SINGAPORE, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lemnis
Technologies today announced that it has been named a CES® 2019
Innovation Awards Honoree for its Verifocal™ VR Kit, the world's
first headset based on the company's Verifocal™ platform. This
prestigious recognition honors Lemnis Technologies' pioneering work
on computational displays and sets the bar for visual comfort and
image quality in future VR, AR, and MR headsets.
The announcement was made during CES Unveiled New York, an
invite-only tech event bringing together top media, exhibitors and
industry leaders for a sneak peek of the products and trends
expected at CES 2019 held in Las
Vegas (January 8-11, 2019).
CES 2019 will showcase life-changing technology across every major
industry and provide access to the very latest transformative tech,
such as virtual and augmented reality.
The Verifocal™ platform developed by Lemnis Technologies
(http://www.lemnis.tech) addresses the eye strain, visual
discomfort, and low image clarity that plague today's VR / AR and
slow down mass adoption. Current headsets focus at a fixed
distance, leading to sensory conflicts when users observe nearby
objects. In contrast, headsets with Verifocal™ adjust the focus
naturally as the user looks around, eliminating the
vergence-accommodation conflict with a combination of advanced
software and hardware. Watch video on how Verifocal™ works.
The award-winning Verifocal™ VR Kit is a Virtual Reality headset
based on Windows Mixed Reality, with inside-out 6 DOF positional
tracking and two 1440x1440 displays. It includes a unique
combination of Verifocal™ features that make it ideal for prosumers
and enterprise VR users:
- Dynamic refocusing varies the focus seamlessly, from as close
as 25 centimeters and up to several meters; this results in a
comfortable experience and stunning image clarity even when
observing near objects, enabling hand-based manipulation and close
object inspection for a range of industries and applications.
- Vision correction incorporates the user's eyeglasses
prescription directly in the headset, providing a sharp and
unencumbered experience for myopic and presbyopic users without the
inconvenience of wearing eyeglasses.
- Eye tracking analyzes where the user is looking at in real-time
to present an optimal, undistorted image on the display; combined
with powerful analytics tools, gaze tracking can help better
understand the user behavior in a virtual simulation, identify
areas for improvement in a training scenario, or conduct consumer
research.
Commenting on the award, Lemnis Technologies Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Pierre-Yves Laffont stated,
"We're proud to help the growth of the entire VR / AR ecosystem.
The CES Innovation Award confirms how important image clarity and
visual comfort are to the quality of experience, and this is key to
mass adoption. We're aiming to set a new standard for head-mounted
displays, so that VR and AR finally have a real chance to become
the next computing platforms."
Representatives of Lemnis Technologies will be attending CES 2019,
and will be available for private demonstrations during the event
(contact ces(at)lemnis(dot)tech).
About Lemnis Technologies:
Lemnis Technologies Pte. Ltd. is a deep tech company incorporated
in Singapore. With a global team
of engineers and scientists, half of whom holds PhDs and conducted
research at top global institutions such as MIT, Brown, ETH Zurich, NUS, and KAIST, they have
done all the research needed to eliminate the
vergence-accommodation conflict in head-mounted displays. Lemnis
Technologies is backed by global investors such as Wavemaker
Partners and Entrepreneur First.
About CES:
CES® is the world's gathering place for all who thrive on the
business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving
ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50
years-the global stage where next-generation innovations are
introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its
kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. Owned and produced
by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, it attracts the
world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers.
About CES Innovation Awards:
An annual program that celebrates outstanding design, the CES
Innovation Awards recognizes honorees across 28 product categories.
A panel of judges, including designers, engineers and members of
the tech media, reviews submissions based on design, functionality,
consumer appeal, engineering and how the products compare with
competition.
SOURCE Lemnis Technologies Pte. Ltd.