$KOPN let the trolls who pushed the Hololens agenda come at us now...
eMagin: Once Burned Twice Shy
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
From Fudzilla. Palmer Lucky will fix IVAS. No he won't. This is a desperate attempt to salvage the Department of Defense latest boondoggle. I'm as guilty as anyone throwing chum in the water hoping to catch this fish. In my defense I saw the error of my ways too late. MVIS pumpers stole investors money with their persistent lies. Don't let the Kopin liars do the same.
This story is too kind to liars at DoD.
https://www.fudzilla.com/news/59742-lucky-teams-up-with-microsoft-on-military-headsets
Friday, September 13, 2024
The Usual Suspects are pumping IVAS-Next as a viable pathway for growth. It is not. Kopin is doing the carrot & stick tactic that the crooks in EF did to keep us snugly on the hook. Next year the Army will decide!. And the year after that, Next year the Army will decide! And so and so on. In the US Government Hall of Shame of Waste, Fraud and Abuse #1 practitioner has their own building called the Pentagon
Monday, August 19, 2024
The Army has a history of big ideas that accomplished nothing apart from wasting money, having endless meetings, endless powerpoint where the sub-text was always "what I'm working on is revolutionary and will ensure the defense of the nation for 100s of years but it is going to cost and the cost will always go up because we are this close to the solution"...
IVAS is one of those and it looks it's a goner. The Army's great project has been to try to find a way to turn one soldier into a squad, one squad into a platoon etc. It ain't working. It's "on the ropes" and it makes me happy. The Army has to take a hard look at itself and admit that recruitment is down for a reason and the druggies and HS Dropout they sign up are not up to the job. They can't solve that problem, they can't beat inflation, they can't win on retention and living conditions and they can't win with a headset that makes people sick.
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Looking at modernization today, “specifically, we've already walked away from ERCA, FARA, which was promoted as the Army's number one priority — the aircraft has been gutted. That's gone.” Additionally, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System program “is on the ropes,” as are “many other items. So, where do we end up with this?”
Friday, August 16, 2024
Under the category of you become who you hate. Stoppedout is picking up Geoffrey Porter's and 2Stupid's Battle Flag to convince the gullible that Kopin has an open lane to IVAS Next. He forgot to tell you that L3 and Elbit were in the room as well along with other "Real" Companys like Palatir. A Kopin flack buttonholed a middling British Defense Reporter and told about the "plan" Kopin has to snake IVAS away from the Defense Giants. You may or may not know that Elbit has been working with Microsoft on this for at least a few years and you also know that Companies working on "sensitive" programs have signed NDAs and don't run to a microphone and blah, blah, blah about the "plans they are hatching". Don't trust that guy.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
I like to check in on the goings-on in Kopinistan from time to time and sometimes the takes are so outrageously dumb I can't let it pass. Case in point. Spoiler Alert...That's ALL they do...Which one the Z Boys is Justmaybe12
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Speaking of Boondoggles
An F-35 crashed near the international airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pilot managed to escape the burning fighter jet and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries
— RT (@RT_com) May 29, 2024
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Murray put a pretty good face on the situation. That Fan is criticizing the company in Public means someday dreaming about an Insider Buy from him probably should wake up. "IVAS" is not Trademarked. It's sleight of hand to try to Piggy-Back on that program which is showing up as just another DC boondoggle. The Army's "New Helmet" is designed to provide mounts for ENVG-B and "Real" IVAS if there is such a thing., Not whatever Kopin and Wilcox cook up.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Sorry to let this junk come up but I have a bad case of Irish Amnesia (never forget a betrayal) I asked a General if a Plus-Up on ENVG-B meant a downgrade for IVAS. He said "there are no plus-ups planned for ENVG-B." The Pentagon is very aware of the obstacles facing IVAS and have known for a long time. Failing this Test IVAS is kaput. Land Warrior 2.0...
And if IVAS does become a billpayer, the “really strong” performance by Elbit’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggles-Binocular’s means it may be one of those programs in line for redirected funds, he told Senators.
Monday, May 20, 2024
Dr. Fan liked this post. Is he now persona non grata at Kopin? I think so, ironic.
No they didn’t. They received an unknown amount of money for an SBIR Phase I Award with no guarantee that their “exploration” of this tech ever advances to a Phase II. About 10% of the Awards ever achieve“Mass production” they floated. $kopn
— ZEROHEDGES (@ZEROHEDGES1) May 15, 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Anybody who paid attention could see this coming. And course as fate would have it the High-End NVG Biz goes to Elbit and the Fraudsters in EF. You Kopin guys can call it IVAS-Never. Still causes nausea, eye strain, unreliable in delivering data, could not overcome the tyranny of distance on and on. Army doing what it does best selling BS to dummies in Congress at our expense.
The much-hyped IVAS goggles were supposed to revolutionize the way soldiers train, operate, and receive information on the battlefield.
They feature a mixed reality heads-up display that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools to aid in decision-making and targeting.
However, the multibillion-dollar program has been on a rocky path as soldiers complained of experiencing discomfort after less than three hours of using the goggles.
Among the “mission-affecting” physical impairments caused by the IVAS are headaches, nausea, and eye strain.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/05/16/fate-us-army-ivas/
Friday, May 17, 2024
Kopin people like to compare themselves to their "competitors" Microvision and Vuzix neither being actual competitors, Microvision makes LiDar Vaporware and Vuzix makes waveguides. Here's your real competitor. Why you'll always be a minor player with minor awards in Defense and Metrology. Put your dreams away
Samsung and their subsidiary eMagin jointly have shown off a 3500ppi Fine Silicon Mask used for making RGB Micro-OLED displays
— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) May 15, 2024
This technology will bring consumer OLED displays for AR/VR past the 10,000 nits mark when mass produced pic.twitter.com/7TIS0Rq4ZH
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Part of the "Samsung Sellout" was the Army's desire to not hang a important Program like IVAS on a Company on shaky Financial Ground. Kopin's attempt to wedge their way into IVAS at SOFIC is an act of desperation. See if you can find any discussion of Kopin at SOFIC. And go get a Skyhook while you're at it.
Value to Society! what a bunch of Horse Shit
innovations that enable the market and return value to our customers, society, and internal and external stakeholders.”
A Zero Impact Player in the MIC is praying for more blood. Vile.
“The global landscape suggests aggressive tensions are increasing around the world and defense affairs are becoming more dynamic. We believe Kopin is well positioned to deliver to our soldiers and allies the defense systems they need and the innovations that enable the market and return value to our customers, society, and internal and external stakeholders.”