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DS02 Summary of the Components and Vis/Sim Session at Display Summit 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Bernhard Lutzer from In-Vision Digital Imaging Optics gave a nice presentation on the art of lens design for curved screens. He discussed the basic of optical materials, optical diffraction and projection lens design including …

WaveOptics Raises Funds For Developing Important AR Optical Components

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wave Optics, a UK based technology start up (founded by Sumanta Talukdar and David Grey in 2014) has closed a second round of funding with a total of $15.5 million to continue their technology …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 24 - Issue 27

What is Software Defined Light?

by Chris Chinnock

That is the question we asked Seamus Blackley, principal scientist at Daqri. The simple answer is that Software Defined Light (SDL) is the ability to allow a computer to directly created 3D light in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Optics| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Importance of Light Recycling in LED and Laser Phosphor Light Sources for Projection Systems

by Kenneth Li

Etendue and brightness are two related terms that create never-ending thoughts and discussions. Recently, I re-read my previous article, “My Etendue Story”, and came up with new thoughts on how important light recycling is …

Tags:LED| Optics| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 12

New White Paper on Optical Aspects of VR Headset Design Released

by Chris Chinnock

Insight Media has released a new white paper, sponsored by Kopin, titled, “Understanding Trade-offs in Microdisplay and Direct-View VR Headset Designs.” It is now available for free download (with registration). The white paper suggests …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08

LumiDrive from Lightspeed Takes on Aftermarket HUD

by Steve Sechrist

Flat panel LCD and OLED’s aren’t the only displays looking to the automotive market for sustainable growth. A new aftermarket HUD system is proposed by Seattle based Lightspeed Interface, with details presented to the …

DS14 Luminit Has New Screen Technology

by Bob Raikes

Seth Coe-Sullivan (who some of you know him from QD Vision where he remains on the board) is from Luminit where he is mainly working now. The company is a privately held business with …

Heptagon Announces a New and Really Small 3D Camera

by Arthur Berman

Heptagon Micro Optics (Singapore) has announced the availability of a new product called “Mora” which the company bills as the “world’s smallest all-in-one 3D module.” Heptagon provides a broad line of 3D related product …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 23 - Issue 21

IC5 Pixelligent Helps with Light Extraction

by Bob Raikes

Pixelligent makes PixClear high index materials that use zirconia nanocrystals which the company claims have very uniform properties and the company claims to be able to achieve 95% transmittance with 80% loading. The company, …

Nagase and Inkron Announcing Cooperation on New Optical Materials

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Japan based Nagase is announcing a collaboration with Inkron, a Finnish high tech material company, for novel optical materials based on “Inkron’s Optical Coating (IOC) products of photo-patternable dielectric and light control materials. …

Tags:Anti Glare| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Giant Clams Offer Clues to Improve Solar Cells, Color Displays

by Isaac Oburu

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much like the displays used in televisions and smartphones do – by combining red, …

Tags:Optics| USA

3D Printing of Optical Components with Glass

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Additive Manufacturing (AM), better known as 3D printing, has taken off since a patent on the topic was issued in 1984 to Charles Hull who used a photo-crosslinkable polymer material. Most current 3D printing …