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I can't think of anything worse that you could give the morons I see on the road everyday than a flying car.]]>Oct 23rd 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/
Oops, didnt see that. Though I think I would rather be blind than wear a VR set with SXGA resolution.

The minimum for VR devices should be in the 33 Megapixel range (per eye). Like the UHDV standard exept stereoscopic. Then I think VR might actually kick off.]]>Oct 23rd 2008 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/
"640x480 per eye is already good looking"...Um I dont think i can agree with you on that. At such a low resolution the images would be focused in such a way that it would only occupy a very small percentage of the area you eye could perceive. A bit like viewing a 19" screen from several feet away...not very immersive if you ask me. IF you focus the image to occupy a larger percentage of your 'visible field' you will see the individial pixels. Not a good thing...]]>Oct 23rd 2008 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/
I can understand the need to stick with common resolutions and common technologies. 1280x1024 is 4 times the res of 640x480, and it is the next logical step. The key issue is that human vision is not limited to a square, it is an oval. What eMagin should do is develop a display that can the equivalent of 3 640x480 micro-displays that are set side to side, per eye.

We catch lots of information out of our periphery. Just take a camera and try to look through the viewfinder as your primary vision and you will see just how limited a 4:3 square can be.]]>Oct 23rd 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Oct 23rd 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/emagins-sxga-oled-xl-microdisplay-perfect-for-night-vision-gog/Waiting for VR Headsets

There have been several resonably mature designs released for sale in the last 4 years. They all have positives and negatives, and you get what you pay for.

eMagin's own first retail complete headset system is the Z800, based on the 800x600 display. Keep in mind that eMagin is primarily in the business of making the displays that make a full heaset possible. I tried this out in 2005 and was impressed by the immersion and the detail in the image. Even at SVGA level, there were awards and flattering comments from the people who used these displays in military remote bomb disposal robots, etc. Firefighters have had a product with these displays for years now, and a picture can be seen on the eMagin website.

Note to the suggestor of the 1x3 array, In reality the head tracker method of turning your head to see around your environment is an easier solution (lower cost per performance) with less processing overhead than driving signal to farther off axis points of Field of View all the time. If you really need that additional very little bit of extra performance, the great part though is that eMagin is primarily in the business of making the individual displays, which you can buy and use to make your own HMD to suit your own needs and/or resell.

When the Z800 came out there were people using it for web browsing and office work, etc, but the consensus seemed to be that at 800x600, it was a nice addition to, not a replacement for a traditional monitor. There is every reason to believe that these 1280x1024 displays in a suitable headset will be able to compete as a replacement for a traditional monitor thereby changing the cost/benefit equation.

Disclosure: Former eMagin shareholder (years ago), so I've done the research, but no other ties.]]>Oct 24th 2008 7:55PM