eMagin Corporation positions itself as a leader in personal display systems and Organic light-emitting diode

Organic light-emitting diode

An OLED is a light-emitting diode in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compounds which emit light in response to an electric current. This layer of organic semiconductor material is situated between two electrodes...

 (OLED) microdisplay technologies. The company manufactures its microdisplays on silicon wafers, which also accommodate signal processing and data-buffering. This approach makes eMagin's microdisplays both compact and power-efficient.

The company also integrates its high-resolution microdisplays with magnifying optics to produce a virtual image, which appears comparable to that of a computer monitor or a large-screen television. eMagin microdisplays have been incorporated into numerous near-eye imaging products for military, industrial, medical and consumer products. The company's first personal display system, the Z800 3DVisor

Z800 3DVisor

The Z800 3DVisor is a head-mounted display manufactured by eMagin.-Overview:The main part of the Z800 is a pair of OLED displays with magnifying lenses producing a 40-degree diagonal field of view for each eye, used to display stereoscopic images with a fixed resolution of 800x600 pixels, through...

, combines 3D stereovision and headtracking with sound and voice capabilities. It is used for PC gaming, training and simulation, and therapeutic applications.

For programmers desiring to work with the 3DVisor, eMagin has released a Software Development Kit

Software development kit

A software development kit is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.It may be something as simple...

(SDK) ver. 2.2 that can be acquired through the 3DVisor website, via email. The SDK contains well written documentation, code, and examples, even in the .net platform.