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Canon Debuts Next Generation MREAL Headset

by Arthur Berman

Canon has unveiled the successor to last year’s MREAL MD-10 enterprise focused, mixed reality headset. It is called the MREAL Display MD-20. The headset is tethered and therefore can leverage the graphics capabilities of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Canon| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

The Value of Color Coding Symbology Studied in HUDs

by Arthur Berman

The judicious use of color in the symbology presented on flat panel displays has long been recognized as both a user preference and as a means to improve user performance. Given the increasing commercial …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Vision| Visual Ergonomics

Varjo Impresses with Mixed Reality

by Bob Raikes

I have reported several times on Finnish XR start-up Varjo, since I first recognised the potential of their concept of ‘foveated resolution’. I reported most recently a few weeks ago from AWE Europe in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| AWE Europe 2019| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

The Effects of Latency in Head Mounted Displays

by Arthur Berman

The topic of this Display Daily article derives from recent publication reporting an investigation conducted by a team led by Michael L. Wilson of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Lab (Fort Rucker, AL). The …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Are We Not Patient Enough With AR/VR?

by Norbert Hildebrand

For years, analysts have fallen into two categories when it comes to AR / VR. There are the ‘Enthusiasts’ that believe that there is no other technology necessary after we are all connected via …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Holographic Displays

What Educators Want in VR HMD

by Len Scrogan

Some years ago, marketing professionals introduced the concept of market segmentation. This notion rejected the traditional belief that a product or service had only one life to live in the marketplace. Instead, the same …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

AWE Europe Round-up

by Bob Raikes

We went along for a day to the AWE Europe event in Munich, mainly to get a chance to see the latest Varjo headset (covered in a DD last week). Of course, while we …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE Europe 2019| Health and Safety| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Varjo Pushes The Envelope on VR Performance

by Bob Raikes

I’m a great believer that understanding display technology is only half the story. If you don’t understand the human side of the interface, you don’t really understand the display. So, when I see companies …

Tags:AWE Europe 2019| Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Kopin Brillian LCD Microdisplay to be in Army AR HMD

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In 2017, Kopin announced a new product line, the Brillian LCD microdisplay, which targeted military HMD applications. On September 5, 2019, the announced the first design win for the display, for an augmented reality …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Virtual Reality

SA Photonics Introduces PilotVision HMD

by Matthew Brennesholtz

SA Photonics introduced their new PilotVision augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD) at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019. According to SA Photonics: PilotVision AR HMD from SA Photonics is intended for civilian pilots. (Credit: …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| OLEDs

IngenioSpec has Eyewear Patents for Everybody

by Matthew Brennesholtz

IngenioSpec and its affiliate IpVenture has a large patent portfolio for eyewear for every purpose. One thing their portfolio does not seem to cover is near-eye displays for use on that eyewear. However, it …

Tags:Eyewear| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

5G, AI, HUDs and Motorcycles

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Motorcycles and modern display technology are not strangers to each other. While looking into the background for this Display Daily, I counted at least seven major articles Display Daily has published in the last …

Tags:5G| AI & Machine Learning| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)