A Bridge to Far Here TrackingPoint : Future Weapons Sight III which has this capability will be fielded to SpecOps First Then Brigade Combat Teams

but good luck with that going forward. Both systems use an eMagin display and good to see, not see, two eMagin displays on the cover of Popular Mechanics. Exelis ENVG, eMagin, atop the soldiers helmet and in the HUD on the TP PGF.

The cover of @PopMech pic.twitter.com/KnlsR1Zp38

— TrackingPoint (@trackingpoint) June 21, 2014

Wunderlich Has Been a Long-Time Kopin Follower

presumably they follow the sector as well but you have to wonder with these comments, they, like so may others share a basic misconception about the relative merits of LCD and LCOS versus OLED Display. "Our understanding of the problem" is the polar opposite of the Truth.  "Not enough brightness for outdoors"? Remarkable ignorance here. It's amazing they settle for their "understanding" without finding out for themselves. They betray no knowledge of what is on the horizon. And people seek out these guys for advice?

"While OLED is proven for larger displays, it has been less successful in delivering enough brightness for microdisplays used in outdoor equipment. Our understanding is that problems involving long-term reliability for all colors remain to be solved. Google may be working with a supplier that has solved these problems, but we do not believe such products are currently on the market. Therefore, OLED may be targeted by Google for usage further in the future than implied by supply chain stock volatility."


http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2014/06/05/kopin-potential-partner-to-google-says-wunderlich-but-many-factors-to-consider/

"Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln How Was The Play?"

“It makes you want to vomit but apart from that it’s nice” - student Oculus project.

— Jurie Horneman (@jurieongames) June 20, 2014

Here's What I Learned About Google Glass After Hanging Out With A Bunch Of Early Adopters

Battery life is still a problem for a lot of Explorers. During his presentation, Dr. Sahin asked the audience how many Explorers felt limited by Glass' battery life. Most of the crowd raised their hand. Like any other tech product, Glass' battery life varies depending on how you use it. So, for example, taking video frequently will burn out the battery quicker than if you only used it for checking notifications. In my own experience, Glass lasted for about five hours with mixed usage.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-explorers-think-of-google-glass-2014-6?utm_content=buffere3e98&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

eMagin Inside All These BAE/OASYS Thermal Rangefinders etc.

At #Eurosatory? Come & see our OASYS thermal weapon sights portfolio in Hall 6, stand K200/201 http://t.co/qCJj8HZvlk pic.twitter.com/KTMpkd2JJc

— BAE Systems (@BAESystemsplc) June 20, 2014

Adaptive Optics: Technologies and Global Markets : Apparently Every Company In The World Including eMagin Is Involved In The Adaptive Optics Market Whatever That Is, More Power To You If you Know

Scroll Down About a 1/2 Mile to See the Company In Question

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/prnewswire/press_releases/New_York/2014/06/19/BR53005

Is Google Glass The Next Big Money Maker? : When eMagin CEO Sculley was Incessantly Flapping His Gums about "Google Glass" Was he Speaking of a Category of Devices i.e. Smart Glasses or Was It Brand Specific?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/06/18/is-google-glass-the-next-big-money-maker/

'Smart Glasses' offer help to near-blind people

Here you go Opt, SAGEM= eMagin Inside the "Firing Posts", another way of saying Command Launch Unit.

MBDA orders MMP seeker and firing-posts optronics from Sagem http://t.co/ByNkppAhBd

— Army Technology (@Army_Technology) June 19, 2014

TrackingPoint Labs - Shotview App & Wearable Technology : Dunno, maybe they're after the Survivalist Market, can't believe they are unaware of FWS III

@bfod @mwegner @Demruth just mentioning the word Oculus gives me motion sickness.

— jason walters (@jasonrwalters) June 17, 2014

New Device Invented by Microsoft to Challenge Google Glass

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/06/new-device-invented-by-microsoft-to-challenge-google-glass.html

Some new FLIR Products with eMagin High Def Displays Inside : Wow, 2 Kilometers Away

debuted at SOFIC, exhibited now at Euroastory

http://defense-update.com/20140613_flir.html#.U6Fqm41dVc8

Eighth Annual Conference: Creative Disruption: Strategy, Technology and ...

Tried the oculus rift today... #barf

— Dan on Animation (@DanOnAnimation) June 14, 2014

It's Fun Watching Oculus Figure Out That The Type of VR They Seek In Their Own Private Metaverse is Undoable

“VR is going to need much higher frame rates than consoles, although even for consoles or traditional PC games, I don’t think 30fps is smart,” Luckey said. “It’s not a good artistic decision, it’s a failure.”


so VR God Palmer Luckey says it has to be 60 FPS or higher to be "Art" but that will render their precious "Presence" to be perceived instantaneously as unrealistic. Think of the CGI sequences in the "Desolation of Smaug" as an example. Nasty, unwatchable, jittery and at that speed no game will run smoothly thereby increasing the likelihood of VR Sickness. Who knew $2 Billion could buy this much entertainment?

