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FOVi3D Shows Light Field Displays

by Chris Chinnock

FOVi3D was in the i-Zone showing their latest version of the integral imaging type light field display. There were two versions on display – one optimized for spatial resolution and one for angular resolution. …

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Optics for AR and VR at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

See-Through AR Displays Many see-through AR displays are based on waveguide optics. The entire session 17 was dedicated the technology of improved waveguide optics, with a focus on the optics that couple the image …

Optical Measurement of Near Eye Displays at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Richard Austin, president of Gamma Scientific, and his colleagues at Gamma Scientific presented paper 72-3 titled “Contrast, Resolution and Parallax Measurements of Near to Eye and Head Up Displays” at the symposium but there …

Miscellaneous AR and VR Papers at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

(Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Meko’s Matt Brennesholtz (i.e. me) opened the AR/VR track at the SID technical symposium with paper 3-1 titled “VR Standards and Guidelines.” This invited paper was well received and had a …

High Brightness Displays for See-Through AR Applications at Display Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I was surprised to find there were no papers at the SID symposium on the AR/VR track that address the issue of the ultra-high brightness required for a see-through AR display to compete with …

KN02 Oculus Looks for Windows on the Real World

by Bob Raikes

Douglas Lanman is from Facebook reality Labs/Oculus and he was at the event to talk about AR and VR under the title “Reactive Displays”. He quoted Gabriel Lippmann, who was a photographic pioneer, who …

High Speed LC for AR/VR Applications at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

VR and AR systems need high-speed displays with short latency in order to provide a good AR or VR experience. This is mostly a problem for LC microdisplays because OLEDs are fundamentally high-speed and …

Immersive Experience Conference at Display Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The audience was somewhat sparse at the Immersive Experience Conference (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) On Wednesday of Display Week I attended the Immersive Experience Market Focus Conference, an all-day event. The conference covered, well, immersive …

DigiLens Shows New-Design MonoHUD at Display Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At Display Week I had a chance to visit DigiLens in their meeting room on the show floor and talk to Jonathan Waldern, Founder, Chairman & CTO of DigiLens. In addition, he presented paper …

Distinguished Papers from the SID Symposium

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Thirty papers that were presented at the SID Symposium were rated as Distinguished Papers. The original four-page version of each paper is available in the SID proceedings to Display Week symposium attendees. Expanded versions …

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EMagin Shows High-brightness 2k x 2k Microdisplay at Display Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

eMagin’s 2k x 2k direct patterned OLED microdisplay with 5000 nit output. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) eMagin was exhibiting on the show floor and I visited them to get an update on their near-eye OLED …

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Kopin Shows AR and VR Microdisplays & Optics in Los Angeles

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Kopin Corporation was not an exhibitor at Display Week. Instead, it had a suite at the nearby Ritz-Carlton hotel. I had a chance to visit with Stuart Nixdorff on Tuesday morning at 7:00AM. It …

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