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Panasonic VR Glasses Use OLED Displays on Chip Sourced From Kopin

The virtual-reality eyeglasses that Panasonic introduced at CES 2021 are embedded with Kopin’s 2560 x 2560-resolution OLED displays on chip, said the microdisplay supplier Friday. The glasses are the world’s first HDR-capable Ultra HD VR headwear and have a very…

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small, lightweight form factor due to their 1.3-inch displays and their slim Pancake “optics” sourced from 3M, said Kopin. The glasses are “comfortable to wear for extended periods,” compared with more conventional bulky VR headsets, it said. The glasses incorporate signal processing technologies “cultivated” through the development of Panasonic TVs and Blu-ray players, plus acoustic technologies of Technics audio products and optical technologies used in Lumix digital cameras, said Panasonic.