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Kopin Corporation, a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and solutions for mobile virtual reality, augmented reality, and wearable computing systems, LCoS and translucent LCD mircrodisplays just announced it is entering the OLED Microdisplay market for Mobile VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality).
Its new approach creates the first fully Fabless OLED microdisplay vendor to be able to quickly ramp up when augmented reality takes off. "OLED-on-silicon microdisplays consist of two key elements: the silicon backplane and the OLED emissive layer. What is unique about Kopin’s business model is that both of these manufacturing operations are outsourced to dedicated foundries, while the design expertise resides within Kopin. It is the first fully fabless OLED microdisplay business model".
“Kopin has been one of the largest and most successful suppliers of microdisplay systems with over 30 million AMLCD and LCOS products shipped,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s CEO and founder. “With the addition of OLED microdisplays and modules to our product portfolio, we now offer our customers a variety of display technologies and optics, enabling our customers to evaluate different designs to create the optimal product of their targeted application.”
According to IDTechEx, OLED microdisplays will see a strong 15% CAGR growth rate over the 2015-2025 timeframe. “And we aim to capture a nice portion of this growth,” added Fan, “as our OLED microdisplays are specifically tailored to take advantage of growth in virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications”.
Most mobile virtual reality (VR) systems use smartphone-size panels on glass and large optics, resulting in bulky, heavy, power hungry solutions. In addition, the display resolution of the smartphone panels is not sufficient for the large field of view required for VR, resulting in poor image quality with screen door effect. OLED microdisplays based on Si backplane are much smaller, yet offer higher resolution, and use more compact optics, providing the potential for smaller, lighter, more power efficient VR headset solutions with smooth image and low latency.
Recognizing this value proposition, Kopin has developed a novel silicon backplane structure to drive high-speed OLED-on-silicon microdisplays for truly immersive VR systems without those size, weight and power constraints of today’s direct view products. Kopin’s OLED microdisplay, protected by 10 patents pending, is an ultra high resolution, high speed, low power and small form factor display that delivers a superior user experience for mobile and wearable systems.
By invitation only demo's will be hosted at an off-site location.
Its new approach creates the first fully Fabless OLED microdisplay vendor to be able to quickly ramp up when augmented reality takes off. "OLED-on-silicon microdisplays consist of two key elements: the silicon backplane and the OLED emissive layer. What is unique about Kopin’s business model is that both of these manufacturing operations are outsourced to dedicated foundries, while the design expertise resides within Kopin. It is the first fully fabless OLED microdisplay business model".
“Kopin has been one of the largest and most successful suppliers of microdisplay systems with over 30 million AMLCD and LCOS products shipped,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s CEO and founder. “With the addition of OLED microdisplays and modules to our product portfolio, we now offer our customers a variety of display technologies and optics, enabling our customers to evaluate different designs to create the optimal product of their targeted application.”
According to IDTechEx, OLED microdisplays will see a strong 15% CAGR growth rate over the 2015-2025 timeframe. “And we aim to capture a nice portion of this growth,” added Fan, “as our OLED microdisplays are specifically tailored to take advantage of growth in virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications”.
Most mobile virtual reality (VR) systems use smartphone-size panels on glass and large optics, resulting in bulky, heavy, power hungry solutions. In addition, the display resolution of the smartphone panels is not sufficient for the large field of view required for VR, resulting in poor image quality with screen door effect. OLED microdisplays based on Si backplane are much smaller, yet offer higher resolution, and use more compact optics, providing the potential for smaller, lighter, more power efficient VR headset solutions with smooth image and low latency.
Recognizing this value proposition, Kopin has developed a novel silicon backplane structure to drive high-speed OLED-on-silicon microdisplays for truly immersive VR systems without those size, weight and power constraints of today’s direct view products. Kopin’s OLED microdisplay, protected by 10 patents pending, is an ultra high resolution, high speed, low power and small form factor display that delivers a superior user experience for mobile and wearable systems.
By invitation only demo's will be hosted at an off-site location.