Fraunhofer-funded project iSTAR Interactive See-Through Augmented- Reality Displays.
Major specification
OLED microdisplay, VGA, RGB, 0.5″, >1000cd/m², see-through HMD, eye-tracking +gaze-control, mobile platform (iPhone, UMPC), sensor integration (GPS, orientation)
Target markets and demonstrators
industry (design (automobile), manufacturing (aircraft), maintenance)
consumer (context-sensitive geo-information and AR in tourism and navigation)
security (mobile surveillance, mission control)
Personalized mobile information systems and devices have become an indispensable part in the everyday life (cell phones/Smartphone, PDA, PNA, Organizer, Notebook, etc.). These devices normally display information optically or acoustically with a rather low or if necessary consciously controlled information context and they are operated manually. Micro displays, comparable to conventional displays regarding the number of pixel but with a considerable smaller total size, have entered the field of consumer products as e.g. electronic camera view-finders. The breakthrough of multimedia applications with micro displays based on OLED, e.g. video and data displays fixed close to the head (Head-Mounted Displays/HMD) is foreseen for the upcoming years.
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