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eMagin to Showcase New AMOLED Micro Display at Display Week 2017

by Norbert Hildebrand

The dance card for SID Display week is quickly filling up. As the next contender, eMagin is announcing a new full color AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,000 x 2,000 pixel and peak …

Tags:AMOLED| eMagin| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Business vs. Politics

by Norbert Hildebrand

For many years, or better, decades, it has been a clear business understanding that political influence over business decisions will never work. Even though there were examples of short term success , the long …

Tags:Apple| Corning| Display Industry| Glass| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Oculus Makes Breakthrough on Vergence/Accomodation Conflict

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you are going to Siggraph in Los Angeles later this year, you may want to mark your calendar for a talk given by Oculus about a new class of displays they call ‘Focal …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Vision| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

VueReal

VueReal Announces Super High Pixel Density Micro LED Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

VueReal, a Canadian company, announced a super high pixel density micro LED display with 4K resolution. In their press release they say that according to their records this display is the highest pixel density …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

KIT Develops Printable Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

A group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded on printing glass structure using a 3D printing process. The process was published recently and demonstrated at the Hannover Industrial Fair. The process …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Display Origami

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we think of a smartphone or a phablet we do have a certain size in mind. A smartphone fits in almost every pocket, while the phablet does need a sufficiently-sized pocket. To be …

Tags:Flexible Displays| phablets| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Peach Announces Liquid Crystal Technology as a Screen Protector

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a press release Peach, a Swiss company for office products and subsidiary of 3T Supplies AG, announced the availability of PA109, a liquid crystal technology that makes displays as hard as sapphire, it …

Tags:Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x 8K Output

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google has announced a new camera, the Yi Halo, that takes 360º video acquisition to the next level. It is the high end version of the Google Jump VR platform. In addition to the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Facebook Looks at Snapchat for AR Ideas

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the Facebook’s F8 developers conference Mark Zuckerberg announced the closed beta release of an AR platform that seems to be modeled on the Snapchat augmented reality app, ‘Lenses’. Facebook admits that it wrongly …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cameras| | Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Is Virtual Reality the Same as Fake News?

by Norbert Hildebrand

One of the latest discoveries of our society is that ‘Fake News’ can be as powerful as reality. This does not mean that fake news is a new concept one could argue that the …

Tags:Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 16

AREA Defines Hardware and Software Requirements for AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

AREA (Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance) has published a first draft of hardware and software requirements for augmented reality headsets for use in professional environments. The goal of these ‘functional requirements’ is to help …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ODG Announces Hazardous Location Certified Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Osterhout Design Group announced a new augmented reality headset that allows the user to work in ‘extreme environments’. You can think of it as a ruggedized version of the well known R7 headset. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13