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eMagin Parlaying Big DoD Awards To Make AR/VR A Reality

https://seekingalpha.com/article/...-dod-awards-to-make-ar-vr-reality  

eMagin Corp. Headquarters
Bellevue, Washington, USA.
Founded: 1993
GREAT DD on eMagin & Partner Elbit's CHMD Contract
eMagin's new US helicopter program is likely Elbit's Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) supporting the U.S. Army's CH-47F Chinook and UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk

(from REDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/eMaginCorp/comments/...r_program_is_likely/)

eMagin
At 1Q 2020 CC on May 14,2020 eMagin announced a new US helicopter program (the current one is Apache) -

We received an order for a custom display assembly for a major U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program where we are replacing another display. Deliveries for this program are expected to begin by fourth quarter and run until 2022. We also finalized the design of a new custom display for a new U.S. helicopter helmet program and had delivered the prototypes. This is expected to be a multi-year program with the first displays shipped in Q2.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/...nings-call-transcript?part=single



March 5, 2019 at 7:00 AM EST

U.S. Army Awards Elbit Systems of America Contract for Common Helmet Mounted Display

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems of America, LLC, (NASDAQ: ESLT) (TASE: ESLT), was recently awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity contract by the United States Army to provide a wide field of view Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) system. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, with deliveries starting within 15 months.

This full color CHMD will be part of the U.S. Army's Air Soldier System, used by helicopter flight crews to provide day and night enhanced situational awareness and survivability in all flight conditions. It will be fully-integrated into the Elbit Systems' Helmet Display and Tracker System used onboard the U.S. Army's CH-47F Chinook and the UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk fleets.

https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/440148/...-3d34-48af-8792-bf98f4fac366



Timelines match .

Elbit "deliveries starting within 15 months" from March 5 2019 would put the last starting delivery date as June 5, 2020 .

eMagin's "first displays shipped in Q2" (past tense) as announced on May 14, 2020. So between April 1 & May 15, 2020 .

Both are multiyear -

Elbit -" five-year Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity contract"

eMagin - "This is expected to be a multi-year program"



Future - Elbit X-Sight

Bringing F-35 Technology to the Rotorcraft World

Defense-Update had the opportunity to test Elbit Systems’ brand new X-Sight helmet display system at the company’s closed exhibit at the Paris Airshow. X-Sight brings the F-35 display, and image fusion technology to cockpits of future helicopters, such as Future Attack & Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) and Future Vertical Lift (FVL), both families are expected to appear in the US and European market in the next decade.

https://defense-update.com/...technology-to-the-rotorcraft-world.html






$EMAN: Summary of Operations (from website: http://emagin.com/)
The OLED-XL™ Advantage

eMagin is the leading manufacturer of active-matrix Organic LED (AM-OLED) microdisplays on silicon. These displays perform at low-power levels, extended temperature ranges and provide image performance not possible with LCD technologies. eMagin’s OLED Microdisplays are designed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
Management & BOD:
http://emagin.com/about/management/

Strong Management Roster:
Andrew G. Sculley, Jr. has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President from June 2008 and continues to serve as the Chief Executive Officer. From 2004 to 2008 Mr. Sculley served as the General Manager of Kodak’s OLED Systems Business Unit and Vice President of Kodak’s Display Business, where he forged a number of alliances with flat panel display manufacturers. From 2001 to 2004, he was the CFO of Kodak’s Display Business. From 2003 to 2006, he served on the Board of Directors of SK Display, a joint venture between Sanyo and Kodak to manufacture active matrix OLED displays. From 1996 to 2001 Mr. Sculley served on as the Manager of Operations, CFO and member of the Board of Directors of Kodak Japan Ltd., where he managed Distribution, Information Technologies, Legal, Purchasing and Finance. Previously, he held positions in strategic planning and finance in Eastman Kodak Company. Mr. Sculley holds an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MS in physics from Cornell University. He attended Harvard University’s International Senior Management Program while an executive at Kodak.

