Rochester, NY – Aug. 24, 2007 – Dimension Technologies Inc. (DTI) announced today that it has received a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research award. This is the tenth NSF contract earned by DTI over the past 15 years.

During this SBIR Phase I project, DTI will study the feasibility of applying DTI’s patented Ultra High Definition (UHD) display technology to head mounted virtual reality displays (HMD). This will allow the display of images with 5760 X 3240 resolution using current off the shelf microdisplays. Such unprecedented resolution will allow eye-limited resolution across a 96 degree X 54 degree field of view. This is the closest that any display has ever come to matching the acuity of the human vision system. The extra resolution is added by operating the microdisplays nine times faster than the usual 60 frames per second. Sub sections of each pixel are illuminated in sequence, creating an image made up of the sub sections instead of the whole pixels. This is the first commercial application of this innovative technology.

Head mounted systems have long been recognized as a potential low cost and compact alternative to room sized dome simulators or tiled flat panel display walls for a variety of applications like scientific visualization, including biotechnology research, genetic engineering, fluid flow dynamics, simulation and training. But the low resolution and small fields of view of commercially available head mounted displays have limited the acceptance of that technological approach. The ability to display eye-limited resolution across a wide, immersive field of view at a cost and size far below that of alternative technologies will make head mounted virtual reality displays a viable alternative.

In the future, as costs decrease, it is expected that consumer PC users, gamers and video iPod users will also be able to benefit from the technology.

An abstract of the award can be found at:

About Dimension Technologies Inc.

Dimension Technologies Inc. (DTI), based in Rochester, New York, was founded in 1986 and is the world's only producer of commercially available large screen flat panel 2D/3D switchable displays. The company has won numerous entrepreneurial honors and recognition as the pioneer in 3D display devices. DTI holds most of the world's major patents in the field of autostereoscopic displays, and has marketed increasingly sophisticated 3D imaging systems to medical, aviation, military, research, scientific, design and consumer markets. In addition to complete displays, the technology is also available for licensing for inclusion into OEM products.

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