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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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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

Large Panel Shipments 7.7% Higher MoM

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Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers shipped a total of 23 million large panels in July, a 7.7% improvement from July and 3.5% higher year on year. Innolux’s large panel shipments increased 11.8% sequentially, while …

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MEA PC Market Returns to Growth…

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After seven quarters of year on year declines, the Middle East and Africa PC market returned to growth in Q2, posting an increase in total shipments of 2.2% to 4.5 million units. According to …

MEA…As Tablets Shift to Tier 2 Vendors

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There was a 2% fall in tablet shipments in MEA between Q1’14 and Q2’14, according to IDC. As well as the expected fall due to the traditionally slow summer season and Ramadan, shipments were …

Sharp Chooses Metal Mesh for Large-Format Touch

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Although we missed it at the time, we have heard about several new products demonstrated at Touch Taiwan last month by Sharp. They used metal mesh rather than ITO, a proprietary controller chip and …