Mark Koch was appointed acting Chief Financial Officer on January 23, 2020 after serving as eMagin’s Vice President of Finance since October 2018, and Corporate Controller since March 2016.   He has been a financial executive and consultant for over twenty-five years. He joined eMagin from the Turtle Beach Corporation, an audio technology company providing gaming headsets, where he was the corporate controller.  Previously, Mr. Koch was a consultant with Tatum, an executive talent and strategic consulting firm providing c-suite solutions.  Mr. Koch was the principal accounting officer of Del Global Technologies Corp,  a medical imaging manufacturer with international  operations. Mr. Koch has also served as the corporate controller of SEMX Corporation a manufacturer of specialty materials and thermal management solutions.    He holds a BS from Manhattan College and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Dr. Amal Ghosh was appointed to Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President on September 30, 2018. Previously he was appointed as Senior Vice President of Research and Development since 2009 after serving as Vice President of OLED Research and Development at eMagin since 2005. Dr. Ghosh is responsible for improvising and introducing new technologies to eMagin’s microdisplay line of products, managing Government programs and Intellectual Property. Prior to joining eMagin Corporation, Dr. Ghosh was with Eastman Kodak Company involved with OLED display technology and with IBM Corporation, both at the T. J. Watson Research Center and at the Microelectronics Division, where he contributed to numerous programs involving semiconductor technology and LCD displays. In his professional career, he has numerous publications and patents to his credit. Dr. Ghosh has more than 30 years of industrial experience. In 2003 he received SID’s Special Recognition Award for his work in the field of OLEDs and FEDs. In 2009 he received the SID Mid-Atlantic Chapter award for leadership, dedication and service to the chapter and was also elected a Fellow of the society.

Dr. Ghosh was the President of SID during 2014-2016. He is presently the Past-President and member of the Board of Directors of SID. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA in 1985.





General Comments
From the DD that has been made available on $EMAN over the last couple of weeks and beyond we know that the company's tecnology has MULTIPLE applications, and they have indicated in their May 14th Conference Call that they are NOT looking for a specific partner and instead they are focusing on rolling out their NEW LINE OF DISPLAYS and fulfilling EXISTING contracts with military manufacturers and a "mystery" "TIER 1" client that has been the topic of MUCH conjecture/rumour, particularly on manufacturers in the VR sector. There has been some SOLID dot-connecting done by iHubbers, Redditors, Twitter users, etc., which has generated a lot of attention for $EMAN but has also brought SOME out of the woodwork with all sorts of predictions on $EMAN and what it will or will not become, or whether it will be engaging in some sort of partnership/M&A activity with a firm.



Rumours Aside / What We Know:
Q1 Results & May 14th CC told investors quite clearly that $EMAN has IMPRESSIVE operations  as an independent operator and an ESSENTIAL BUSINESS during the Coronavirus Pandemic, meaning that $EMAN's operations will continue to be robust during this strange time. Moreover, $EMAN's manufacturing is based in the UNITED STATES so they are ahead of the curve in terms of "nationalising" operations, so they are well-positioned for the "COVID" and "post-COVID" world.



-$EMAN Share Structure:
Common stock, $.001 par value: Authorized 200,000,000 shares,
Issued 53,980,918 shares,
Outstanding 53,818,852 shares as of March 31, 2020





KEY INFO FROM Q1 2020:
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/AMEX/...unces-first-quarter-2020-re

--> "ONLY US Manufacturer of microdisplays"
--> "Consumer, Medical, and Military customers are increasingly turning to eMagin"
--> Technology has "higher brightness" (more 'nits') than any other competitor -- even with more rudimentary versions
--> $5.6 Million Product Revenue (display sales) and $1.1 Million Contract R&D Work ($6.7 million total revenue)
--> "Received awards for TWO US Helicopter Helmet Programs (see below info on Lockheed Martin)
--> Year-over-year revenue increase of $100,000 in a historically BAD quarter
--> R&D Costs sliced & Operating Expenses Declined YoY
--> Adjusted EBITDA to -$800,000 from -$1.5million in the year prior
--> Operating Expenses DOWN and booked contracts UP  with $13.3MILLION in shippable orders ready for the next 12months





