Head Mounted Displays

Virtually every headset for immersive content is about as subtle as a foghorn in a library. A South Korean hardware brand is trying to make them a little less conspicuous by sneaking a headset into a pair of mostly nondescript headphones.

Elbit America recently showed off its X-Sight Helmet Display (HMD) system to customers in Huntsville, Alabama to showcase how the bug-eyed visor can provide helicopter pilots tactical displays and 360-degree super-vision.

The Cinera Edge is a light personal cinema headset that packs a 5K(ish)-resolution display and Dolby Surround Sound. It uses two OLED displays measuring just 0.83 inches with 2560 x 1440 pixels each, creating the equivalent of almost an IMAX screen.

Gizmag gets some hands-on time with the Avegant Glyph, a virtual retinal display fused with a pair of high-quality headphones that replicates the experience of sitting in an empty, darkened movie theater, except with a better picture.

Epson has announced the follow up to its Moverio BT-100 augmented reality glasses. The BT-200 smart glasses are reported to be 60 percent lighter, and include a host of new features aimed at changing how customers experience the world at large, and delivered entertainment.

The Glyph headsets from Avegant look like a pair of rather bulky headphones, but the headband can be pulled down over the eyes to project video images directly onto the wearer's retinas. Pre-production prototypes are currently being assembled in readiness for a CES debut in a few weeks.

Not one, but two devices that offer an affordable VR experience through a smartphone recently popped up on Kickstarter. Both the vrAse and the 360specs are a pair of goggles that can be fitted with a smartphone or tablet to view 3D movies and games with no additional hardware required.

Sony Europe has announced a November release for the third generation of the company's head-mounted personal 3D video viewer. New to this release is a wireless model ... sort of.

FlyViz captures vision on a 360-degree camera attached to the top of a helmet that is processed in real time and displayed on a Sony HMZ-TD to give the wearer a 360-degree panoramic view of their surrounds.

Fraunhofer has developed OLED glasses that allow the wearer to flip pages on a projected document, using nothing but eye movements.

Lockheed Martin has select ed BAE Systems to develop substitute flight helmet for the F-35 program.

Recon Instruments has announced plans for its next generation of in-goggle display technology.