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WiGig Enables Dual ‘UltraHD’ Displays

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DisplayLink has demonstrated the use of dual ‘UltraHD’ (DisplayLink says that the resolution was 3098 x 2160) displays being operated over a 60GHz WiGig connection. Taking place at the Intel Developer Forum, the demo …

Tags:4k| Desktop Monitors| DisplayLink| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21| WiGIG

JVC’s Cracked Neck Causes Tipping

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About 27,000 JVC 42″ TVs have been affected by a warranty issue in the USA. It has been found that the neck of the stand on the EM42FTR (serial number beginning with ‘T’) can …

Tags:JVC| Large Display Monitor| Recalls & Problems| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Fossil Joins Forces With Intel

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Fossil and Intel have announced their intent to join forces to create wearable products for ‘fasion-oriented’ consumers. The company said that it would create Android Wear devices earlier this year.

Tags:Android Wear| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Wearables

Fove Plans Dev Kit in 2015

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Japan’s Fove has built a proof-of-concept head-mounted display with eye tracking. It is now preparing to release a developers’ kit in 2015. Fove says that its product may enable people with restricted use of …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36

Himax to Develop AR Glasses With Optinvent

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Himax Display, which manufactures LCOS microdisplays for Himax, is to enter a partnership with Optinvent – producer of the Ora Smart Glasses. The companies will aim to produce ‘next-generation’ AR glasses, using Himax’s LCOS …

Tags:AR Glasses| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

AUO Brings Fast Refresh to IPS

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Gamers have long been stuck with using TN panels in their monitors. Although these types have narrower viewing angles and worse colour reproduction than IPS or VA, they also have the fastest response times …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| LCD Modules| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

CEE Thin-Client Market Outlook Lowered for 2014

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The EMEA thin-client market posted double-digit growth in Q2 2014 for the second quarter in a row, according to the latest EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker report from IDC. Economic recovery in Western …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Thin Clients| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

CMOS Sensor Enables 100fps Gesture Tracking

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A Japanese firm, Exvision, has developed a technology for high-speed gesture control using a conventional CMOS sensor. The Exvision Gesture System (EGS) can recognise both of a user’s hands at 100fps, says the Nikkei …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

ESL Revenues to Climb on Beacon Growth

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Global electronic shelf label (ESL) revenues will rise almost 600% over the next five years, claims ABI Research. Driven by the desire to operate ‘tightly integrated’ systems with ESLs, Bluetooth beacons, smartphone apps, mobile …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Gartner Sees More Than 500 Smart Devices per Home by 2022

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A special report from Gartner on trends in digital technologies has concluded that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart devices by 2022. Gartner believes that the …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

HUD Lowers Crash Chance by 70%

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A head-up display, developed at Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University, alerts drivers to the location of other cars in poor visibility conditions. In a simulation, the HUD highlights other vehicles within a 400m distance on …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

IFA Products See UK First With Midwich

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Technology Exposed will take place this month. Always a great event for the FPD trade, this year will see the UK introductions of a number of products launched at IFA, as well as some …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Switchers| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21