MILITARY
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/AMEX/...unces-first-quarter-2020-re


- Microdisplays were developed for "DEFENSE-WIDE" applications (2014): https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/...ology-ManTech-Award-Develop


- Displays are used in Boeing's APACHE-64 Attack Helicopter Helmets (2018) Pg. 3:
https://vtol.org/files/dmfile/colucci-vertiflite-so18-visiontech.pdf
PAGE 3: https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/...sg.aspx?message_id=155653984



****More Links on this & why this is important****

(Current Helmet) https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/bd201o/...er_pilot_helmet/
"WHAT IS THAT THING ON THE PILOT'S EYE????????"  :::::: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/arrowhead.html

******$EMAN'S OLED DISPLAYS BEING USED IN THIS SWEET HELMET THAT CONNECTS TO THE TURRET CAMERA******
This is called an ""M-TADS/PVNS System" (Modernized Target Acquisitions Sight / Pilot Night Vision Sensor ---  

Video from LOCKHEED MARTIN of Apache-64 "optics" both in Turret and Helmet (1:00 mark talks about how the HELMET and M-PNVS work together) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hrzSGcmUA

Therefore our "MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACTOR" must be Lockheed Martin(?) who puts together these targetting systems for Boeing:
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/arrowhead.html
$LMT (Lockheed Martin - NYSE): Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests.
-$360.40usd/share & $101 Billion Market Cap
-$53.7bln Revenue (2018)

eMagin Announces Significant Order from Major Defense Contractor (2019): http://ir.emagin.com/news-releases/...significant-order-strengthening




AUGMENTED REALITY / VIRTUAL REALITY

$EMAN mentioned here by NVIDIA, who will use their tech for a VR headset (July 2019): https://research.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/..._v2%20%2815%29.pdf

"As described in Sec. 4.1.1, three customized ICs (manufactured by ILLUCO) were used in the optical bench prototype. We used the eMagin (WUXGA LUT) micro OLED for the foveal display. Each 18.7×11.75 mm, 3 g micro display has 1920×1200 24-bit color pixels at >1000 cd/m2 brightness. Overall transparency was 50% and the final brightness of the foveal display was around 70 nits. Our peripheral display is powered by the Celluon 1280×720 laser projector (PicoBit), with a 10 mm diameter 75 mm focal length plano-convex lens (Edmund Optics 84-281) for beam shaping. A full-color HOE film was recorded with our custom recording setup (see Supplementary B.1). To maximize the efficiency of all three wavelengths, we stacked three HOEs ( Supplementary B.3). Two perpendicular linear polarizers were used in front of the laser projector to match the brightness of the peripheral display to that of foveal display. In the optical bench prototype, the micro OLED travels horizontally and axially via two high-speed motorized linear stages (DDSM50) from Thorlabs, Inc.


"Wearable prototype. The wearable prototype consists of a modular, 3D printed frame that houses and aligns all of the optical/mechanical components used in the system (see Supplementary C) including a compact laser projector (MEGA1, MEGA1-F1), a beam shaping lens (Edmund Optics, 84-281), a right angle prism (Thorlabs, PS908), a micro OLED (eMagin, WUXGA LUT), optical front-end (combiners and half mirrors for the fovea and peripheral optical path), and the motion stage used to translate the foveal and peripheral displays in relation to each other. The basic optical structure of the wearable prototype is identical to the benchtop prototype, but it uses a smaller projector and the folded optical path for periphery. Note that the HOE was delaminated from the glass substrate to minimize the form factor and weight. The micro OLED display driver is located remotely and relayed to the display using a 5-feet cable provided by the manufacturer"




10-Q - for period ending Mar. 31, 2020:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046995/...n-20200331x10q.htm

Earnings Conference Call Transcript (May 14th, 2020):
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/...sg.aspx?message_id=155634774





LINKS
Company Website: http://emagin.com/
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emagin-corporation
SS: https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/EMAN/profile
"Official Twitter": https://twitter.com/eMaginCorporat1
"Unofficial Twitter": https://twitter.com/eMagin_OLED
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQ09N_U8RhxHz-r0i2yobA
Reddit Page: https://www.reddit.com/r/eMaginCorp