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/oculus-vr-founder-30fps-is-not-a-good-artistic-decision-it-s-a-failure/1100-6420493/

Microsoft rumored to have put Project Fortaleza augmented reality glasses on hold

I thought they got what they needed IP wise from Osterhout, guess not.

"Microsoft has no problem at all in the development of the device," however, a fair portion of the patented technologies involved do not belong to Microsoft itself. It's the necessary licensing reportedly that's keeping Fortaleza from consumers."

http://www.wpcentral.com/rumor-microsoft-puts-project-fortaleza-augmented-reality-glasses-hold?utm_source=wpc&utm_medium=twitter

Big eMagin Customer Acquires Medium Sized eMagin Customer :Intelligent Decisions Acquires Fully Integrated Virtual Simulation and Training Platform Leading Provider of Simulation & Training Systems will Debut New Asset at Eurosatory

Quantum3D's business has been foundering a bit as ID has for the most part captured the domestic market and driven Quantum3D to pitching largely Asian Militaries in recent months so this acquisition is no surprise. Both companies use ruggedized eMagin Z800s and no doubt will buy the Digital version when eMagin makes it available. This sector, Training and Simulation, is #1 buyer of Head Mounted Displays and ID is expanding globally. The downside for me is the need for an ever increasing militarization of Law Enforcement from MRAPS to Combat training. I think Mayberry even has a SWAT Team now and Deputy Fife not only has "a bullet" but has qualified with a Sig Sauer 226 and has a pet Malinois named "Otis."

ASHBURN, Va., Jun 16, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Intelligent Decisions , Inc., a premier global IT systems integrator, today announced the acquisition of rights, assets and intellectual property related to Quantum3D’s ExpeditionDI product line. Used in the original development of Intelligent Decisions’ highly successful Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS), ExpeditionDI is a man-worn, fully immersive, team simulation solution for infantry simulation and training. Its open architecture platform for integrating simulation and game software enhances the capabilities of the DSTS and allows Intelligent Decisions to offer the U.S. Army a true end-to-end tactical training solution for dismounted personnel.

“Procuring the ExpeditionDI platform allows Intelligent Decisions to offer our customers a more comprehensive and immersive training capability by coupling our industry leading simulation solution with a mobile, fully integrated and highly advanced platform for full fidelity infantry simulation and training. This acquisition will also allow Intelligent Decisions the flexibility to rapidly expand field solutions tailored to other military branches and law enforcement agencies,” said Harry Martin, president and CEO, Intelligent Decisions.

As a completely self-contained and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) system, ExpeditionDI combines cost-effective training that is deployable anywhere with an unmatched level of realism that leads to more effective instruction. Further, the acquisition puts the company in the unique position to meet the demands of a global market that requires man-wearable systems to be compact, maneuverable and fully integrated.

“Intelligent Decisions is eager to work with worldwide distribution partners like Antycip Simulation to deliver customers in Europe and around the world virtual simulation solutions that are seamlessly deployed and fully compliant with the requirements of the market,” added Martin. “ExpeditionDI satisfies these requirements by affording customers a solution that is not only powerful, flexible and highly immersive, but also fully integrated, compact, rugged and highly mobile.”

Intelligent Decisions will reveal this new asset to the public for the first time while participating at Eurosatory in Paris, France June 16 – 20, 2014.

I think I know why Team Oculus will eventually hire more people than McDonald's "Maybe this guy will know how to cure Simulator Sickness, maybe this guy will know how to cure Simulator Sickness, maybe this guy...

also i'm dizzy because of fucking Oculus Rift

— (´・ω・｀) (@_icze4r) June 16, 2014

Saker (eMagin Inside) Qioptiq's Fused Clip=On Thermal Sight is Going Digital

Qioptiq looking at digitalising SAKER fused technology and started development on the optical sight on booth k521 pic.twitter.com/6CYnp4YMZ9

— MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (@MILTECH1) June 17, 2014

And that's why they will only use color cued symbology in Military HMD

@balajis reading text in the oculus is nausea inducing, even with the HD version. We're still years away in both resolution and latency

— Jonathan Hart (@jonathanhartsf) June 16, 2014

Kopin Corp. sets its sights on smart eyeglasses

http://www.telegram.com/article/20140615/NEWS/306159957

eMagin Inside

MINIE-D keeping watch on #Thales stand #Eurosatory2014 pic.twitter.com/0Z0ravFvkw

— Thales Group (@thalesgroup) June 16, 2014

Eurosatory 2014: FLIR Systems Introduces Three New Thermal Imaging Products

FLIR Systems exhibiting three new products. http://t.co/z2Ev5ppwr9 @FLIRGS @flir pic.twitter.com/KHkIzbSpRi

— MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (@MILTECH1) June 16, 2014

Oh, a Strike in France, Qui Savait!

