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LandRover HUD

Land Rover Uses Holographic Display Technology for HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year Jaguar Land Rover announced that they are offering a newly-developed HUD on the new Land Rover Evoque. While HUD’s are becoming almost a must for luxury vehicles, this particular announcement is a …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor

US Navy Research Looks at Glass Alternative

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article “US Navy research looks at glass alternative”, it was suggested that a new high tech material could make a smartphone unbreakable by using a material developed for transparent armor and …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 48

E Ink Has Good Q3

by Norbert Hildebrand

E Ink reported on their third quarter results, which showed an improvement to its balance sheet in basically all categories, as well as higher assets and lower liabilities. Sales, gross profit and net income …

Tags:E Ink| ePaper| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

VW smartglasses

Volkswagen Rolls out 3D Smart Glasses as Standard Equipment

by Norbert Hildebrand

A press release from VW in Germany, identifies smart glasses as device that will become ‘standard equipment’ at VW. Of course if you think your next Golf will come with smartglasses, think again. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Atheer Reveals More about AiR in Interview

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the recent release of their AiR glasses as well as platform, Atheer is aiming strongly at the enterprise market like so many other AR glasses and software developers. The recipe is simple, develop …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Android| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor

Quantum Dots or OLED – Which Will Create a Better Image?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Quantum Dots (QD) are one of the topics for display technology that rival the excitement over OLED technology by offering an alternative path to providing a better image. In general, I am not saying …

Tags:display technology| HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLEDs| Patents| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 47| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Amblyz Glasses Use LCD Shutters for Treating “Lazy Eye”

by Norbert Hildebrand

Once 3D TV technology for the home disappeared from the radar, many 3D glasses suppliers faced a downturn of their business outlook and started to look for other business opportunities. One of those companies …

Tags:Active Shutter 3D| Mobile Display Monitor| Stereopsis| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Rumor: Google Working on AR glasses Without a Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

When Google Glass pushed the idea of an augmented reality headset into the consumer electronics world, many saw this as the start of a new category. By now we know that several issues with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

School Boy develops smartglasses prototype

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you think that augmented reality glasses are some kind of technology for the future, think again. Recently a 13 year old boy, Jordan Fung from Hong Kong announced a homemade version of a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| LCOS| Mobile Display Monitor

Dispelix Oy Offers Thin Lightguide for AR Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you never heard of Dispelix Oy before you are not alone, this startup company is a spin off from VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland. The company offers something that the AR companies have …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Waveguide Display

Asus eying AR / VR markets

by Norbert Hildebrand

Some time ago we reported on talks between Asus and Microsoft about a low cost version of the HoloLens device being developed by Asus. At that time it looked as if Asus was trying …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 46

CCW is now NAB Show New York

by Norbert Hildebrand

The CCW (Content and Communications World) in New York has adopted a new name and is now called NAB Show New York. It still contains the SatCon conference and adds InfoComm Connections as a …

Tags:Broadcast| Canon| Content Creation| Distribution| HDR - High Dynamic Range| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| SiliconCore| sony| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 45