HMDs (Head Mounted Displays) – Page 9

Pimax 5K Super VR Launch (But it’s not 5K)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for flagging up the news that Pimax has a new ‘5K’ headset with refresh up to 180Hz after he saw my DD about Varjo (You …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

VR Consumer Content Revenue to Exceed $7 billion in 2025, Led by Console Gamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

You Can’t Make Things Better and Cheaper, or Can You?

by Bob Raikes

I have been following the Finnish mixed reality headset maker, Varjo, for several years and have been impressed and surprised by the company’s products, which have delivered the best mixed reality experiences that I …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| Virtual Reality

Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

Having borrowed the gear nearly a week beforehand, I finally found some disposable time to sit down and give my son’s Oculus Quest VR a robust test drive. I was so looking forward to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Education| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

HTC VIVE Partners with PNY Technologies To Offer New Secure, Professional-Grade VR Solution

by Artem Alekseenko

HTC and PNY Technologies partner up to distribute the new VIVE® Pro Secure™ headset in North America. The new VIVE Pro Secure system is designed to meet the specific privacy and security requirements of …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Virtual Reality

VR Headset Market Expected to Grow Despite Short-Term Decline, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7% in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46.2% in 2021, according to …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| IDC| Virtual Reality

VividQ Awarded Innovate UK Smart Grant of £334K ($434K) for Holographic Headset Prototype

by Artem Alekseenko

VividQ, a deep tech software company based in Cambridge, has received a Smart Grant of £334K ($434K) from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, awarded to ambitious and disruptive R&D innovations that can make …

Tags:Awards| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Holography

Kopin Patents Optical Design for VR HMD Systems

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In yesterday’s Display Daily, I discussed the 2.6K x 2.6K Duo-Stack OLED device from Kopin with the ColorMax silicon backplane intended for VR/AR/MR applications. One planned application of this display is in a VR …

Kopin Introduces ColorMax Duo-Stack OLED for VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On June 30th, Kopin Corporation formally announced its 2.6K x 2.6K (2560 x 2560) resolution chip that had previously been discussed at CES 2020. While Display Daily has republished the press release, I wanted …

Pico Interactive Expands G2 4K Line for Enterprise, Doubling Down on 3DoF Commitment

by Bob Raikes

Pico Interactive, a global tech company that develops innovative virtual reality (VR) and enterprise solutions, announces the addition of two new VR headsets to its Pico G2 4K line – the G2 4K S …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

The Goovis Young Headset is About to Ship

by Arthur Berman

The latest headset product designed by Shenzhen NED Optics Co., Ltd.(Hong Kong, China), the Goovis Young, is described as a “personal mobile cinema.” Company literature specifically explains that it is not a face-mounted computer …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Vuzix Receives New Follow-On Development Order Towards Waveguide-Based HMD System for Global Tier-1 Aerospace Firm

by Artem Alekseenko

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced it has received an additional follow-on development order from a global Tier-1 Aerospace firm to build a customized …

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