Reasons for light traffic at #Eurosatory2014; it's only Monday; train strike, student exams at university, #milembedded

— John McHale (@JMcHaleIII) June 16, 2014

Vlad The Invader Hasn't Ginned Up Interest Yet

Reasons for light traffic at #Eurosatory2014; it's only Monday; train strike, student exams at university, #milembedded

— John McHale (@JMcHaleIII) June 16, 2014

Tipped From Lurker at OLED-Info Blog Insight Techology most likely supplier of these Thermal Sights therefore eMagin Inside

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20140615/NEWS04/306150019/New-thermal-sight-planned

Hello, Google Glass? Meet the F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System. pic.twitter.com/VgBWADAHPM

— KaiserVonGrauer (@kaiservongrauer) June 14, 2014

Six15 Odin, eMagin SVGA Inside, A/R for Actionable Intelligence

http://www.six-15.com/products-detail.asp?REC_ID=3

http://www.tactical-life.com/gear/six15s-odin-head-mount-display-offers-computer-visuals-real-world/?scrape=true

I'll believe it when I see it :US looking to bolster Indian defence with Apache helicopters and Javelin missiles : eMagin Display in the Command Launch Unit of the Javelin

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-us-looking-to-bolster-indian-defence-with-apache-helicopters-and-javelin-missile-4647132-PHO.html?seq=3

Competition for Javelin, likely to house an eMagin Display, shoots hot and cold targets :Eurosatory: MMP, the future guided weapon the French Army expects to field by 2017

http://defense-update.com/20140612_mmp_eurosatory.html#.U5w5kI1dVc9

Salesforce connects wearable tech to the workplace, launches Wear

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/06/10/salesforce-connects-wearable-tech-to-the-workplace-with-wear-launch/

I know a good [only?] use for Oculus Rift - as it causes motion sickness, I guess, a program can be developed to cure motion sickness IRL.

— Alan Mendelevich (@ailon) June 14, 2014

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Money for Something :eMagin S-3

Gotta believe the Prospectus when it says the only competitors out there for OLED Microdisplays are Olightek, Microoled and Sony. NO SAMSUNG. Therefore the Samsung rumor is bogus. Coincidence? The rumor that Google is in the process of switching to OLED displays in Google Glass is contemporaneous with:

Demonstrations of OLED-ULT displays are currently being performed for key customers with interests in ultra-high brightness microdisplays for applications as diverse as aviation head mounted displays, smart glasses, and commercial augmented reality applications. “eMagin’s ultra-high brightness OLED-ULT technology was designed specifically for transparent near-to-eye applications demanding ultra-high brightness, full color imagery with extremely high contrast, compact size and very low power, such as avionics helmets and smart glasses applications” saidAndrew G. Sculley, president and CEO of eMagin Corporation.


http://archive.fast-edgar.com//20140613/A82PP62CJ222NZN2222L2ZX2A8MGZ2222262/

While You Were Away : eMagin Demonstrates First Ever Ultra-High Brightness DPD Color OLED Microdisplay

This still looks a couple of Quarter Notes with a Whole Note jammed in the wrong place but it will look good, very clean, very discrete embossed on a pair of AR Glasses. Paul Cronson cements his place in Design History.

http://ir.emagin.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96135&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1939433&highlight=

TrackingPoint Closes $29 Million Round for Precision Firearms : eMagin Customer is Thriving

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/06/12/trackingpoint-closes-29-million-round-for-precision-firearms/

Computex: Google Glass rival and other wearable tech seek sales : Hey SimEye, I think you need a counter-balance there like a bag of Sakrete

Computex: Google Glass rival and other wearable tech seek sales

Himax Counters

http://www.4-traders.com/HIMAX-TECHNOLOGIES-INC-16677/news/Himax-Technologies--Unveils-Proprietary-Front-LitTM-LCoS-at-SID-Display-Week-18550596/

If you are a Short Volume Aficionado you can check it out here

http://www.mightymarkets.com/short-volume-lookup/

Vuzix depicts eMagin's CEO's Vision of Augmented Forktruck World

Too Bad the LCOS Display in the Google Glass reduces the visual acuity of the OLED display in the scope