Management: http://emagin.com/about/management/

Price Target from Rodman & Renshaw: https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/...sg.aspx?message_id=155684540

Video of Apache-64 "optics" both in Turret and Helmet (1:00 mark talks about how the HELMET and M-PNVS work together) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2hrzSGcmUA

US ARMY Weapons System: https://defence-blog.com/army/...its-revolutionary-weapon-system.html  

eMagin Expanding New York Manufacturing Facility to Support Growth
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2020 / eMagin Corporation (NYSE American:EMAN),

a leader in the development, design and manufacture of Active Matrix OLED microdisplays used in Military and Commercial AR/VR devices, and other near-eye imaging products, today announced that the Company has signed a new ten year lease expanding their current footprint by 25% to approximately 63,000 square feet. Additionally, eMagin will have two five-year options to extend the lease as part of this agreement.

"We are encouraged by the recognition we have received for our technology and are excited to begin the upgrade of our equipment and facilities. As a result, we are securing more space in our Hopewell Junction facility in advance of the arrival of the new equipment under our $5.5 million IBAS grant and $33.6 million award from the Department of Defense for enhanced U.S. domestic capability for high resolution, high brightness OLED microdisplays. We will begin the buildout of the space in the first quarter of 2021, increasing our existing clean room by approximately 50% which will house a production tool for our high brightness Direct Patterning Technology process. As part of this effort and to support our improved manufacturing processes, we expect to hire additional production and engineering personnel beginning in 2021," said CEO Andrew Sculley.

Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro said, "We are grateful to have a leading tech company like eMagin in our County. Dutchess has a long and rich history of high-tech research and development, and manufacturing companies producing products that advance and protect the World. We look forward to working with eMagin to help train their new and existing workforce in Dutchess County."

About eMagin

The leader in OLED microdisplay technology for the next generation of computing and imaging devices, serving world-class customers in the military, consumer, medical and industrial markets. We invent, engineer and manufacture display technologies of the future in the USA, including our Direct Patterning Technology (dPdTM) that will transform the way the world consumes information. Since 2001, our microdisplays have been, and continue to be, used in AR/VR, aircraft helmets, heads-up display systems, thermal scopes, night vision goggles, future weapon systems and a variety of other applications. www.emagin.com

Contact:

eMagin Corporation
Mark A. Koch, Acting Chief Financial Officer
845-838-7951
mkoch@emagin.com

Affinity Growth Advisors
Betsy Brod
212-661-2231
betsy.brod@affinitygrowth.com

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eMagin Corporation [EMAN] Revenue clocked in at $29.10 million, up 281.04% YTD: What’s Next?

https://dbtnews.com/2020/12/21/...0-million-up-281-04-ytd-whats-next/



eMagin to Present at the 23rd Annual Needham Growth Conference
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2021 / eMagin Corporation (NYSE American:EMAN), a leader in the development, design and manufacture of Active Matrix OLED microdisplays used in Military and Commercial AR/VR devices, and other near-eye imaging products, today announced that CEO Andrew Sculley and Acting CFO Mark Koch will be presenting at the 23rd Annual Needham Growth Conference on Thursday, January 14th, at 11:30 AM EST in Track 4. Members of eMagin management will also be available for one-on-one meetings on Wednesday, January 13th and the morning of Thursday, January 14th.
To listen to the webcast, interested parties should use the following link:

https://wsw.com/webcast/needham103/eman/2221254

An archived version of the presentation will be available for ninety days on the Company's website in the investor section under webcasts and/or events.

