Apple engineers to lead talks on AR, VR, Micro LED & other topics at May's Display Week

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Several Apple engineers will be hosting talks at this year's Display Week, running from May 20 to May 25 in Los Angeles.




Some of the topics on offer will include augmented and virtual reality, Micro LED, OLED, color gamuts, and capacitive touch screens. Cheng Chen, a director with Apple's Display Optics and Platform Technologies, will host a keynote covering three topics, namely OLED, eye tracking in AR/VR and blue LEDs.

Although the iPhone 8 and X have a limited amount of AR support, Apple's participation does reinforce rumors that the company is working on a true AR headset, expected to ship in 2020 or later. The device may be controlled through a mix of Siri commands and touch and head gestures, and sport its own operating system, currently dubbed "rOS." It may also work fully independently of an iPhone, unlike the Apple Watch.

More telling may be the engineers' participation in Micro LED events, since Apple has only mentioned interest in the technology in its patent filings. The company has repeatedly dropped hints about AR wearables -- senior VP Eddy Cue dodged questions about them during his SXSW appearance in Austin on Monday.

Micro LED would be an advancement over even the OLED technology used in the iPhone X, improving brightness, contrast, and response. The company could use it in products as soon as this year, but OLED production only recently ramped up to the levels needed for a product like the iPhone

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,510member
    MicroLED could first be used in the watch. Besides it being so much smaller, it’s not quite as critical.
    SpamSandwichcornchipRayz2016
  • Reply 2 of 5
    MplsPMplsP Posts: 3,911member
    melgross said:
    MicroLED could first be used in the watch. Besides it being so much smaller, it’s not quite as critical.
    Agreed - I'm interested in seeing what is happening in the development front with Micro LED
  • Reply 3 of 5
    LatkoLatko Posts: 398member
    Session 1: “30+ years of screen tech. Why we outsourced OLED provisioning to Samsung”, Session 2: “5 year decisonmaking in retina upgrade MBA”
    edited March 2018
  • Reply 4 of 5
    Rayz2016Rayz2016 Posts: 6,957member
    MplsP said:
    melgross said:
    MicroLED could first be used in the watch. Besides it being so much smaller, it’s not quite as critical.
    Agreed - I'm interested in seeing what is happening in the development front with Micro LED
    Same here.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    Rayz2016Rayz2016 Posts: 6,957member

    Latko said:
    Session 1: “30+ years of screen tech. Why we outsourced OLED provisioning to Samsung”, Session 2: “5 year decisonmaking in retina upgrade MBA”

    Session 3: "Armchair CEOs – why the consumption of craft beer makes me an expert on running the world's most successful consumer tech company."

    Don't forget your handouts.

    jony0
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