USB powered OLED near view technology arrives

The firm builds OLED microdisplays and subsystems for a market worth an estimated $2.1 billion. The displays allow the viewing of big virtual images using a viewer that fits over your face.

Because the display uses OLED on silicon, the systems have low power requirements, compared to LCD screens. The displays can be powered by USB ports and currently offer SVGA quality displays, although there will be unlimited resolution in the future.

Viewers will include sterovision and head tracking, and the tech can be used for games, for military, for health, for firefighting, or for industrial applications. OLED on silicon includes full colour data buffers under each pixel, and provide wide angle, non polarised light output, making for thin and lightweight specs.

The firm said that the cost of making the chips is either the same, or lower than LCDs for similar areas, but the entire system cost is lower because no secondary optics, heaters, light sources, or additional ASICs are required.

Emagin has 60 patents pending or granted. So far there's no consumer products available, the firm said there will be, including mobile phones, DVDs and other entertainment modules.

The firm said its Z800 allows for a virtual 105-inch view at 12 feet, at a resolution of 800 x 3 x 600 pixels, includes stereo sound, stereo vision, a noise cancelling microphone and uses USB to power the headset. µ

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