About eMagin

The leader in OLED microdisplay technology for the next generation of computing and imaging devices, serving world-class customers in the military, consumer, medical and industrial markets. We invent, engineer and manufacture display technologies of the future in the USA, including our Direct Patterning Technology (dPd) that will transform the way the world consumes information. Since 2001, our microdisplays have been, and continue to be, used in AR/VR, aircraft helmets, heads-up display systems, thermal scopes, night vision goggles, future weapon systems and a variety of other applications. www.emagin.com

Contact:

eMagin Corporation
Mark A. Koch, Acting Chief Financial Officer
845-838-7951
mkoch@emagin.com

Affinity Growth Advisors
Betsy Brod
212-661-2231
betsy.brod@affinitygrowth.com

SOURCE: eMagin Corporation eMagin to Present at the 23rd Annual Needham Growth Conference
HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2021 / eMagin Corporation (NYSE American:EMAN), a leader in the development, design and manufacture of Active Matrix OLED microdisplays used in Military and Commercial AR/VR devices, and other near-eye imaging products, today announced that CEO Andrew Sculley and Acting CFO Mark Koch will be presenting at the 23rd Annual Needham Growth Conference on Thursday, January 14th, at 11:30 AM EST in Track 4. Members of eMagin management will also be available for one-on-one meetings on Wednesday, January 13th and the morning of Thursday, January 14th.
To listen to the webcast, interested parties should use the following link:

https://wsw.com/webcast/needham103/eman/2221254

An archived version of the presentation will be available for ninety days on the Company's website in the investor section under webcasts and/or events.

About eMagin

The leader in OLED microdisplay technology for the next generation of computing and imaging devices, serving world-class customers in the military, consumer, medical and industrial markets. We invent, engineer and manufacture display technologies of the future in the USA, including our Direct Patterning Technology (dPd) that will transform the way the world consumes information. Since 2001, our microdisplays have been, and continue to be, used in AR/VR, aircraft helmets, heads-up display systems, thermal scopes, night vision goggles, future weapon systems and a variety of other applications. www.emagin.com

Contact:

eMagin Corporation
Mark A. Koch, Acting Chief Financial Officer
845-838-7951
mkoch@emagin.com

Affinity Growth Advisors
Betsy Brod
212-661-2231
betsy.brod@affinitygrowth.com



Is eMagin Corporation (NYSE:EMAN) Stock an Instant Disaster or an Incredible Opportunity?
By Isaac Mitchell - January 5, 202161 0


In the last trading session, 1,006,254 eMagin Corporation(NYSE:EMAN) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.81. With the company’s per share price at $1.69 changed hands at $0.04 or 0.02% during last session, the market valuation stood at $114.07 Million. EMAN’s last price was a discount, traded about -22.49% off its 52-week high of $2.07. The share price had its 52-week low at $0.14, which suggests the last value was 91.72% up since then. When we look at eMagin Corporation’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.14 Million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.09 Million.

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Analysts gave the eMagin Corporation (EMAN) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that none out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further none assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, none recommended EMAN as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and none rated the stock as Underweight. eMagin Corporation’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -$0.03.


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eMagin Corporation (NYSE:EMAN) trade information

Instantly EMAN was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 2.42%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The jump to weekly highs of $1.798 on Tuesday, Dec 29 added 6.04% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 0.02%, with the 5-day performance at 0.04% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, eMagin Corporation (NYSE:EMAN) is 0.35% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 1.99 Million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.83 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $2, meaning bulls need an upside of 18.34% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, EMAN’s forecast low is $2 with $2 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a +18.34% upsurge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 18.34% for it to hit the projected low.

eMagin Corporation (EMAN) estimates and forecasts

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 16.2%. The 2021 estimates are for eMagin Corporation earnings to increase by 58.4%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 20% per year.


eMagin Corporation (NYSE:EMAN)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 5.14% of eMagin Corporation shares while 25.2% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 26.57%. There are 38 institutions holding the eMagin Corporation stock share, with AWM Investment Company, Inc. the top institutional holder. As of Sep 29, 2020, the company held 4.16% of the shares, roughly 2.81 Million EMAN shares worth $3.56 Million.

Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 2.9% or 1.96 Million shares worth $2.49 Million as of Sep 29, 2020.


