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VR Headsets Based on Kopin’s 2K Display Expected by End of 2018

After we went hands-on with Kopin's prototype headset featuring their 2K VR micro display last week, people are curious to know when the screens might actually hit the market. Speaking with Kopin and manufacturing partner Goertek, the companies tell...

Kopin’s ‘Elf’ Headset is Impressively Compact, More Than 3x the Pixels of Rift and Vive

Kopin is touting a new prototype VR headset featuring their 4K OLED 'Lightning' microdisplay that they say is made specifically for VR. At nearly half the size of other headsets, and made from lightweight materials, the device feels featherlight...

Startup Aims for Retinal Resolution VR Display With 70x “effective resolution” of Today’s Headsets

Finland-based Varjo has announced a new display technology for AR and VR which the company is calling "the first human eye-resolution VR/AR/XR immersive display." Varjo claims an "effective resolution" that's nearly 70 times greater than the Rift and Vive. We've...

AxonVR is Building a Generalized Haptic Display

AxonVR was awarded US Patent No. 9,652,037 of a "whole-body human-computer interface" on May 16th, which includes an external exoskeleton as well as a generalized haptic display made out of microfluidic technology. I had a chance to demo AxonVR's...

Kopin Reveals “Smallest VR Headset” With 2k x 2k Per Eye Resolution @120Hz

Display specialists Kopin in partnership with Chinese company GoerTek have announced a new reference VR headset design that it claims is the smallest of its kind integrating the firm's 'Lightning' OLED micro display panels sporting a substantial 2k x...

Samsung’s New VR Display Has Nearly 3.5x More Pixels Than Rift & Vive

At last week's Display Week 2017 conference, Samsung showed off a new ultra-high resolution display for VR headsets that more than triples the pixel count of the displays in the Oculus Rift and Vive. A new display from Samsung targeting...

Understanding Pixel Density & Retinal Resolution, and Why It’s Important for AR/VR Headsets

While most of us are used to dealing with resolution figures that describe pixel count (ie: a 1920x1080 monitor), pixel density stated as pixels per degree is a much more useful figure, especially when dealing with AR and VR...
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Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is “a new method to create light fields”

Avegant, makers of Glyph personal media HMD, are turning their attention to the AR space with what they say is a newly developed light field display for augmented reality which can display multiple objects at different focal planes simultaneously. Most...

Kopin Unveils ‘Lightning’ 2k x 2k 120Hz OLED Microdisplay for Mobile VR

Display specialists Kopin have unveiled a tiny, high resolution OLED 'microdisplay' designed specifically for the use inside immersive headsets. It's dubbed 'Lightning' and it could open the door to a thinner and lighter form of VR headset. Myriad VR hardware...

Display Conglomerate JDI Developing Ultra High Resolution Panels for VR Headsets

JDI, a display conglomerate consisting of the display businesses of Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, announced this week the development of ultra high resolution panels that are made specifically for virtual reality headsets. In a press release issued this week, JDI...

OSVR HDK 2160×1200 Screen Upgrade Kit Now Available

OSVR has launched a display upgrade kit for the HDK headset which allows users to swap a new, higher performance panel into their existing HDK headsets. The $220 screen upgrade kit, sold at the OSVR Store, offers HDK 1.3 &...
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NVIDIA Demonstrates Experimental “Zero Latency” Display Running at 1,700Hz

At GTC 2016 this week, NVIDIA's Vice President of Graphics Research demonstrated a novel prototype display running at an incredibly high refresh rate, all but eliminating perceptible latency. Update (4/6/16, 11:08AM PT): An earlier version of this story transposed '17,000Hz'...

Stanford Unveils ‘Light Field Stereoscope’ a VR Headset to Reduce Fatigue and Nausea

Researchers at Stanford University have unveiled a prototype VR Headset which they claim reduce the effects of VR sickness through the use of an innovative 'stacked' display which generates naturalistic light fields. VR display technology continues to evolve rapidly, with...

VRelia Partners with ImmersiON to Offer VR Headsets and Content

VRelia, a Spanish company recently formed with the aim of providing users with high resolution VR Headsets, has announced a partnership with ImmersiON, a startup formed from the key players behind TD Vision, a company with a history in...

Survios Announces $4 Million in Venture Funding for VR Projects

The team behind Project Holodeck has announced that it has secured $4 million in venture funding to help them build their immersive VR experience.Project Holodeck - From University Project To Investment OpportunityWe've been following Survios (or Project Holodeck as they...
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