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Foxconn Teams Up with Red on Affordable 8K Video Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn has announced it will partner with Red Digital Camera on professional-quality, affordable 8K video cameras for public consumption, as well as expanding into the manufacture of semiconductors for displays and cameras. Red already …

Ströer Launches New LED City Information Systems in Recklinghausen

by Andrew Fenn

Ströer has installed three of a planned eight new LED digital city information systems in the city of Recklinghausen, Germany. Weather forecast, entertainment and other local city information is broadcast, in addition to advertising.The …

Japan’s Shiki Theatre Launches Smart Glass Subtitling

by Andrew Fenn

Japan’s Shiki Theatre is using smart glasses to provide floating subtitles for its foreign and hearing-impaired visitors, according to Nikkei. The service has launched at the theatre’s Hokkaido venue, which is currently running the …

Nintendo Announces “Labo”, Cardboard Peripherals Coming to Switch

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo has announced Labo, an upcoming set of peripheral and software packages for the Nintendo Switch. Labo, due for release in April, are kits made up of cardboard “Toy-Cons” and corresponding software that makes …

Japanese Panel Makers Ramp Up Foldable OLED Development

by Andrew Fenn

According to a recent report from Nikkei, Japanese manufacturers are gearing up their development of bendable OLED panels. Samsung are currently developing foldable smartphones which use these displays, as are several Chinese manufacturers. The …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 25 - Issue 06

SID UK Holding Special One-Day Conference

by Andrew Fenn

Brunel University London has announced a special one-day conference covering some of the last few years’ breakthroughs in materials, processing methods and applications of photonics used in flexibles, wearables, OLED displays and lighting and …

“The World’s Longest” VR Rollercoaster Opens in Las Vegas

by Andrew Fenn

A VR rollercoaster, claimed to be the longest of its kind in the world, has opened in Las Vegas. The 4,777′ (1,456m) long Big Apple Coaster can be found at the New York-New York …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Viacom Shuts Down Its VR Studio

by Andrew Fenn

Viacom has shut down its VR studio, Viacom Next, two years after it was launched. The news follows last week’s announcement that the company has cut a hundred jobs across several different departments, in …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

IHS Predicts AMOLED Capacity Will Grow 322% by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new blog from IHS Markit shows that global AMOLED capacity will rise from 11.9 million m² in 2017 to 50.1 million m² in 2022, equivalent to 322% growth. The numbers include capacity for …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Audi Releases Quattro Coaster AR App for iOS

by Andrew Fenn

Audi has released a new AR app, a collaboration between Audi Norway and Norwegian creative agency POL Oslo. The Quattro Coaster app is triggered by the company’s TV adverts; when the app detects an …

Smartwatches Outselling Swiss Watches Again

by Andrew Fenn

After a slow 2016, global smartwatch shipments grew 40% year-on-year during 2017 and are now outselling Swiss watches once again, according to Strategy Analytics. New models from Apple and Fitbit were reported to be …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Design Interactive and Atheer Launch Joint AR Solution for Industrial Enterprise

by Andrew Fenn

Design Interactive, a virtual, augmented and mixed reality development firm and Atheer, an AR solutions provider for industrial enterprise, have announced the launch of their first joint product, Augmentor, powered by Atheer AiR Enterprise. …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06