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Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Sep 29, 2020 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund. With 1506479shares estimated at $1.91 Million under it, the former controlled 2.23% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund held about 0.62% of the shares, roughly 420.4 Thousand shares worth around $533.91 Thousand.

https://marketingsentinel.com/2021/01/05/...n-incredible-opportunity/  

...immer wieder wird Apple mit eMagin in Verbindung gebracht... könnte da tatsächlich in Zukunft
aus eMagin ein Zulieferer für Apple werden...?
...man weis es nicht...

https://www.apfelpatient.de/allgemein/...headset-alles-was-wir-wissen

Seit Jahren begleiten uns Gerüchte rund um ein neues Augmented-Reality-Headset, an dem Apple arbeiten soll. Nachfolgend ein Überblick basierend auf Gerüchten und iOS-Leaks.

Seit einigen Jahren wird immer wieder darüber berichtet, wonach Apple an einem Augmented-Reality-Headset arbeitet. Ursprünglich wurde erwartet, dass das Produkt in 2020 vorgestellt wird. Doch das war bekanntlich nicht der Fall. Es gibt allerdings neue Gerüchte, die eine Markteinführung in 2021 in Aussicht stellen.

Apple AR-Produkt: 2017 fing alles an


Die ersten Gerüchte über ein reines AR-Produkt von Apple wurden im Jahr 2017 dokumentiert. Damals hat Bloomberg erklärt, dass Apple an einem AR-Headset arbeitet, das irgendwann in 2020 erscheinen könnte. Dem damaligen Bericht zufolge soll Apple intern ein Headset mit einem System-in-Package Design testen, das ein neues Betriebssystem namens „rOS“ – basierend auf iOS – ausführt. Interessanterweise enthielt der Bericht nicht viele Details über das eigentliche Headset-Design. Im selben Jahr veröffentlichte die Financial Times einen Artikel, der weitere Details enthielt. Dabei wurde erklärt, dass Apple eine Augmented-Reality-Brille entwickelt, die 3D-Kameras haben würde und auf das iPhone angewiesen wäre.

Analyst warnte vor Änderungen im Zeitplan
Im selben Jahr führte Apple mit iOS 11 die ARKit-API ein, die die Augmented-Reality-Technologie für iOS-Apps weiter verbesserte. Anfang 2018 fing Apple an, Gespräche mit Unternehmen zu führen, die Komponenten für AR- und VR-Geräte bauen, darunter EMagin – das OLED-Display-Komponenten für diese Art von Headset herstellt. Der bekannte Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo erklärte, dass Apple plant, zwischen 2019 und 2020 mit der Massenproduktion seines ersten Augmented-Reality-Produkts zu beginnen. Gleichzeitig warnte er davor, dass sich der Zeitplan ändern könnte und damit auch eine spätere Markteinführung nicht ausgeschlossen ist.

Spezifikationen, Design und Funktionen
Im selben Bericht erwähnte Kuo, dass die erste Generation von Apples AR-Headset stark vom iPhone abhängig sein wird, genauso wie es die erste Generation der Apple Watch war. Der Analyst erklärte, dass alle „Apple Glasses“-Daten auf dem iPhone gerendert und verarbeitet werden, wobei das neue Gerät als AR-Bildschirm fungiert. Da das iPhone die gesamte Rechenleistung übernehmen soll, ist es möglich, ein viel leichteres, komfortableres Accessoire zum Tragen zu entwickeln. Im Grunde genommen wie eine normale Brille. Würde das Gerät vollwertig eigenständig arbeiten, wäre dies nicht möglich. Die Existenz eines solchen AR-Produkts wurde in der Zwischenzeit von Apple selbst ungewollt bestätigt. In 2019 wurden interne Dateien von 9to5mac entdeckt, die sich in einem Build von iOS 13 versteckt haben. Ein neues internes System namens StarBoard ist für das Rendern und Verwalten von AR-Bildern auf dem iPhone und deren Darstellung auf dem AR-Headset verantwortlich.

