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Intel Unveils Project Alloy – a Merged Reality Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Intel developers conference 2016 in San Francisco, California, this week, Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced the development of a ‘Merged Reality’ headset. They call this Project Alloy and want to redefine what …

Tags:Intel| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 33

So AR/VR Will be Big – What Does That Mean for the Display Industry?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Every day we hear from another market research firm how AR/VR will be big business. The latest announcement from IDC is making AR/VR a $162 billion industry by 2020. This means that the current …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 33

WowTech VR Box 3 – A low cost alternative to Samsung Gear VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

The just announced WowTech VR Box 3 is a smartphone-based virtual reality headset comparable to the Samsung Gear VR. It allows the use of most 4” to 6” smartphones including the Apple iPhone 6 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Is Apple Following in the Footsteps of Sony?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Many years ago a Japanese company named Sony set out to revolutionize the world with a new take on consumer electronics products. They invented new product categories and created stellar devices that to this …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Market| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 32

MIT Research Provides Basis for Plausible Manipulation of Objects in Video

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we see any movie today we see a wide array of special effects that are computer generated. These computer generated images are than combined with footage of real actors to create the final …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Visual Computing| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Under the Radar; Garmin Nautix Augmented Reality Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

For some unknown reason we all missed the introduction of the Garmin Nautix augmented reality headset completely. First announced in February at the Miami International Boat Show; the device is now available from Garmin. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Vufine Jumps on the Pokémon Bandwagon

by Norbert Hildebrand

After the surprising success of the Pokemon Go augmented reality game, it was only a question of time before augmented reality headset makers embraced this new application. The first to go public in offering …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

The Incredible Small World of Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

I have spent my adult life split between Europe and North America seeing display technologies come and go. I have seen these regions struggle to get a foothold in the cut throat display industry …

Tags:Display Industry| display technology| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Magic Leap Hints at Releasing its Mixed Reality Product

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to Reuters, Magic Leap has hinted at ramping up production of their mixed reality product. This information came from the Fortune Magazine Brainstorm Tech Conference 2016, where Magic Leap’s CEO Rony Avbovitz has …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Why Displays Won’t be Really Flexible and Why it Doesn’t Matter

by Norbert Hildebrand

Flexible displays are one of the darlings when we think of future display technologies. Remember those high gloss images of devices with roll-up displays that will allows us to roll out a 12” screen …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Kolon Industries Develops Clear and Colorless Polyimide

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article in the Korea Herald, Kolon Indutries has succeeded in developing a clear and colorless polyimide calling it CPI™ (coloreless PI). Kolon Industries, the South Korean chemical company made news last …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD displays| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Elbit and ATR Cooperate on HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to the Aviation International News (AIN Online), Elbit and ATR are working together on a new HUD system for the aviation industry. This new device will be based on a wearable form factor …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor