Samsung's 20,000-nit micro-OLEDs push VR headsets toward daylight-level brightness

The big picture: One of the biggest challenges in virtual reality is mimicking the kind of sharpness we're used to seeing on TVs and monitors – but in VR, the screen is just inches from your eyes. While today's mainstream headsets like the Meta Quest 3 (2,064×2,208 per eye), PlayStation VR2 (2,000×2,040 per eye), and Apple Vision Pro (3,660×3,200 per eye) have made big strides, Samsung is now aiming to leap past those and push into truly lifelike territory with its latest next-gen displays. The company has crammed specs such as peak brightness levels of up to 20,000 nits and beyond-4K resolution into a new OLED display measuring no more than 1.4 inches across. Samsung is offering two versions of its headset. There's a 15,000-nit variant that delivers up to 5,000 PPI, and there's a 20,000-nit model boasting a 4,200 PPI. Both use a technology that Samsung likes to call OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon), where the OLED layers are deposited directly onto silicon wafers. That's what allows such den ... Read full article.