Next Gen See-Through HMD for Dismounted Soldier Awarded to Photonics SA Based on SA's LARS Type AR HMD (eMagin WUXGA Inside)

Small amount for award, as the eyepiece is already used for Apache and LARS the $100k appears to be for getting the eyepiece or pieces to a "frameless" configuration.

For the Dismounted Soldier See-through HD Display with Wireless Interface (DSDW), SA Photonics is proposing a low profile, high resolution see-through Head Mounted Display (HMD). The eyepiece is based on the free-form prism eyepiece developed for the USN funded"Low-Cost Augmented Reality Head Mounted Display"(LARS) program. This eyepiece has a 53 degree wide horizontal field of view and is very low profile, so that users can see the"real world"with minimal obscuration. The same eyepiece is also being used for the ongoing Army HiDADD Apache Helicopter program, sponsored by the NVESD. SA Photonics is familiar with high speed wireless technology and will demonstrate a wireless interface in Phase 1. SA Photonics"DSDW will have the following technological innovations: Innovative injection-molded, low-cost, high performance see-through optics Binocular and Monocular opto-mechanical design Viewability in high ambient lighting via a novel light control system, a high brightness display and an efficient eyepiece design"Frameless"design for minimal peripheral obscuration High resolution color WUXGA OLED display (1920 x 1200) Low Power display drive electronics, mounted on back side of helmet for improved center of gravity Easily integrated with head tracker to enable situational awareness.

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