The Key Technology Behind Varjo’s High-res ‘Bionic Display’ Headset
Varjo is a relatively new name to the VR scene, but the company is certainly making a buzz, having quickly raised some $15 million in venture capital touting the promise of delivering a VR headset...
View ArticleCorrection: Apple, Valve, and LG Didn’t End Up Investing in OLED Microdisplay...
According to documents filed last month with SEC, participation of a new stock issuance of some $10 million by OLED microdisplay maker eMagin was offered to Apple, Valve, and LG, among others, though...
View ArticleHands-on: Varjo ‘Bionic Display’ Headset is a Promising Shortcut to Retina...
Today’s VR headsets may have relatively high resolutions on paper, but when the pixels are stretched across a wide field of view, the effective angular resolution is far lower than what you might...
View ArticleGoogle to Reveal “World’s Highest Resolution OLED-on-glass display” for VR...
Google announced at last year’s Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week that the company was actively working on a VR-optimized OLED panel capable of packing in pixels at a density...
View ArticleINT Announces 2,228 PPI High Pixel Density AMOLED for VR Headsets
When we saw the news that JDI, the Japanese display conglomerate founded by Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, were developing a 1001ppi LCD display for VR headsets, it was clear that the race for ever-higher...
View ArticleGoogle & LG Detail Next-Gen 1,443 PPI OLED VR Display, ‘especially ideal for...
Ahead of SID Display Week, researchers have published details on Google and LG’s 18 Mpixel 4.3-in 1,443-ppi 120Hz OLED display made for wide field of view VR headsets, which was teased back in March....
View ArticleHere’s a Look Inside Both Samsung & JDI’s High Pixel Density VR Panels
SID Display Week played host to a number of big names in display technology showing off their respective high pixel density VR panels. UploadVR’s Ian Hamilton was on the scene, and managed to get a...
View ArticleLG Develops AI-based Tech to Reduce Latency & Motion Blur in VR Displays
South Korean tech giant LG Display and a team from Sogang University in Seoul have collaborated on a new AI-based content creation technology that’s designed to address the issue of latency and motion...
View ArticleDigiLens is Developing a Waveguide Display for 150 Degree XR Headsets
DigiLens, a developer of transparent waveguide display technology, says it’s working toward a waveguide display which could bring a 150 degree field of view to AR and VR (or XR) headsets. The company...
View ArticleSamsung “Anti SDE” Trademark Suggests New VR Display Tech Coming to Market
Samsung filed an interesting trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office recently which suggests the company is working on a new AMOLED display for VR that specifically addresses the...
View ArticleNew Smartphone-tethered Qualcomm Headset Has 2x the Pixels of Vive Pro
This week at CES 2019 Qualcomm is showing off a new VR reference headset sporting impressive new displays that may well define the next wave of VR headsets. Qualcomm has been a somewhat silent enabler...
View ArticleFounded by CERN Engineers, CREAL3D’s Light-field Display is the Real Deal
Co-founded by former CERN engineers who contributed to the ATLAS project at the Large Hadron Collider, CREAL3D is a Switzerland-based startup that’s created an impressive light-field display that’s...
View ArticleAUO to Showcase 1,688 PPI Display with HDR for VR Headsets
Taiwan-based display and electronics maker AUO plans to showcase a range of new displays this week, including a 2.9-inch 3.5K × 3.5K display with HDR capabilities for VR headsets. AUO announced Monday...
View ArticleJBD Shows Micro LED Display for AR/VR with Absurd 3,000,000 Nits Brightness
This week at CES 2020, China-based Jade Bird Display (JBD) revealed its latest portfolio of micro LED displays which the company is positioning as an ideal fit for AR and VR devices. Among the...
View ArticleHands-on: CREAL is Shrinking Its Light-field Display for AR & VR Headsets
Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it believes will fit into VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. An earlier tech demo showed impressive fundamentals, and this week at...
View ArticleJDI Starts Mass Production on 1,058 ppi High Pixel Density LCD for VR Glasses
Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the mass production of a new high pixel density, 2.1-inch 1,058 LCD display created for VR...
View ArticleFacebook Says It Has Developed the ‘Thinnest VR display to date’ With...
Facebook published new research today which the company says shows the “thinnest VR display demonstrated to date,” in a proof-of-concept headset based on folded holographic optics. Facebook Reality...
View ArticleFacebook Reality Labs Shows Method for Expanding Field of View of Holographic...
Researchers from Facebook’s R&D department, Facebook Reality Labs, and the University of California, Berkeley have published new research which demonstrates a method for expanding the field-of-view...
View ArticleStanford & Samsung Develop Ultra-dense OLED Display Capable of 20,000 PPI
Researchers at Stanford and Samsung Electronics have developed a display capable of packing in greater than 10,000 pixels per inch (ppi), something that’s slated to be used in VR/AR headsets and...
View ArticleCREAL Raises $7.2 Million to Bring its Light-field Display to AR Glasses
Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million) in a Series...
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