This week, the SID Display Week2024 conference was held, and as part of the conference, LG Display revealed a number of next-generation OLED displays, including VR headset displays designed to be as bright as the sun.

LG's OLED on Silicon (OLED) panel for virtual reality is a 10,000-inch screen that LG claims can achieve ultra-high brightness of 1.3 nits.

For COMPARISON, WE RECENTLY REVIEWED the LG COLED TV, A MID-RANGE TV THAT can HIT nearly 1,200 NITS IN the BRIGHTNESS TEST 4. Higher brightness brings more detail during a bright scene in a show or movie, but also helps to keep color saturation during the day. And it's a TV, a device where you typically sit 6 to 10 feet away from the average living room. In terms of VR, the Meta Quest3VR headset, released late last year, touts brightness of 1 nits per 100 eyes. This is for a pair of panels that sit just inches from your retina. LG claims that this is 40% brighter than a standard lens. The panel on the Apple Vision Pro is a micro OLED, rated at 5,000 nit, but I've read that it's probably close to 120 nit that actually appears.

Assuming that's true, can users with VR headsets powered by this LG OLEDoS expect to hit about 240 nits? It's still bright enough, and LG claims the panel provides an "unparalleled, vivid 3D experience.""Beyond the staggering brightness that LG claims, the OLEDoS VR display is said to be capable of a resolution of 3840x3840 and a pixel density of 4,175 DPI. For comparison, the Sony PSVR2 has a resolution of 1x2,000x2,040 pixels per eye.

I imagine running 2 panels at that brightness level would be a safety issue as well as draining the system.  However, it should be noted that there is no word from LG on any headset that may actually have these panels.  LG Display also announced a 1.3-inch OLEDoS4k panel for smart watches.

It supports 3D display function and is supposed to have light field display technology.

The company also announced 2 OLED screens designed for gaming. One is a curved 21-inch ultra-wide OLED with an aspect ratio of 9:800 and a curvature of 39R, or the equivalent of the curvature of a circle with a radius of 31 inches. 

The other 1 display is a 480-inch OLED monitor with a 27Hz refresh rate. The average game monitor ranges from 144Hz to 240Hz. However, one of our favorite game monitors is the alienware1500hz, which overclocks at 500Hz but hits natively at 480Hz.

LG also announced automotive displays featuring Advanced Thin OLED (ATO) displays in 12.3-inch and 17-inch sizes. They mostly seem to be a slight upgrade to the previous ATO design. The company also continued their transparent OLED prototypes, which look cool but look nowhere ready for public release.