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LetinAR Developing its Pin Mirrors for AR

by Bob Raikes

We reported briefly on LetinAR from CES, but we caught up with them only at the very end of the show and had no time to discuss with them. There was a little more …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 09

We Get a Chance to Look at Varjo’s Headset

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported several times on Varjo, the Finnish start-up that is developing an augmented reality system with variable resolution – fine in the centre and more coarse over the rest of the image. (Varjo …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09

LDM V25 Vol 11 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

LG has released pricing for the G Series OLED TVs. We previously reported the C, E and W series. (Pricing Information Released for LG’s 2018 OLED Line) The G8 is available just in 65″ …

Tags:Collaboration| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Philips| STBs| Vivitek| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Huawei Moves Notebook Camera

by Bob Raikes

5G was, of course, the main topic for Huawei at MWC and the company made a number of announcements. In products, Huawei focused on a new laptop at MWC, the Matebook X Pro which …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Notebooks| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Sony Supports HDR in XZ Phones

by Bob Raikes

Hideuki Furumi of Sony kicked off the press event on its booth before the start of the event by talking about the key concept of current president, Kaz Hirai, ‘Kando’ which is to say …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Nokia Has News at the Top and Bottom of its Range

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand always attracts attention at the show and is licensed by HMD Global for smartphones. The company captured a lot of attention last year with a new feature phone and it got …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …

Tags:Application Processors| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09| Wi-Fi

ZTE Pushes for 5G But Has 1.2Gbps

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was promoting a quick introduction of 5G at MWC. It also said that it is working with Velcom of Belarus to deploy the first commericial 5G-ready virtual core network in Belarus. The company …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09| ZTE

Nuu Moves Slightly Up-Market

by Bob Raikes

Nuu is from Hong Kong (and emphasised, not mainland China!) where it has been making smartphones for the last seven years. It specialises in OEM and ODM supply and has successful business in the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Goodix Extends its Touch Technology

by Bob Raikes

Goodix is a Chinese supplier of fingerprint and touch technology and was showing its modules for a range of smartphone applications. Wins have included: Xiaomi Mix2 – rear ceramic sensor Nokia 6 – front …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Touch Market| Vol 25 - Issue 09

ECR 2018 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Acula is a small display company from Taiwan that is moving into medical after some history in security monitors. Exploiting its video knowledge and interfaces, it has developed a number of video monitors for …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| ECR 2018| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Foreseeson Owns Wide Brand

by Bob Raikes

Wide is the brand used by Foreseeson for its monitors although it was also showing an operating room monitor under the FSN brand with a new eight input controller box that can accept a …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 09