Kopin Lands $4.4M Defense Contract, Boosting Presence in High-Demand AR & VR Display Tech
by Shawnee Blackwood
The contract involves supplying display systems for a significant armored vehicle upgrade program
Tags:Kopin| Military & Defence
Virtual cockpit shows future of air combat
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Times visited BAE in Warton, Lancashire, in the UK and was shown the latest simulator that the company has for the Tempest fighter aircraft, due to enter service in 2035 …
Tags:Aviation| Military & Defence| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch| UK (United Kingdom)
Links Week Ending 11th November 2022
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. Goertek, a maker of Apple AirPods and a …
Tags:Apple| Autodesk| Automotive| Italy| Military & Defence| Nvidia| ODMs & OEMs| OTT Video| Pay TV| Simulation| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| Tivo| UltraHD & 4K| VideoConferencing| Virtual Reality
Microsoft Hololens causes US army nausea and headaches
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘more than 80%’ of US soldiers that used the IVAS customised Microsoft Hololens headset experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments” such as eye strain within three hours. The information was …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| USA
Breylon and Zmicro have partnered for Military Applications
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Display start-up Brelyon has teamed up with ZMicro to provide its ‘large display image in a small package’ systems for applications including military vehicles. Built upon work from the MIT Media …
Tags:Military & Defence| Novel Displays
US military set to get first delivery from $22 billion Microsoft HoloLens deal
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg reported that the US army is taking delivery of the first batch of the IVAS Hololens-based headsets. Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Douglas Bush has “cleared the Army to begin accepting” …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| USA
Vuzix landed a deal with L3Harris Technologies – IVAS Funding Cut
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We published a press release from Vuzix about a deal to develop an optics engine for an HMD with L3Harris Technologies (Vuzix Enters Into An Agreement With L3Harris Technologies To Develop …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Sports and Stadiums
Kopin Receives $2M Development Contract for Defense In-Vehicle Display Imaging System
by Artem Alekseenko
Kopin® Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays and sub-systems for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) for use in defense, enterprise and consumer applications, announced it was awarded a contract to develop …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Military & Defence| Virtual Reality
Microsoft Says Hololens Reached A Huge Milestone for Military
by Bob Raikes
What They Say After last week’s talk of problems with the Microsoft Hololens and its challenges in the big defence contract that it has in the US, VR Times reports Microsoft chief AI and …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence
HoloLens Teams are Reorganised
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reports that HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman is to depart from Microsoft after allegations of misconduct. The hardware teams will be absorbed by the “Windows + Devices” organization …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Samsung
Hololens IVAS System Future Still Unclear
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We previously reported on delays to the implementation of the US military’s plan for the use of IVAS, based on Microsoft’s Hololens, (IVAS US Defence Development Struggling? and US Army Delays …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Training
IVAS US Defence Development Struggling?
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reported that Microsoft is “expecting negative feedback from the customer” in its development of a headset, known as IVAS and based on the HoloLens. The article suggested …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence
