Saturday, September 30, 2017
Friday, September 29, 2017
Hint of Desperation in Kopin's "Social Media" Campaign e.g. Immersion Suit with Solos
.@activrightbrain unveiled his XR Immersion Suit at #CapitalFest, which featured @SolosWearables smart glasses. #VR #AR pic.twitter.com/oRLNZdT1Lw
— Kopin (@kopin) September 29, 2017
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Dr. Fan, you are a piece of work...
Abovitz and company are pretty weird...
Converting those numbers from binary to text outputs these coordinates: “03h 02m 16.77307s +04° 05? 23.0596.”
word games, has been, yeah, I get that part...
Wow, a hard hitting interview....
Watch @SeekingAlpha later today for my exclusive interview with @Kopin CEO John Fan! $KOPN #wearables #AR #WearableTech #hearables
— Derrick Zierler (@DZierler) September 28, 2017
The "Got Lucky" Video of the Near Catastrophe Aboard the USS America was the night of the Super moon, Nov 14 2016 (Not Chosen By Accident By the Navy, I believe they wanted proof positive what pilots experienced in Degraded Environment with the now defunct helmet)
Any Volunteers? Everybody took a step backward but one |
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12297/navy-presents-new-f-35-helmet-display-videos-and-flight-test-dangers
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
No!Your wrong!World is replacing F-16 with F-35!Most important advantage is Sensor interoperability, two-way data links, helmet!
— PlanePower 🇨🇦 (@atpower111) September 27, 2017
Andrew Sculley eMagin CEO and Jeff Lucas, CFO Answering Question Q2 Conference Call Re "Green Glow" Problem in the F-35's Helmet
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Well, trader980 is a parody account, a few lumens short of bright or just plain obasolate
Going to need this for my Sim & Training clients! https://t.co/A5tFibEnbw
— Amy Peck AR/VR 24/7 (@VirtualGirlNY) September 26, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
Most excellent observation Lurker
Aviation Guidance Q3 2014
It appears both Fan and Sculley have been talking about the same program.
This will just about guarantee profitability for the next 10 years as long as ENVG, FWS, etc continue.
Commercial aviation, skylens, will be bigger.
Not to mention what is cooking on the consumer side.
$500,000 in the Uk. Must be a $100,000 more with the Value Added Tax...
A $500,000 F-35 pilot helmet at the F-35 crew booth at @AirshowLondon today! pic.twitter.com/YC5xL3oIwp
— David Hills (@DavidartHills) September 23, 2017
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Myth #1 Destroyed... "We gotta fly with that Green Glow"
Test pilot @billieflynn destroys #F35 myths in @DefenceAviation's latest podcast: https://t.co/mu4hOB6mye pic.twitter.com/6X4Av2b7Wu
— F-35 Lightning II (@thef35) September 23, 2017
Saturday, September 23, 2017
The Battle over the F-35's capabilities (Sensor Fusion, has been going on for a long long time, 2002), just ask Louis Taddeo..Owning the Night’ Means Fusing Sensors and in terms of the display, eMagin Won, Winners and Losers Right C.C.?
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2002/10/31/2002november-owning-the-night-means-fusing-sensors
This Helmet Will Make F-35 Pilots Missile-Slinging Cyborgs
True Augmented Reality |
MUCH RIGHTFUL SNARK and scorn has been thrown at the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the multi-multi-multi-billion dollar jet meant to be the mainstay of allied air superiority for the next half-century.
After years of delays and more than $60 billion dropped on development, the jet is finally just about ready, and it’s bringing some pretty slick tech along with it—including a brand new helmet that will let the pilot see through the plane, aim missiles with his eyeballs, and keep an eye on key data no matter where he turns his head.
The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System, developed by a joint venture led by defense contractor Rockwell Collins, takes the head-up display (HUD) usually projected onto on a piece of glass at the front of the cockpit, and puts it on the helmet. That means the pilot’s always got it in his field of vision, and can see useful data like the horizon, airspeed, altitude, and weapons status wherever he’s looking.
More than keeping the pilot’s cranium safe from smacking against the canopy, and mounting stuff like a sun visor and oxygen mask, the Gen III helmet is designed to improve the pilot’s situational awareness. At engagement altitudes of a few thousand feet and speeds of up to Mach 1.6, it’s crucial to know what’s going on ahead of, to the side of, above, and below and the jet.
F-35-Helment-Mounted-Display-Animations
ROCKWELL COLLINS
It’s about more than flight data. Rockwell Collins, which has spent half-a-decade developing the system, linked the helmets with key systems. “The helmet becomes part of the system of the aircraft,” says Phil Jasper, executive vice president of government systems for the company.
Feeds from any of six cameras located outside the jet can be piped into the helmet, for a 360-degree field of view. When the pilot looks down, he doesn’t see his knees—he sees “through” the aircraft, and knows what’s below him. Built-in night-vision lets him see in the dark, without needing to flip down a set of goggles. He can even aim weapons with no more than a glance, thanks to the helmet’s eye tracking capability.
All that is built into a carbon fiber helmet that weighs just about five pounds. It’s customized to each pilot, both to fit around the noggin as well as to ensure that the visuals work properly. The two-day fitting process measures things like the horizontal and vertical alignment of the pupils, eye spacing, and a litany of other variables. The helmets are custom built for each pilot, so if yours at home, you’re stuck on the ground.
“The visual effects and how information is portrayed on the visor has gone through a lot of engineering,” says Jasper. Avoiding motion sickness was key and there’s no “adjustment period” needed when pulling the helmet on. Thanks to the custom fit, pilots just pop on the helmet and see what they need to see. It can even fit over eyeglasses.
Because the F-35 program doesn’t include a two-seater variant for training, pilots are on their own from their first flight. Rockwell Collins has created a second helmet for simulator work, so pilots can learn how to fly the plane during training with the same gear that they’d fly the real plane with.
Though the tech was specifically designed for the F-35, it’s easy to see how this kind of head-up display could help firefighters, construction workers, or any number of industries. Rockwell Collins is examining these other possibilities. “They’re looking at the whole idea of head-worn displays and that type of technology and what other applications it may have,” says Jasper. “Not just military but commercial as well.”
The company wouldn’t put a price on the helmet, but if it can keep a $100 million aircraft and a human pilot safer in the skies, it seems well worth it.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,282320.0.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Friday, September 22, 2017
Lombard Street in San Francisco looks as difficult to descend as it does to ascend! Hairpins and car-dodging... pic.twitter.com/tndBnub1KJ
— Everysight (@goEverySight) September 22, 2017
maybe sit this one out
more military contracts . .. then there is the commercial airline market .. the
wheels of progress turn slowly ... damed
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Expensive, indeed, need an economy of scale and coverage from Insurance Companies
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/these-amazing-electronic-glasses-help-the-legally-blind-see.html
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017 https://t.co/uUCVlpSIao via @theareaorg
— eMagin OLED (@eMagin_OLED) September 20, 2017
AFA 2017: Rockwell Collins F-35 Helmet (hot new buzzword...OLED)
Google and HTC Announce US$1.1 Billion Cooperation Agreement https://t.co/Q4z8D3aRwV pic.twitter.com/o3gMeq3Qdt
— Display Daily (@Display_Daily) September 21, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
BAE Striker II... (Now)
Our Striker II Helmet Mounted Display provides performance without compromise. Learn more at #ASC17 booth #632 pic.twitter.com/9TcfEYRSKD
— BAE Systems, Inc. (@BAESystemsInc) September 20, 2017
No displays just audio but believe what you will, it is the "Kopin Way"
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Microsoft, Google and Facebook are lined up 1-2-3 at the beginning of October to unleash the next steps in VR. pic.twitter.com/QyyjlD3fXM
— Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) September 19, 2017
.@ElbitSystemsUS SShowcases Advanced Technology Solutions at @ModernDayMarine https://t.co/Z9Rn7iEuZk pic.twitter.com/jlLErjADjq
— MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (@MILTECH1) September 19, 2017
Kopin Guy: "No, they are blinded by OLED, their actual eyeballs literally pop out!!"
