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What does AR and VR Mean for the Display Industry?

by Norbert Hildebrand

While AR and VR are tow of my favorite topics in the display industry right now, I want to add some of my views to the current industry landscape. This article looks at the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Display Industry| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Broadband AR Film for Flexible Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

An international collaboration between the University of Central Florida (CREOL), the National Taiwan University, and the National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan developed a flexible broadband AR film. The new AR film is based on …

Tags:Anti Glare| Mobile Display Monitor| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 24

MirraViz Offers Multiple Content Shown on One Projector Screen at the Same Time

by Norbert Hildebrand

During E3, the California based company MirraViz announced and demonstrated a system that allows multiple viewers to see different content on a projection screen simultaneously. The various viewers can watch different movies or play …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Projection| Projection Screens| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Kent Display Defends its Patent Position

by Norbert Hildebrand

Kent Display which is making its cholesteric LCD displays in a R2R process in the USA has successfully defended its IP with a case brought to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and is …

Tags:Cholesteric| LCD| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Varjo Announces High resolution VR Solution

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Finnish start- up company Varjo (meaning shadow in Finnish) emerged from stealth operations by announcing a high resolution head mounted display system that far exceeds, by their measurements, any other AR / VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Foveated Rendering| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Apple and the Tech Industry

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to Forbes, Apple is the most valuable brand followed by Google and Microsoft. This helps to understand how a downgrade of Apple’s stock by Mizuho Securities’ Abhey Lamba caused a massive shift in …

Tags:Apple| Investment| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Rumor: Apple May use MicroLED Display as Soon as 2018

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the Nikkei Asian Review article ‘Apple plans micro-LED displays for wearables: sources‘, the news outlet reveals that according to sources in the supply chain Apple plans to use microLED displays as early as …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Apple Announces iOS 11 with Many New Features Including AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

At its Worldwide developer conference, Apple announced many new features for iOS 11 that will be coming to the consumer in the fall of this year. For now, the features will be made available …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iOS (Apple)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 22

US Army Shows Off Augmented Reality Device / HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a demonstration day (Pentagon’s Lab Day) organized by the various research organizations of the US military, they showed off a new device called TAR (tactical augmented reality) headset that is being developed internally …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| Microdisplays| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Microsoft Research Publishes Results on a Phase Only Holographic Projection System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Siggraph 2017 is shaping up to be a very interesting conference for holographic display enthusiasts. Just a little while ago Facebook / Oculus announced their work on a head mounted display system to overcome …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Laser| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

US Marines Enhance AR Training

by Norbert Hildebrand

While this new training tool used by the US Marines is not quite on the level of ‘The Matrix’, it still allows enhancement of the particular areas of training in real life soldiers at …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Vol 24 - Issue 20