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JDI Develops VR Head Mounted Display

Product expected to be shipped starting in mid-December.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Japan Display Inc. announced that it developed a VR head-mounted display, VR HMD (JDI product name: VRM-100), with an LCD panel developed exclusively for Virtual Reality.

Current VRHMD products are broken down into high-end products for games, with high definition display loaded with various sensors and controllers, and products that are reasonably priced, sacrificing display functionality. 

 
JDI has begun to develop and sell VRHMD, specializing in display quality.

With VRM-100, the VR monitor unit, with high definition LCD panel and a gyro sensor, using VR goggles, allows people to view high definition VR movies. The attached VR goggles are made so they are detachable.


JDI focused on being able to view high definition VR movies, getting rid of the external head tracking sensors and controllers, mounted on VRHMD’S, for normal PC’s.

JDI had only been focusing on the development, manufacturing and sales of VR dedicated LCD displays before expanding into the VRHMD realm. 
 
Furthermore, VRM-100, for the time being, will be sold, being limited to developers in domestic corporations.

JDI plans on accepting reservations beginning Dec. 3, 2018, with the product scheduled to start shipping out in the middle of December.
 
VRM-100 product outline
Display VR high definition LCD display
Definition 2880 × RGB × 1600(615ppi)
Refresh rate 80 Hz (60 Hz) Auto-cutover
PC side connector interface HDMI and USB3.0 connectors
Sensors Gyro and Geomagnetic sensor (3-DOF)
Voice Stereo sound output
Mass 336g (cable not included)
External dimensions 175 × 98 × 116mm
Recommended PC environment OS:
Windows 10
GPU:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 or above
AMD Radeon RX580 or above
Development envy Scheduled to provide drivers for Unity Open VR
Product structure VR monitor unit, dedicated cable, VR goggles
Remarks This product is made for PC’s
This product is for Japanese domestic corporations.
 
Demonstrations will be held Dec. 1 at CEDEC+KYUSHU2018 in the VR experimental session of KYUSHU SANGO University; and Dec. 5-7 at Finetech Japan in Makuhari Messe 2-1 Nakase, Mihama, Chiba.
 

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