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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 …

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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 …

LCOS – It’s not Just for Displays Any More

by Chris Chinnock

We recently had a chance to visit with Jasper Display in their Santa Clara offices. Jasper is a silicon design house that started by specializing in Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) microdisplay. They still …

Himax Claims Design Wins

by Tom Allen

Himax has reported two design wins for its LCoS microdisplays, which are being supplied to “two brand-leading VR companies”. Which companies are using the LCoS devices is not known, although speculation suggests Oculus VR, …

eMagin Wins Deal for 4MP Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

eMagin said that it has signed a non-exclusive intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement for its unique 4 MegaPixel per eye immersive virtual reality headset technology with an undisclosed company. The deal includes an upfront …

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MicroVision Result 05/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

Ultra-miniature projection display company Microvision Inc. recorded Q3 losses of $5.3 million, up from losses for the year-ago quarter of $3.4 million, on turnover which rose to $2.4 million from $968,000. For the nine …

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Research Reports Highlight Glass, Interactives and LFDs

by Tom Allen

Below is a list of the paid market research reports published this week: Research and Markets has published a report on the global LCD glass market, covering the period between 2015 and 2019. Specifically, …

SoftKinetics Captures the 3D World

by Bob Raikes

A speaker from the Fraunhofer in Dresden gave a presentation on the bidirectional microdisplay that it has developed. It is said to be ideal for gaze tracking, while showing data to the user. However, …

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