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Gamechanging Virtual Reality Display

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Unique VR Headset Personal Mobile Cinema The GOOVIS Young VR headset has the feel of a gamechanger in the world of Virtual Reality.  First of all, it's not a head mounted computer like other VR systems on the market.  It's a face mounted display that is compatible with just about any device.  It's the creation of Shenzhen NED Optics of China.  The company says this display could make movie theatres obsolete.  GOOVIS Young delivers personal mobile cinema. Big Screen, Big Functionality The 1080 p display projects images on the equivalent of an 800 inch screen.  It works with laptops, cell phones, tablets and more.  And the functionality is incredible. You can browse the internet, work, watch moves, game and even "fly with your drone".  GOOVIS Young is priced at about $1,000.  Shenzen NED Optics calls itself an innovation company focused on VR, AR and MD headsets.

AR Display on Full Car Windshield

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World 1st Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Windshield Source:  Futurus Future of Driving:  Augmented Reality, Electric, Autonomous, Smart Vehicles The future of driving is zooming towards us and it is electric, autonomous and loaded with augmented reality.  The Chinese technology company Futurus, based in Beijing, has new technology to convert the entire car front windshield of your car into a virtual reality screen.  The transparent display is designed as a smart &/or autonomous human-machine interface platform. The Chinese scientists and engineers who invented it say it makes driving safer. Cutting Edge Technology This technology is a light screen projection system that provides a 60 degree field of view.  The functionality seems impressive.  It can alert drivers to hazards, display navigation guidance, play music, provide internet messages and social media.  The windshield can even display entertainment for passengers.  The ...

Navigation Display on Car Dashboard

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VIZR & Smartphone Advanced Display Source: VIZR Heads-Up Display Gadget VIZR is an advanced navigation display that grips to the car dashboard. You put your smartphone on VIZR and it turns your smartphone into a transparent display that lets you navigate and drive while never taking your eyes off the road.  The heads-up display (HUD) uses the same technology that fighter pilots use to stay focused.  The system offers a number of apps to view such as navigational tools like GPS, street maps, traffic conditions and speed. Distracted Driving Over 424,000 drivers are injured yearly by distracted driving.  For instance, by looking back and forth between a screen on the car seat and the road.  This new piece of smart gadget technology is designed to change the dynamic and enable the driver to navigate and keep their eyes on the road for greater driving safety.

New Washable, Wearable Display

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Solar Powered Wearable Source: KAIST New Wearable Display From South Korea's KAIST A South Korean electrical engineering team has developed a machine washable, wearable textile display that is self-powered by solar energy.  The wearable contains polymer solar cells (PSC) with organic light emitting diodes.  The inventors are electrical engineers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).  This is a breakthrough innovation in wearables for electronics. PSC The polymer solar cells provide stable power without any external power source for the wearable display.  KAIST engineers consider PCS the most promising next generation power source especially for wearable electronics. Machine Washable To protect the electronic textile from moisture and oxygen that can damage them, the KAIST team improved on the material barrier using spin coating and atomic layer deposition.  The result:  a wearable textile that's machine washable wi...

Microsoft's AR HoloLens 2 Headset Just Released

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Augmented Reality, Intelligent Edge Device for Holograms Source:  Microsoft HoloLens 2 Greater Immersion, Comfort, Time-to-Value Microsoft just released its HoloLens 2 device at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.  It's a smaller, more powerful version of the AR headset with a much larger field of view.  The company hails this augmented reality device as part of a new era in computing.  A time when the digital world goes beyond 2D screens into the 3D digital world.  They say the device will enable new collaborative computing, working together with ease in real-time in 3D. Here are the Advancements Microsoft is Touting: Immersion that is greatly enhanced making holograms more vibrant and realistic. They've doubled the field of view in HoloLens 2.  It has a new display system with greater performance.  It also has a new time-in-flight depth sensor, combined with built-in AI and semantic understanding, that let's you manipulate hologram...