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Samsung to Acquire AR/VR Microdisplay Company eMagin for $218M

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eMagin, the US-based developer and manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, announced a merger agreement with Samsung Display, a subsidiary of the Korean tech giant. The company announced in a press statement that Samsung will acquire all outstanding shares of eMagin common stock on a fully diluted basis for $2.08

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AR Technology Meets Music At SXSW 2022

VRScout

Music metaverse company Ristband is using all the technology at its disposal to revolutionize the live music industry. Individuals lucky enough to get a slot into the show were shuffled into a small theater where everyone was given an older model head-mounted display powered by Samsung mobile devices.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. In particular, AR places 3D models into real situations and adds contextual information to a camera display or headphones.

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Samsung Display Acquiring OLED Microdisplay Company eMagin For 'XR Devices'

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Samsung Display entered into a "definitive merger agreement" with eMagin for $218 million. eMagin was founded in 2000, and has mainly provided OLED microdisplays for niche industrial head mounted displays, primarily for the US military. This Samsung Display deal could be the solution to that problem.

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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. Ford Global Technologies LLC. Amazon Technologies Inc. Amazon Technologies Inc. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light. Intel Corp. LG Electronics Inc.

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Atlantic, Meta to Debut Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Galapagos’ on Quest TV

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Using stereoscopic 180-degree cinematography, Atlantic Productions will leverage Meta’s extended reality (XR) technologies for the award-winning series Galapagos with Sir David Attenborough, legendary British Biologist, Documentarian, Historian, and Broadcaster. A Quill production still from Galapagos with David Attenborough.

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VR: Fad or Fiction?

Tech Trends VR

Back in 2012, a starry-eyed young entrepreneur called Palmer Luckey announced a new and improved head-mounted display that would be better than pretty much everything on the market at the time, and affordable for gamers to boot. VR didn't do as well in 2018 as many hoped - or expected Click To Tweet.