View announce a New Partnership to bring holographic display to Augmented Reality devicesInsight Media

VividQ and iView announce a New Partnership to bring holographic display to Augmented Reality devices

Holographic software provider VividQ and optical modules manufacturer iView develop an innovative display solution for next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) devices using Computer-Generated Holography. Holography is a leading display technology for compact AR devices, projecting 3D images with natural depth of field. This joint development targets manufacturers of AR devices such as automotive Head-Up Displays (HUDs) […]

Chris ChinnockSep 20, 2021Ar/VR, Display Industry, NewsAR, automotive HUD, HUD, Insight Media, iView, VividQ

Kopin’s Ambitious microLED Project

Chris Chinnock, Insight Media Kopin has announced a new agreement to develop a 2Kx2K full color microLED display in a 1-inch form factor with a 100K nits target. That’s the kind of performance level that many have been saying microLED technology has the potential to achieve, but now there is a clear and public development […]

Chris ChinnockJul 15, 2021Analyst Blog, Ar/VR, microLEDAR, Kopin, micro LED, microLED, VR

Kopin OLED Microdisplay Exhibits Breakthrough 7000 Nits Brightness with Good Color Fidelity

One of the key debates within the OLED industry is the best way to improve current efficiency as measured in candelas per ampere (Cd/A). Some say the direct patterning of red, green and blue materials is the way to go while others favor stacking 2 or more white emitting layers coupled with a color filter. […]

Chris ChinnockAug 4, 2020Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, NewsAR, augmented reality, DisplayWeek, Insight Media, Kopin, microdisplay, mixed reality, MR, OLED microdisplay, OLED-on-Silicon

Kopin Announces Breakthrough in ColorMax™ Technology for Unparalleled Color Performance in Duo-Stack OLED Microdisplays

Kopin has developed a new backplane and frontplane architecture for OLED-on-Silicon microdisplays which can be used for AR/VR/MR applications. This new architecture brings together a number of innovations into one platform and offers a number of “firsts” in this display category. This includes: First duo-stack OLED with wide color gamut performance 10-bit processing for HDR-capable […]

Chris ChinnockJun 30, 2020Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, NewsAR, Insight Media, Kopin, MR, OLED microdisplay, OLED-on-Silicon, VR

Compound Photonics’ NOVA Display Drive Architecture Solves Critical Power and Latency Challenges for AR Integration

Chandler, Arizona, USA, June 11th , 2020 – Compound Photonics US Corporation (CP), a leading provider of compact high-resolution microdisplay solutions for Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) applications, today, announced multiple customer validations of its NOVA display drive architecture, an innovative software-defined platform, currently implemented in both of CP’s microLED and LCoS display […]

Chris ChinnockJun 11, 2020Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, microLED, NewsAR, Compound Photonics, Insight Media, LCOS, microLED, MR, VR

AR and AR HMDs continue to improve, despite apparent indifference from the mass market

AR and VR were pretty big this year at CES. Here’s our look at two of the most promising new headsets that were on show, and what they mean for the immediate future of the technology. Needless to say, there were dozens of companies at CES showing off AR/VR headsets or related technology. I certainly […]

Chris ChinnockJan 28, 2020Analyst Blog, Consumer Electronics, Display IndustryAR, CES 2020, Insight Media, nreal, Panasonic, VR

Envisics Shows Impressive Augmented Reality Auto HUD

After working for a year in stealth mode, holography pioneer and auto head-up display (HUD) developer Envisics showed off their advanced solution at CES 2019. I missed that demo, but the company invited me to their Detroit office to discuss the technology. What I saw was clearly the best auto HUD I have seen to […]

Chris ChinnockJul 22, 2019Analyst Blog, Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, ProAV & CommercialAR, AR HUD, Envisics, HUDs, Insight Media

IDEA Group Formed for Advanced Display Distribution Standards

A press conference at the 2019 NAB Show was used to launch the Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA). Its mission is to create a suite of royalty-free specifications that address all immersive media formats, including emerging light field technology. Founding members, including CableLabs, Charter Communications, Light Field Lab Inc, Otoy, and Visby, created IDEA to […]

Chris ChinnockApr 26, 2019Analyst Blog, Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, Training & SimulationAR, CableLabs, holographic displays, Insight Media, Light field, light field labs, ORBX, OTOY, VR

A Tour of the Vuzix Waveguide Factory

By Chris Chinnock I recently had the opportunity to meet with Vuzix CEO Paul Travers and get a tour of their waveguide manufacturing and AR headset assembly facility in Rochester, New York. These waveguides are the key optical element in their new Blade AR headsets. I am aware of only a few companies that have […]

Chris ChinnockMar 20, 2019Analyst Blog, Consumer Electronics, Display Industry, ProAV & CommercialAR, augmented reality, Display Daily, Insight Media, Vuzix, waveguide

INT is a New Player for High-Density Displays

by Chris Chinnock, Insight Media I recently had a chance to speak with executives from a new company, Taiwan-based INT Tech, which is short for Innovation and Transformation. They are a technology development house that has created AMOLED displays on glass with an industry-leading 2228 pixels per inch (ppi). That’s in the range of AMOLED […]

Chris ChinnockJan 9, 2019Analyst Blog, Consumer Electronics, Display IndustryAR, augmented reality, Insight Media, microdisplays, OLED

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