Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the past few years, consumer VR HMDs went from OLED to LCD and in the future: back to OLED again! This video discusses why this happened. Why did we ditch the beautiful contrast and colors of OLED? And how has the technology improved to be better suited for VR and AR use cases?

OLED microdisplay tech is the monument to all of our XR sins.

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00:00 Introduction
00:30 OLED in 2016 VR
01:14 Industry Shifts to LCD
01:56 Why OLED in VR "died"
03:21 LCD Pros/Cons for VR
4:14 The near future of VR Displays
05:18 uOLED displays
05:55 Optics make uOLED possible
06:44 Varjo uses uOLED now!
08:00 Sony and Oculus leaks/rumors
09:24 Form factors can IMPROVE!
10:54 Future of Microdisplays
11:31 Final Thoughts/Conclusion