SpatiaLight Announces Head Mounted Display Product Agreement with Daeyang E&C
29 Octobre 2007 - 7:39PM
PR Newswire (US)
Product To Be World's First Consumer Personal 3D Display With Full
HD Resolution NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
SpatiaLight, Inc. (OTC:SPLT) (BULLETIN BOARD: SPLT) , a leading
developer and manufacturer of ultra high-resolution Liquid Crystal
on Silicon (LCoS) microdisplays, announced today that it has signed
an agreement with Daeyang E&C of Korea (KOSDAQ: 033030) for the
joint development and distribution of a 1920x1080 Full HD Head
Mounted Display (HMD), also referred to as a Face Mounted Display
(FMD), targeted at high end 3D video, gaming and personal viewing
applications. The product is believed to be the world's first
personal 3D display intended for the consumer market with Full HD
resolution and virtual 74-inch screen size at a 2 meter viewing
distance. The product is expected to be launched and demonstrated
in the first quarter of 2008, and is expected to be available for
worldwide sale starting in May 2008. Two key trends in the consumer
electronics industry are the increasing availability of high
definition content both in the gaming and video market segments, as
well as an increasing amount of 3D content. Full HD 1920 x1080
resolution is provided by most new game consoles and by high end PC
graphics cards. The game console market alone currently has a $37
billion market size and continues with significant growth. In
addition, Full HD 1920 x1080 video is provided by both new high
definition DVD formats, Blu-ray(TM) and HD-DVD(TM). Above and
beyond the increasing amount of high definition content is
significant growth in the availability of 3D media, both in the
form of games and movies. This co-developed HMD product is
targeting gamers on a worldwide basis such as players using
personal game consoles such as Sony's PS3, Microsoft's X-BOX, as
well as PC based gaming systems. It also targets personal video
viewing for both High Definition or 3D viewing, and the product is
designed to be compatible with all of these systems. "We have
completed our assessment of the best opportunities for generating
revenue in the short term, and have concluded that the HMD market
is the segment where we should focus our efforts. We still believe
that there are many applications for our high resolution LCoS
technology in areas such as nano-projectors and similar projection
based products, but feel that our resources need to be directed at
HMD for the best opportunity for a short term return." said Dr.
David Hakala, SpatiaLight's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
He continued, "We have chosen to attack this market by supplying a
Full HD LCoS imager capable of being operated in a single panel
mode with image resolution and quality available at highly
competitive pricing allowing us to enable exciting HMD
applications. With the advent of more high resolution content as
well as 3D content being delivered by both DVD based (Blu-Ray(TM)
or HD-DVD(TM)) and gaming platforms (console and PC based) we
intend to offer an HMD product, working in cooperation with
Daeyang, to address the high resolution and 3D demands in the high
performance consumer marketplace. We will discuss more specifics as
milestone targets are met." Dr. Mike Jin, SpatiaLight's Chief
Technology Officer added "Starting with our proven, established
high quality 1920x1080p T3 imager, we have made the necessary
modifications to our LC cell structure and fabrication as well to
our drive circuitry and firmware to allow our product to make
stunning, single panel Full HD images for HMD applications. Joining
our Full HD LCoS product and system expertise with Daeyang's HMD
experience should provide consumers with an exciting visual
experience." Young Hyun Yim, the CEO of Daeyang E&C, commented,
"With the availability of SpatiaLight's Full HD 1920x1080 single
panel LCoS imager technology, we are now able to manufacture the
world's first next-generation personal display product with full HD
resolution and virtual 74-inch screen size. This release of this
product in the first half of next year will revitalize the FMD
market, which DaeYang E&C expects to contribute significantly
in increasing the company's revenue. We look forward to the success
of this joint effort with SpatiaLight." About SpatiaLight
SpatiaLight, Inc. (OTCBB: SPLT), founded in 1989, manufactures
high-resolution LCoS imagers for use in high-definition display
applications such as rear projection televisions, monitors, front
projection systems, near-to-eye applications, micro-projectors and
other display applications. The company's primary manufacturing
facility is located in South Korea. SpatiaLight is committed to
developing microdisplay technologies providing OEMs with the most
cost effective, high-resolution microdisplays in the industry. For
more information about SpatiaLight, please visit the Company's
website at: http://www.spatialight.com/. About Daeyang E&C
Daeyang E&C (KOSDAQ listed company 033030), is a company well
known for its HMD/FMD products and "MC Square" product. Daeyang
E&C, Inc. previously showed its i-Visor branded HMD products at
the New York PC Expo in 1999, 2000 CEBIT Expo in Hanover, Germany,
and COMDEX Fall 2000, and gained a high level of attention from the
industry. In 2001, Daeyang E&C released world's first 3D HMD.
Since then, Daeyang E&C continuously improved its technology
development of HMD and maintained its status as worldwide leader of
HMD. Safe Harbor Statement This news release includes
forward-looking statements that reflect SpatiaLight's current
expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and
opportunities. SpatiaLight has tried to identify these
forward-looking statements by using words and phrases such as
"may," "will," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "intends,"
"estimates," "plan," "should," "typical," "preliminary," "we are
confident" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements
are based on information currently available to SpatiaLight and are
subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause SpatiaLight's actual results, performance, prospects or
opportunities in the remainder of 2007 and beyond to differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are
outlined in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its most recent reports on Form 10-Q
and 10-K. DATASOURCE: SpatiaLight, Inc. CONTACT: SpatiaLight, Inc.,
+1-415-883-1693 Web site: http://www.spatialight.com/
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