Kopin Wins CES Innovation Award for Industry’s Smallest VR Headset
December 06 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
VR Reference Design Offers Unsurpassed VR
Experience in about Half the Size and Weight of Traditional
Devices
Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ:KOPN), a global pioneer in wearable AR
and VR technologies for government, enterprise, professional sports
and consumer markets, today announced that the Company and its ODM
partner Goertek Inc (“Goertek”) have been named a CES 2018
Innovation Awards Honoree for the ultra-compact Elf VR head mounted
display (HMD) reference design. The Elf VR reference design
eliminates the barriers and limitations that have long stood in the
way of delivering an effective VR experience due to uncomfortably
bulky and heavy headset designs, low resolution, sluggish
framerates and the annoying pixelated “screen-door effect.”
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“We created the Elf VR head mounted display reference design to
showcase how Kopin’s advanced display technologies can take the
experience offered by VR headsets to new heights,” said Kopin
founder and CEO Dr. John C.C. Fan. “The ultralight Elf reference
design features Kopin’s LightningTM OLED display panel with a 2048
x 2048 resolution in each eye, delivering lifelike VR experience to
the wearer. We believe that winning the CES Innovation Award
reinforces the efforts Kopin is making to help manufacturers create
smaller, lighter, more practical next-generation VR headsets that
are capable of producing a visual experience that truly approaches
reality for markets including gaming, pro applications or
film.”
Technical specs:
- Elf VR weighs only 300 grams and is
less than half the size and weight of popular VR headsets in the
industry.
- Elf VR is equipped with Kopin
LightningTM OLED microdisplay panels, which feature 2048 x 2048
resolution of each panel, to provide binocular 4K image resolution
at 120Hz refresh rate. Combined with both 4K Ultra-High image
resolution and 120Hz refresh-rate, Elf VR provides very smooth
images with excellent quality, and effectively reduces the sense of
vertigo.
- The microdisplay panels are
manufactured with advanced ultra-precise processing techniques. Its
pixel density (2,940 pixels per inch) is approximately 400% higher
than conventional TFT-LCD, OLED and AMOLED displays, and the screen
size reduced to approximately 1/5 at similar pixel resolution
level.
- Elf VR also adopts an advanced optical
solution with a compact multi-lens design that enables it to reduce
the thickness of its optical module by up to 60% as well as reduce
the total weight of the VR HMD by approximately 50%.
- The reference design supports two novel
optics solutions – 70 degrees FoV for film-like beauty or 100
degrees FoV for deeper immersion.
The prestigious CES Innovation Awards are sponsored by the
Consumer Technology Association, the owner and producer of CES
2018, the global gathering place for all who thrive on the business
of consumer technologies, and have been recognizing achievements in
product design and engineering since 1976.
During CES which runs January 9 – 12, 2018, Kopin will be
demonstrating the Elf unit at its suite by invitation only.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of
innovative wearable technologies and critical components for
integration into wearable computing systems for military,
industrial and consumer products. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement
technology, voice-interface and hands-free control software,
low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset reference
systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are
protected by more than 300 global patents and patents pending. For
more information, please visit Kopin’s website at
www.kopin.com.
Kopin and Lightning are trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
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