Silicon Micro Display ST1080 HMD + Steel Battalion = Awesome
Today I was thinking about Silicon Micro Display's ST1080 head mounted display. This unique HMD has a 10% transparent screen. When I first head about that feature, typical wearable computer / augmented reality applications came to my mind. Those...
Update: Sony HMZ-T1 Hands-on Test, Crystal Clear Image With No Crosstalk!
The Sony HMZ-T1 head mounted display is still almost impossible to come by right now, but my local store has one display unit. I finally made my way down, despite some nasty rain, so that I could give the...
Contact Lens Displays One Step Closer to Reality Thanks to Recent Live Testing
If you've ever done any thinking about augmented reality seen a sci-fi movie, you're undoubtedly familiar with the idea of a contact lens that provides the wearer with a super-futuristic heads up display that shows all sorts of awesome and...
Sony HMZ-T1 HMD Still Scarce Worldwide in Sony Stores and Online, Demo Units May be Available
The other week I reported that Sony's HMZ-T1 HMD, which 'launched' on 11/11/11, had been backordered and pushed back to an estimated availability date of 1/17/12. All store stock was going to be diverted to those who had pre-ordered...
ST1080 Head Mounted Display to be Shown Off at CES 2012 by Silicon Micro Display
Today, Silicon Micro Display has announced that they'll be attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show which will be held from January 10th to the 13th.
CES is a huge consumer electronics exhibition (likely the largest in the US) and is a platform...
Immersive Artificial Intelligence — It’ll Take More Than Life-like Graphics to Make True VR
As I've watched a friend play Skyrim over the last few days, I've been blown away by the immense world that Bethesda has created. Not only is it huge, but it's rather beautiful as well. "Slap on an HMD," I thought, "and this would be...
Sony HMZ-T1 Backordered, Sony: ‘Demand in U.S. Exceeded Expectations’
Though Sony oped to get their HMZ-T1 to the market prior to the holidays by putting it up for sale on 11/11/11, it is now officially listed as "backorderable". What does that mean? Well, for one, it means that...
Sony HMZ-T1 HMD Review from Gizmodo Australia
Though Sony's HMZ-T1 is just going on sale today, you're going to see reviews pop up from a few privileged sites that got to play with the futuristic looking 3D head mounted display early. Gizmodo Australia is one of those sites...
Sony HMZ-T1 vs. Silicon Micro Display ST1080 HMD Comparison
The Sony HMZ-T1 and Silicon Micro Display ST1080 are some of the highest quality head mounted displays to ever step into the consumer market. I've seen a number of people ask, "which is better, HMZ-T1 vs ST1080?" I'll be...
ST1080 HMD Development Kit on Sale and Retail Model Available for Pre-order in December
In addition to a retail model of the ST1080, Silicon Micro Display will be launching a less glamorous version of the ST1080 targeted toward developers. They are calling it the ST1080 DDK (display development kit). As with the ST1080 production unit the price is...
