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Self Healing Material – Possible Smartphone Screens?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The University of California Riverside (UCR) has developed a material that has not only self healing properties, but is also creating a force under an applied voltage (artificial muscles) and is highly transparent and …

Tags:Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 13

The Foldable Smartphone – Coming Soon

by Norbert Hildebrand

Are you still waiting for the flying car you ordered in the 1960’s? Maybe it will get delivered right after you get your foldable smartphone that is supposed to have been in the market …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Apple

Apple to Make Micro LED Displays this Year?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an article published by Taipei Times, they break the news that according to IDC analyst, Annabelle Hsu, Apple is preparing to manufacture micro LED displays by the end of 2017 and entering into …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Lincoln Continental Adds HUD with TI Chip

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lincoln (the luxury car division of the Ford Motor Company for those outside of the USA) has announced that it has put a HUD system based on a TI DLP chip in the upcoming …

Tags:Automotive| DLP| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Disney Stays Away from VR for Now

by Norbert Hildebrand

During an USC (University of Southern California) Marshall and Annenberg event in Santa Monica, CA, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney said that the firm will not be looking at installing any VR rides at …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Disney| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Avegant Announces New Display Light Field Tech

by Norbert Hildebrand

Avegant, the maker of the Glyph video viewing headset, announced a new display technology that allows them to create a light field display that is useable for a near to eye headset. This technology …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Are AR, VR and Mixed Reality Too Real Already?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Do you love Virtual Reality? Do you favor Augmented reality? Or do you like some other flavor, like Mixed Reality, better than anything else? No matter what type floats your boat, it shows that …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Litigation| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Alibaba Invests in WayRay

by Norbert Hildebrand

WayRay, a Swiss based developer of HUD systems (with offices in San Francisco and Moscow), announced that Alibaba and other investors have invested US$18 million into the company during the Series B financing round. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Was Steve Jobs Right or Not? And What it Means for VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we do not know what Apple is going to do, we all like to look back at Steve Jobs and imagine how he would have handled the situation? He was the man to …

Tags:Mobile Phones| Resolution| Smartphones| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Fraunhofer and Von Ardenne GmbH Announce Coating Tool for Flexible Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Fraunhofer Institute together with the Von Ardenne GmbH announced their successful development of the FOSA LabX 330 Glass coater. The tool is capable to coat flexible glass in a roll to roll process. …

Tags:coatings| Flexible Displays| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Oculus Slashes Prices for the Rift VR Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Oculus / Facebook announced that they are lowering the price of their headset Oculus Rift to $499 and the controllers Oculus Touch to $99. This is a $200 price cut over the prices of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Is Micro LED the Next Big Thing or Not?

by Norbert Hildebrand

I love writing about new technologies, in most cases they offer so much opportunity and so little is known about the real challenges the technology will have to face. I vividly remember discussions about …

Tags:display technology| LCD| LED| MicroLED| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 08