F-35B/C pilots have begun testing new F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System with eye-popping Organic Light-Emitting Diode displays pic.twitter.com/R5IJPRKEaf
— James Drew (@JamesDrewNews) September 18, 2017
"Dammit, I told you to get a rheostat NOT a dimmer switch!"
I think I found Kopin's Twitter Sitter
#Microsoft sends invites to mysterious #MixedReality event on October 3rd: https://t.co/iUaR2Fd6KP <-- it's going to be a good one ;)
— Alex Kipman (@akipman) September 18, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Silicon Valley is great at suppling material to the writers of the HBO Comedy of the same name...
Not exactly a ringing endorsement but we'll take it (not much in the way of particular knowledge of the sector but a dense Green Glow surrounds this company and his take makes sense as a cursory understanding)
RT SAlphaTech "https://t.co/dT1n5PkYJo $EMAN"
— TopFiveTraders (@TopFiveTraders) September 18, 2017
Obvi
Whether day or night our Striker II HMD provides 24-hour situational awareness. Test it out at #ASC17 booth #632! pic.twitter.com/2WFcVkf9y4
— BAE Systems, Inc. (@BAESystemsInc) September 18, 2017
Kopin, you might have to hand over those Dynasty vases you confiscated from the guy (you know) for this act of Industrial Espionage
Funny, my BlazeTorch photo becomes part of Kopin tweet. Stock photo fees may apply 🤣 #wearables https://t.co/A9FRLqJoYP
— Dan Cui (@dcuinh) September 18, 2017
Their new Twitter Sitter Has a Screw Loose, eMagin Inside! Thanks Jim (Just repeating crap and not knowing the products)
Kopin has delivered displays that are inside 250,000 deployed systems including thermal weapon sights and night vision goggles. #wearables pic.twitter.com/TdYSnCleO3
— Kopin (@kopin) September 18, 2017
Friday, September 15, 2017
Apropos of Defense Companies Tailoring HMDS to Consumers: Steve Costello, 100,000 option man...
Steve Costello
Senior Vice President, Business Development and StrategySix15s Darwin AR Glasses uses eMagin displays, I think all their hmds do as well, the ad looks a little like John Wick III but good gun ballet is hard to do
Six15's augmented reality smart glasses featured in new AMERICAN ASSASSIN action-thriller movie out TODAY! @CBSFilms https://t.co/QT5kzhcsKI pic.twitter.com/a0kechH2KP
— Six15 Technologies (@Six15Techno) September 15, 2017
What if BAE and Elbit and Six15 came out of the wild blue yonder and showed the Silicon Valley types how to do this? Be cool
Developing new augmented reality glasses with our most advanced display, tracking & sensing tech: https://t.co/48MB5Hqu12 #AR pic.twitter.com/OopJK3p6Pl
— BAE Systems, Inc. (@BAESystemsInc) September 15, 2017
I wrote this 3 years ago so AS knows now the Army Air Corps became the USAF in 1941, yes, it's understandable as events in eManistan occur at glacial speed...(But the Kopinistas Truth Squad might be even slower to process this or are just in denial..."NO WE ARE NOT IN DENIAL!")
Customer Announcement AS gave us at the end of the Q&A. For the first time in public AS alluded to the JSF F-35 "situation" in reference to the cost of a Helmet in development he mentioned or words to the effect that the display in a $350,000 Helmet is not going to be inexpensive. Actually he was low-balling the cost. The recently cancelled BAE Helmet Program cost per Helmet was Approximately $350k. But Lockheed pressed hard for the Elbit Helmet and won the argument over a cost conscious Pentagon. The Elbit-Rockwell Helmet's cost is in the $500k neighborhood. I heard a rumor elsewhere that a better display is in the offing for the F-35. Sculley mentioned obliquely the program as not a large but one with a High Dollar Display, that fits, because I believe the display will cost north of $30k per. Testing for the F-35 is done at Pax River in Maryland, that fits and coincidentally Paxtuxent Naval Air Station is where the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is Headquartered. And of course it is they who are footing the bill for the High Brightness Displays's development. I construe that the eMagin folks are looking forward to this not only for the high cost and high margins but it's a pretty damn prestigious placement. Thanks Andrew for the Missing Link. Army Air Corps, Air Force, Navy, so what.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Yeah! VUZI & KOPN aren't the only one with Bots!