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick calls Oculus Rift "anti-social technology"

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/02/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-calls-oculus-rift-anti-social-technology/

More eMagin HMDs more Intelligent Decisions DSTS "It's Super Realistic"

If you think virtual reality combat training is a thing of the future, think again. Fort Benning Television shows... http://t.co/BPmfGUeadS

— 3rd ABCT (@3HBCT_3ID) June 4, 2014

Intelligent Decisions only uses eMagin HMDs

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/04/virtual-reality-medical-simulation/?ncid=rss_truncated

So this is how they did it, Exelis Patent that provides a clip-on device, I assume for FWS III, that prevents the enemy from seeing aiming light : Patent Issued for Clip-On Target Designation Sensor to Night Vision Goggles

http://www.4-traders.com/EXELIS-INC-9193939/news/Exelis--Patent-Issued-for-Clip-On-Target-Designation-Sensor-to-Night-Vision-Goggles-18547498/

Either the ironically named "SNU Precision" is fubar again or there's a smoking hole where the Fishkill Campus of IBM Used to Be

As if we and everybody in Duchess County didn't know...

via #AlertTrade SHORT Seller Alert $EMAN - EMAGIN #ShortSeller #Stocks http://t.co/VS8RO0UwVJ

— Day Trade Alerts (@AlertTrade) June 4, 2014

Rudimentary, back of the envelope, guesstimate on the ENVG III FWS

65,000 total systems reflects present day SOF numbers. Hagel set to grow Spec Forces to around 70,000 as reflected in 2015 Budget he submitted to Congress. This could account for the rumor, there's that word again, that when all is said and done FWS will exceed $1 Billion if SOF continues it's YOY growth. Each FWS, monocle and sight should run about $350 per display, Guesstimate $12,500 per System. So $700 per system for the OLED displays.  $700 x 70,000 over the 5 Years of the contract as presently constituted = $49,000,000 = roughly $10,000,000 per year if spread evenly over the life of the contract.  So that's the DRS/BAE portion of the triumvirate that were involved in the stop shipment orders, who is the third and how big is there program? ENVG II runs thru the end of Fiscal 2016 so that program eMagin continues to supply.

The Battle of the Rumors Rages on

Google will replace the LCOS Displays in Google Glass with OLED from either Microoled or Samsung Display. As the only consistent reference in these two rumors is a display switch from LCOS to OLED somebody at some point has to say Google is switching from LCOS displays to eMagin OLED displays because apart from Olightek they're the only company unmentioned so far. Wait, hot new rumor. Google to switch from Himax LCOS displays to Olightek OLED Displays reports from China say. That way Google can "buy them by the box."

How (eMagin Head Mounted Display) virtual reality could save your life during a disaster : Kidding, trying to get some of that Oculus Rift "We will change the World" Line of Bullshit Jump Started

Intelligent Decisions wasn't kidding when they said they were poised for rapid expansion. Even with all the Oculus/GoogleGlass Hype, I am as guilty as anyone, Head Mounted Displays for Training and Simulation is the largest market for HMD globally. Of course the article swerves in to Oculus mentions at every possible opportunity "Oculus will be used for PTSD, blah, blah, blah" even though the eMagin HMD pictured is the HMD of choice for PTSD treatment followed by the Sony HMZ-T


http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/3/5776340/the-company-that-built-vr-training-systems-for-the-us-military-wants

Delighted to see from their SEC Filing of Today that eMagin does not use "Conflict Minerals" obtained from The Republic of the Congo

"Blood Tin" as it were, now, if they only treated their shareholders as humanely.

#6 : Don't turn it on.

TrackingPoint working on dumbed down version of Future Weapons Sight, somebody should tell them this is already in the pipeline

Can't see the efficacy of this capability in a hunting situation, just tinkering I reckon.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/06/03/google-glass-style-tracking-point-shotview/

I'd say today's action is a combo of the Rosenblatt note, the Kopin High Brightness Displays at SID and this...you can start a counter-offensive anytime now eMagin

Sony will describe a new 0.23 inch OLEDS micro display for wearable applications. #SID2014 keynote speech

— Alfred Poor (@AlfredPoor) June 3, 2014

Dr. Fan plays his High-Brightness Card ( backlights, that's cheating) : Kopin Extends Industry Leadership with New Line of High-Brightness Display Solutions for Smart Eyewear

http://ir.kopin.com/Investors/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Details/2014/Kopin-Extends-Industry-Leadership-with-New-Line-of-High-Brightness-Display-Solutions-for-Smart-Eyewear/default.aspx

