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Kopin Unveils Vista VR MicroDisplays For Virtual Reality Markets

Kopin's Vista VR Displays empower OEMs to create small, mobile Immersive and Virtual Reality products

Kopin® Corporation (Nasdaq:KOPN), a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and solutions for head-worn computing and display systems, today announced the Vista VR series of products, a new generation of microdisplays for the immersive Virtual Reality (VR) markets. This series of High Definition (HD) micro LCDs allows OEMs to integrate VR viewers in small, elegant consumer friendly products. The Vista VR displays will be unveiled during Kopin's exclusive CES 2016 VIP Technology Reception at the Venetian Penthouse Suites.

"The VR market is rapidly emerging, but growth is limited by large, bulky form factors," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's CEO and founder. "Disruptive miniaturization with innovative microdisplays and small optics is critical to creating light-weight, portable and consumer friendly devices. Kopin's Vista VR series of displays enables designers and engineers to deliver the smallest, lightest and most widely adopted immersive VR systems. Our Vista VR SXGA displays have been incorporated in the world's smallest, high-resolution VR system by DloDlo, which is thin (16 mm) and weighs only 78 g, yet provides a fully immersive 100° field of view."

Vista VR 720P displays are aimed for applications with an intermediate field of view (< 50°). These displays are being designed in to a variety of applications including the first person viewer for drone racing, an immersive viewer for entertainment, and a monitor for dentists.

Key Features of the Vista VR SXGA

  • 1280 x 1024 active resolution
  • 1.3M color pixels
  • 5 x 15 μm dot pitch (15 x 15 μm square color pixels)
  • Compact: Active pixel area: 19.20 mm x 15.36 mm (0.97 inch diagonal)

Key Features of the Vista VR 720P

  • 1280 x 720 active resolution
  • 0.92M color pixels
  • 2.8 x 8.4 μm dot pitch (8.4 x 8.4 μm square color pixels)
  • Compact: Active pixel area 10.75 mm x 7.05 mm (0.49 inch diagonal)

On January 7, Kopin will host VR Night at CES.

VR Moving Mainstream: From Jet fights to Racing Drones.Let the Games begin.

Invitation Only, this exclusive event will demonstrate how Drone and First Person Viewers are blending the Virtual Reality, Gaming and Extreme Sports markets. During this event, Kopin will highlight a series of new products being released at CES by our OEM partners.

Featured products for exclusive demonstrations include:

  • DloDlo, V1, the World's Smallest High-Resolution VR glass
  • NuVu, Headphone-Integrated Virtual Reality Glass
  • Fat Shark, the Leading FPV Drone Racing Glasses

Additional information is available at events@kopin.com.

About Kopin

Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and solutions for integration into head-worn computing and display systems to military, industrial and consumer customers. Kopin's technology portfolio includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, system and hands-free control software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset reference systems. Kopin's proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 300 global patents and patents pending, with more than 95% related to wearable technologies. For more information, please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release may be considered "forward-looking" statements under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation, statements relating to our expectation that the VR market is rapidly emerging, Kopin's Vista VR series of displays enables designers and engineers to deliver most widely adopted immersive VR systems; and the Vista VR displays are being designed in a variety of applications. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the VR market may not continue to grow or may decline; customers may not want Kopin's Vista VR series of displays; we may be unable to manufacture the Vista VR series of display; the Company's other products may not be accepted by the market place; manufacturing, marketing or other issues may prevent either the adoption or acceptance of products; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 27, 2014, and the Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company and only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report..

Press:
WCG
Linsey McNew, 512-693-4877
LMcNew@wcgworld.com
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Investors:
Kopin Investor Relations
Richard Sneider, 508-870 5959
CFO
rsneider@kopin.com
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JoAnn Horne, 415-445-3233
JHorne@marketstreetpartners.com

Jan 06, 2016