Apple entwickelt angeblich zwei verschiedene Produkte


Der Fund hat damit Gerüchte bestätigt, wonach dieses Gerät ähnlich wie die erste Apple Watch mit WatchKit-Apps funktioniert. Doch damit nicht genug. Der iOS 13 Code enthüllte auch, dass das Unternehmen den AR-Modus mit Apps wie Maps, Find My und Quick Look (zum Erkunden von Webinhalten auf AR) sowie APIs zur Unterstützung von Spielen und anderen Anwendungen getestet hat. Seit damals wurden auch eine Reihe von Patenten entdeckt, die sich auf ein Gerät beziehen, das „virtuelle 3D-Ansichten der Umgebung eines Nutzers, die mit virtuellen Inhalten angereichert sind, bieten kann.“ Bloomberg beschrieb damals Apples AR-Headset als Brille, die Text, E-Mails, Karten, Spiele und andere Dinge durch holografische Displays, die in die Linse eingebaut sind, anzeigen kann. Letztes Jahr enthüllte Mark Gurman, dass das Unternehmen zwei Strategien für seine Augmented-Reality-Geräte hat, eine davon ist die AR-Brille und die andere ein robusteres AR/VR-Headset.

Dem Bericht zufolge zielt das Headset darauf ab, das Beste aus AR und VR zu kombinieren, um branchenführende Gaming- und Content-VR-Erlebnisse zu bieten während die schlanke und leichte Brille nur AR sein wird und sich darauf konzentriert, Daten wie Kartennavigation über das zu legen, was der Anwender in der realen Welt sieht.
Wann wird Apple das AR-Headset vorstellen?
Nachdem Apple in 2020 kein derartiges Produkt vorgestellt hat, wird 2021 mit Spannung beobachtet. Bloomberg hat vor einiger Zeit behauptet, dass das Apple AR/VR-Headset im Jahr 2021 oder 2022 vorgestellt werden könnte während „Apple Glasses“ aufgrund von Schwierigkeiten bei der Entwicklung und Herstellung erst 2023 erscheinen wird. Diese Information wurde im späteren Verlauf von anderen Quellen „bestätigt“. Der bekannte Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo hat erst kürzlich berichtet, dass Apple tatsächlich 2021 sein erstes Augmented-Reality-Gerät ankündigen wird. Ob es sich dabei um die AR-Brille oder das AR/VR-Headset handelt, ließ er offen.

Wird Apple „rOS“ im Rahmen der WWDC 2021 enthüllen?


Auch der Zeitpunkt wurde nicht kommentiert, weshalb davon auszugehen ist, dass ein solches Produkt eher im Herbst angekündigt wird. Apple könnte allerdings das neue Betriebssystem namens „rOS“ im Rahmen der WWDC 2021 im Sommer enthüllen. Wie dem auch sei. Fakt ist, dass Apple die ARKit-API und auch die Kameras auf den Geräten immer weiter verbessert hat, um ein besseres Augmented-Reality-Erlebnis zu ermöglichen. Der LiDAR-Scanner, der mit dem 2020er iPad Pro eingeführt wurde und auch in den iPhone 12 Pro Modellen enthalten ist, würde perfekt in ein neues AR-Gerät passen. Demnach bleibt das Ganze definitiv spannend. (Photo by World Image / Bigstockphoto)

 

Google patent app w/EMAN OLED

[0140] ... The microdisplay (eMagin SXGA096, 1292.times.1036 pixels) was mounted on the side of the microscope and ...

AUGMENTED REALITY MICROSCOPE FOR PATHOLOGY WITH OVERLAY OF QUANTITATIVE BIOMARKER DATA

20210018742 January 21, 2021

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/...p;OS=20210018742&RS=20210018742

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https://www.reddit.com/r/eMaginCorp/comments/...t/emagingoogle_aidod/
 

EMAN recently signed a new 10-year lease to expand its New York manufacturing facility by 25%. The company was  recently  awarded two new patents for its Direct Patterning Display (dPd) technology.

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eMagin Corporation received a new Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for US Patent Application No. 16/279,809, titled: MICRODISPLAY WITH REDUCED PIXEL SIZE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME.

https://twitter.com/PatentEagle/status/1352639075585552388

https://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/...N%2F20190259337%2526RS%3DDN%2F20190259337

This patent will allow for smaller pixels which will allow smaller OLED display which are needed for compact form factor glasses like AR devices .