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Microvision Updates on Engine Progress

by Bob Raikes

With its finance results, Microvision updated on the status of its engines. The firm plans to release three new engines in 2017, the small form-factor HD PSE-0403, the interactive enabled PSE-0403sti that integrates 3D …

Tags:Microdisplays| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

SID-ME 2017 Wearable and Projection Displays Symposium Announced

by Alan Spencer

This year’s Spring Meeting of the Society for Information Display Mid-Europe Chapter, SID-ME 2017, with the topic “Wearables and Projection Displays” will be held from 13th to 14th March in Dresden, Germany. The symposium …

Fraunhofer FEP to Present at SID ME Meeting

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer FEP said that it would show the first prototypes of its OLED microdisplay at the SID Mid-Europe meeting on March 13th/14th in Dresden.

Fraunhofers Have MEMs and OLED Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

The various Fraunhofer institutes had a big stand that represented all of them. First we looked at an unusual MEMs-based scanning projection system that uses biaxial mirrors with Lissajous scanning rather than rows or …

MicroLED, the Directview Display of the Third Kind

by Norbert Hildebrand

Many years ago I saw a LED Wall with a pixel pitch of 1mm and was intrigued by the opportunities that such a technology could bring to a low power cinema or TV display …

Tags:LED| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Vol 23 - Issue 42

The Fraunhofer FEP Bi-directional Display Kit Now Ready

by Milos Pavlovic

We’ve been reporting on the bi-directional OLED microdisplay with SVGA resolution that it has developed for some time. Now the FEP is making available a new hardware reference design with HDMI and USB interfaces. …

eMagin Awarded Patent for Switchable AR/VR Microdisplay-Based Immersive Headset

by Isaac Oburu

eMagin Corporation, announced today that it has been granted a patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,366,871) for a microdisplay-based immersive headset, providing a user experience of complete involvement with the display’s imagery. The patent covers …

Tags:eMagin| Microdisplays| Patents

Solos Promotes With Kickstarter

by Tom Allen

Solos has launched a Kickstarter campaign (http://tinyurl.com/gn38566) to promote its AR smart cycling glasses. These have been developed with the US cycling team. They use a HUD, paired with performance tracking and training tools. …

AR/VR/HUD News

by Chris Chinnock

We did not review the many papers on AR/VR at SID, so below is a summary of what was being shown on the exhibit floor. BOE showed a prototype panel that was 2.8” in …

IC11 Kopin Adds Battery & Voice Technology to Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dr Hong Choi is CTO of Kopin which is concentrating on AR and VR markets. The company has developed a lot of technology and has 300 patents. It has $90 million in cash and …

eMagin Working on 4k Microdisplay

by Tom Allen

eMagin is working on displays for VR applications. Although it is a long-term project, the company has said that it may start to ship such displays this year. CEO Andrew Sculley said that eMagin …

Epson Ditches LCD for OLED in Moverio

by Tom Allen

It has been several years since we saw the first Moverio headset from Epson – a look through our archives shows that the product was first revealed in November 2011. The Moverio is an …