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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
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
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
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 …
Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Micro Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 48
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 …
Tags:Automotive| Display Summit 2016| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| Optics| Projection Screens| Vol 23 - Issue 24
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
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, …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Optics| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21
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
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
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 …
Tags:3D Printers| Glass| Large Display Monitor| MIT| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 22 - Issue 44
by Kenneth Li
Etendue is a familiar word among optical engineers especially projection engine designers. It represents how “spread out” the light from a source is. The unit of measure is simply (sr * m²), the product …
Tags:Fibre optics| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optics| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 47
by Arthur Berman
A recent publication introduces and discusses the innovative use of an electronically focusable liquid lens as the means to address chromatic aberration problems experienced in prior art, time-sequential holographic display systems. The team undertaking …
Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| Optics| Vol 22 - Issue 31
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