaze Recognition| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wearables

TriLite to Introduce Steerable Pixels and RGB Laser Modules at Photonics West

by Chris Chinnock

TriLite Technologies (Vienna, Austria) is a start-up that has been working on a unique laser display technology for about four years. Now, the company is ready to tell the world about its inventions.  There are …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Digital Signage| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Laser| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Consumers Will Get Hands (and Eyes) on Oculus This Year

by Tom Allen

Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe is said to have told attendees of CES 2015 that the Oculus Rift headset will be launched by the autumn of this year. Cyberland claims that production has already …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Wearables

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Other HUDs at CES

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, automotive technology was huge.  One of the items we tried to take a look at was Head-up Displays (HUDs). There was very little information available at most companies, so we have …

Tags:CES 2015| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

TI Prepares DLP-based HUDs for Automotive Integration

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2014, TI was showing the first demos of a new DLP chip set designed for HUDs. Today, we are aware of only a couple of production cars that feature microdisplay-based HUDs, but …

Tags:CES 2015| DLP| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

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SenseDriver Technologies Announces Aftermarket HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

With head up displays (HUD) gaining more and more interest in the automotive world, different forms of implementations have evolved. At the high end, there are fixed OEM installations that are part of the …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Bosch sees Augmented Reality in the Car Within the Next Five Years

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Wall Street Journal says in an article “Augmented Reality Windshields on the Way, Says Bosch CEO ” that Bosch sees augmented reality windshields appearing in the near future. According to the article, Bosch sees the car …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Robert Bosch| Vol 22 - Issue 02