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Fraunhofer to Show Bidirectional Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

Fraunhofer FEP is planning to show new bidirectional OLED microdisplays in a VR headset at the AWE Europe event in Munich on the 19th and 20th of October. The group has modified an existing …

Kopin Microdisplay Targets High-Brightness AR Applications

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Kopin Corporation, said to be the largest U.S. developer of display systems for wearable technologies and military applications, announced on September 11th a new generation of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). These microdisplays incorporate advanced …

BOE Formalises JV Plan

by Bob Raikes

The ET News in Korea reports that the deal between BOE, Kopin and Olightek Opto-Electronic Technology to build a production line to be dedicated to OLED-based microdisplays has been approved by the board of …

08 Leti Developing Microdisplays Using GaN Hybrid

by Bob Raikes

We met up with François Templier of Leti who is working on a new GaN-based hybrid microdisplay. He presented an invited paper at the recent SID that covered the topic and we had planned …

SID UK Meeting Covers Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

The SID in the UK has a meeting on 28th June at the Begbroke Science Park at the University of Oxford when the topic will be microdisplays. Speakers will cover microLED and waveguide optics …

IC04 Glo is Looking for Partners in MicroLED

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Fureba Danesh from Glo, where she is CEO. The company, which has only 50 staff, has been working on direct view GAN-based LED displays for six years and is a …

IC03 Kopin Has a Real Business in AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

Hong Choi is from Kopin and replaced Dr John Fan, who was due to speak. Choi is CTO for the company. Kopin is focused on AR & VR and is shipping displays, supplying ip …

Exciting Times….

by Bob Raikes

This week is a bit shorter than some of our issues as we are beavering away to produce our SID report. We still have a lot to do, so it will be early next …

US Army Shows Off Augmented Reality Device / HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a demonstration day (Pentagon’s Lab Day) organized by the various research organizations of the US military, they showed off a new device called TAR (tactical augmented reality) headset that is being developed internally …

eMagin to Showcase New AMOLED Micro Display at Display Week 2017

by Norbert Hildebrand

The dance card for SID Display week is quickly filling up. As the next contender, eMagin is announcing a new full color AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,000 x 2,000 pixel and peak …

eMagin’s OLED Microdisplays Chosen for Aviation Upgrades

by Alan Spencer

eMagin has announced that it has been selected as a single-source supplier of OLED microdisplays for a US Army helicopter helmet upgrade. The contract is for the retrofit of high brightness, monochrome green microdisplays …

eMagin Says High Brightness Displays are Critical for VR

by Chris Chinnock

One might think that low-to-moderate brightness displays are fine for virtual reality applications as it is an immersive experience and users can easily adapt to low luminance levels. But that is not the case …