Well, they're not showing any Microdisplays :Samsung Display OLED at SID2014

http://news.oled-display.net/samsung-display-oled-at-sid2014/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OLED-Display-News+%28OLED-Tv+AMOLED+Display+NEWS%29

Display Week Exhibitors : Kopin, check, Samsung Display check, eMagin check, Microoled, no, Sony no, Himax no

http://www.pcm411.com/sid14/ec/forms/attendee/indexTab.aspx

"I'll give you $10 Billion for it!" : Valve's VR headset revealed with Oculus-like features

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/3/5775220/valve-vr-headset-pictures-concept-features

Google Glass Samsung OLED Microdisplay Rumor. Curiouser and curiouser

Questioned frequently on the topic of rivals eMagin CEO Sculley has never cited Samsung as a competitor, given the chance in a public forum to confirm them as a competitor he said "No, they are not." He has mentioned in the past Kopin and Sony as competitors. Never Samsung. Jerry Carollo, VP of Business Development has made frequent trips to South Korea in the last couple of years. His skill is designing HMDs upstream from eMagin's manufacturing processes. Curiouser and curiouser.

Seeking Alpha on Samsung/Google Glass Thing

Rosenblatt Reports Google is testing Samsung OLED Microdisplay

To reiterate, eMagin CEO Sculley was asked at the end of Q&A at the Needham Conference "Is Samsung a competitor?", Andrew Sculley CEO of eMagin states emphatically "NO". At same conference he was asked if there was anyone interested in eMagin's Intellectual Processes", he responded, "No, only in our Manufacturing Processes." At the same presentation he  he was asked if OLED could be produced more cheaply than LCD. He responded "If you don't believe me, believe Samsung when they say OLED can be produced cheaper than LCD."

http://seekingalpha.com/news/1780163-himax-minus-6_1-percent-google-reportedly-testing-samsung-oled-microdisplay

Global demand for head-mounted displays to reach $12.8 billion by 2020, forecast says

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2014/06/hmd-market-forecast.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+militaryaerospace%2FrzEO+%28Aviation+Technology%29

Round and round we go, where it stops...

Himax -6.1%; Google reportedly testing Samsung OLED microdisplay http://t.co/dXm1XKJNZC $HIMX $OLED

— MarketCurrents (@MarketCurrents) June 2, 2014

USMC continues AH-1W upgrades

A more recent, USD11.6 million contract calls for Elbit Systems to provide helmet display tracker system (HDTS) kits for the aircraft. "The HDTS improves flight safety by providing greater situational awareness," said Hanzelka. The system includes enhanced night vision, weapons sighting, and weapons control capabilities.

Using 3D symbology and geological digital terrain information, HDTS provides pilots visual approach and drift cues to enhance situational awareness. It also allows pilots to monitor their instrumentation on the helmet instead of having to look down. The HDTS contract is being performed over a two-year period.

http://www.janes.com/article/38527/usmc-continues-ah-1w-upgrades

"And that's a Walrus behind you": How Google Glass could change the way we view art

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/how-google-glass-could-change-the-way-we-view-art-9468326.html

the oculus is going to take off because it capitalizes on mankind's historic propensity to vomit alone in the dark

— Jay Fraser (@JayFraser6) May 31, 2014

"Palmer what exactly is Virtual Reality's Moral Imperative?"

Then for some reason somebody asked the Mental Patient a question...embarrassing, hard to watch.

Introducing the Sensics zSight 1920-199 : Yuval takes a break from his Oculus Type HMD to make one with eMagin WXGA

http://sensics.com/introducing-the-zsight-1920-100/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introducing-the-zsight-1920-100

Odd Microoled Fact Du Jour

                                                                                                Quoi?!

Microoled operates at the direction of the French Atomic Energy Commission.

Sorry but The Extreme Future of A/R does not look like Golden-I

                                                                           "Who asked you anyway?"

http://augmentedworldexpo.com/ai1ec_event/ar-for-government-and-first-responders/?instance_id=1143

Google Glasses: "They Make Me Feel Powerful"

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susankalla/2014/05/31/google-glasses-early-user-reactions/

And, another metric, the loons that are attracted to Oculus Rift are Batshit crazy

@shoomlah @randemtweets said he played realMyst with the Oculus Rift and vomited after taking it off. But he liked it anyway.

— Thomas Ahearn (@Slughorn42) May 30, 2014

Has Microsoft paid $150m to compete with Google Glass?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/has-microsoft-paid-150m-to-compete-with-google-glass/articleshow/35765190.cms