$EMAN - New recommendations from Rudolf at https://t.co/yylgabEq2e
— @Stockhoot (@stockhoot) September 14, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
$EMAN eMagin Corporation SEC Filing: Form 3 https://t.co/C4jUWtQqxy
— StockTexts (@StockTexts) September 13, 2017
eMagin Ruggedized HMD..How the U.S. Military Is Using Augmented Reality to Bolster Troop Readiness
"Due to the rapidly expanding industrial base in virtual and augmented reality, and government advances in training technologies, the Army is moving out to seize an opportunity to augment readiness,” Col. Harold Buhl, Army Research Lab Orlando and Information and Communications Technology program manager, said in an Army release Aug. 8. “With STE, the intent is to leverage commercial advances with military specific technologies to provide commanders adaptive unit-specific training options to achieve readiness more rapidly and sustain readiness longer.”
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-the-us-military-using-augmented-reality-bolster-troop-21884
Navy Lab Tests GunnAR Helmet with Bunker Hill Crew (Come a long way from when training was standing in a rowboat trying to hit a Clay Bird, little dated but trend for AR training for gunners is being embraced by the Navy)
http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=100432
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
10 Quintillion! Why stop there?!
$KOPN #OLED #WHISPERCHIP #OPTICS #MICRODISPLAYS in the right hands is worth 4-10 billion dollars. $SWKS $MSFT $AAPL $INTC $GOOGL acquire now
— Bringithome (@Plantandwatch) September 12, 2017
Release the Liquid Crystal Bots!
Now we are calling Elbit's HMD "Raptor" Again
Sneak peek at Raptor out in Central Park, New York. Thanks for following as we work to bring this revolutionary tech to the market. pic.twitter.com/dmLxS0MkWg
— Everysight (@goEverySight) September 11, 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017
Jack of All Displays Master of None, Really the Kopin "Let's Think of a Really Clever Name" Department Came Up with Brillian?, Looks Like a Typo, Sounds the Name of a Small Fish
Friday, September 8, 2017
It's getting ugly! Pissing Contest Underway!
@kopin The same shill who says @realwearinc HMT-1 beats @Vuzix M300 b/c of form-factor says $kopn is a 2018 story. https://t.co/mBZl2BfnRg pic.twitter.com/w2TrKJsSrC
— Peregringo (@peregrin_go) September 7, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Oppenheimer still views Himax as overvalued, keeps $4 price target ( Himax must have heard that Kopin was going to take all there sockets, oh no!, where are they going to take them!)
wait, Uerkwitz follows eMagin, not Kopin...
https://thefly.com/landingPageNews.php?id=2606014&headline=HIMX-Himax-analyst-commentary-
Picky, picky, picky...
Comparing a 6DOF mass-produced #VR headset with a 3DOF prototype is meaningless. #HTCVive & #OculusRift also have high-res prototypes.
— Shachar "Vice" Weis (@Vice_Packet39) August 20, 2017
Maybe, Kopin and RoadtoVR have some kind of a relationship $$$, can anyone picture eMagin Tweeting about their own stuff? Nah, me either. If they did they would quickly scurry into the closet place of concealment.
Kopin's 'Elf' Headset is Impressively Compact, More Than 3x the Pixels of Rift and Vive https://t.co/Oz1uHons4C pic.twitter.com/RT5MxvQ9Ij
— Road to VR (@RtoVR) August 20, 2017
Oh yeah, Google is waiting for the same...
And you can switch ARCore/ARkit & this thesis still holds for a future Google Glass product
— Matt Miesnieks (@mattmiesnieks) September 7, 2017
govt will spend on helmets , we make the display chips ... i doubt we'll get more
than 200 per ...