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posted by martyb on Friday March 16 2018, @09:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the moar-faster-pixels dept.

Google and LG will show off an OLED display for virtual reality headsets that could have a resolution of around 5500×3000:

Google and LG are set to present an 18-megapixel 4.3-inch OLED headset display with 1443 ppi and a higher refresh rate of 120Hz during the Display Week 2018 trade show in late May. The display will have a wide field of view and high acuity. The advanced program for the expo was spotted by Android Police via OLED-Info.

Those specs make the forthcoming headset better than most of what's on the market. Screens like the new HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift only boast total resolutions of 2880 x 1600 and 2160 x 1200, respectively.

From the Display Week 2018 Symposium Program:

The world's highest resolution (18 megapixel, 1443 ppi) OLED-on-glass display was developed. White OLED with color filter structure was used for high-density pixelization, and an n-type LTPS backplane was chosen for higher electron mobility compared to mobile phone displays. A custom high bandwidth driver IC was fabricated. Foveated driving logic for VR and AR applications was implemented.

The competing "Pimax 8K" uses two 3840×2160 panels to hit 7680×2160 with a 200° field of view. Shipments of that headset have been delayed to April or later. A 2017 StarVR headset used two 2560×1440 panels for a 210° field of view. Two of the panels from Google and LG could add up to around 11000×3000 (based on The Verge's guess), 12000×3000 (36 megapixels), or 11314×3182 (36 megapixels, 32:9 aspect ratio).

Recall that AMD has envisioned VR resolution reaching 16K per eye (a grand total of 30720×8640, or over 265 megapixels).

List of common resolutions.

Also at UploadVR and Android Authority.

Related: Is Screen Resolution Good Enough Considering the Fovea Centralis of the Eye?
AU Optronics to Ship 8K Panels to TV Manufacturers in H1 2018


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @11:03AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @11:03AM (#653510)

    A good moment to become blind.

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday March 16 2018, @12:14PM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday March 16 2018, @12:14PM (#653532) Homepage Journal

    Trust me, you won't go blind. And you won't grow hair on the palms of your hands.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @12:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @12:31PM (#653536)

      Will you grow hair on the top of your head?