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And Finally…Vol 22 No 04

by Tom Allen

After being a fast adopter of S3D (Display Monitor Vol 17 No 23) and UltraHD (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41), the adult entertainment industry is prepared to cash in on a technology that …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Seebright wave headset

Smartphone Drives Augmented Reality Goggles

by Alfred Poor

What’s the most expensive element of a head-mounted display? In most cases, it’s the imager. If you want a high resolution imager, the costs goes up. Want a stereoscopic 3D display? That doubles the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Eyewear| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Oculus Rift Crescent Bay

CES 2015 – The State of Virtual Reality

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, virtual reality was a topic of great interest. In our special coverage of this segment, there are lots of news stories on the personal eyewear and head mounted displays that will …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Oculus Crescent Bay VR Headset is a Big Improvement

by Chris Chinnock

Oculus used CES 2015 as the platform to publicly demonstrate its latest virtual reality headset called Crescent Bay. The demo we received was very impressive as the image quality and performance are now approaching …

Tags:CES 2015| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) Effort Aims to Speed Adoption

by Chris Chinnock

Major gaming peripherals provider, Razer, was at CES to promote its new program called Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), which is a partnership of a number of companies involved in virtual reality. The idea …

Tags:CES 2015| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Immersion-VRelia Shows VR Headsets at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Immersion-VRelia, Inc. has developed a VR headset that uses a smartphone as the imaging device. The “GO” product, featured at CES 2015, is a housing that holds the smartphone and includes optics to display an …

Tags:CES 2015| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Osterhout Design Group Plans Affordable Consumer AR Glasses

by Chris Chinnock

 Osterhout Design Group (ODG) has primarily focused on developing dual optics augmented reality headsets for defense and commercial use. At CES 2015, the company introduced a new design that it plans to offer to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Eyewear| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Infinity AR Developing Vision-based Tracking Solution

by Chris Chinnock

Infinity Augmented Reality is an Israeli software start-up company that is using a stereo camera attached to a VR headset to provide a more accurate tracking engine. The company explained that VR or AR headsets …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Kopin Shows Latest AR Modules at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, we had a chance to meet with Kopin in the suite in the Palazzo where the company showed off a number of modules for use in augmented and virtual reality applications. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Kopin| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Seebright Offers Headsets for AR and VR Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Seebright, Inc. was in the Sands Expo at CES 2015 to introduce its new smartphone based head mounted display called the Wave and to show off its existing headset called the Pioneer.  Both offer different …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Glasoo Enters Crowdfundung Stage for Head Mounted Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have seen several virtual headsets being announced or offered in the market, as well as some low cost plastic case devices that let you use your smartphone as the electronic and display source. …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Changhong Lets Us Down

by Tom Allen

Changhong was showing many products that had been introduced at IFA, including its short-throw projector. The stand was mostly conceptual items and there were, as always, few people capable of talking about the products …

Tags:CES 2015| Changhong| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03