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EInk supplies Electrophoretic Displays for Pharmaceutical Packaging

by Norbert Hildebrand

EInk and Palladio, a secondary packaging supplier to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry announced a new design of pharmaceutical packaging using an electrophoretic display panel. The display from EInk is basically a small version …

Tags:ePaper| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Google, Patents and Holograms

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news, Google was quoted by almost all publications on this planet (it seemed) as filing for a patent that involves displaying holograms in their next generation head mounted display device. There is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

New Camera Systems in Support of Virtual Reality Experiences

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual reality is often seen as a technology that fits perfectly to gaming, video consumption and some professional applications in the visualization and training markets. Although there is a market for professional applications, the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Microsoft HoloLens 10 2015

Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a hardware release event in New York, Microsoft showed off a multitude of new devices in what seems to be a complete reset of the Microsoft device line. In the first 10 weeks …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Wearables

Rumor: Microsoft Adds VR cardboard viewer

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to news on a Russian website, Microsoft will give away a virtual reality viewer named Microsoft VR Kit at a Moscow hackathon in October of this year. The VR Kit is similar to …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

Wall Street Looks at Virtual Reality as the Next Big Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Besides the number of big names jumping into the augmented and virtual reality markets, market success has been very limited. Virtual reality has been more of a future thing than a business success today. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we refer to augmented reality technology we often make a mental connection to head-mounted devices, even though most augmented reality applications will continue to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. …

Tags:Advertising| Augmented Reality| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones

Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

by Norbert Hildebrand

By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Microsoft| Oculus VR| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Vuzix

Osterhout Design Group Opens R7 Smartglasses For Pre-order

by Norbert Hildebrand

After many announcements, ODG (Osterhout Design Group) is now offering the R7 smartglasses for pre-order on its website. They earlier announced the R7 device as well as a more consumer-oriented device, at CES 2015 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 18

LG Foldable Display roadmap

Rumors: Devices with Foldable Displays are Coming Soon

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to rumors from ETNEWS (Korea IT News) and the Vine Report, LG and Samsung respectively are working towards releasing foldable display panels by 2016. ETNEWS claims that some insiders have tipped them off …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Samsung Display

Kopin Announces Smartglasses for the Cycling Athlette

by Norbert Hildebrand

Kopin has announced a new smartglass device under the Solo brand name. The device is aimed at the sports market and is designed especially for bicyclists. Solo is designed by Kopin to compete with …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Renesas and Luxoft Work together in the Automotive Field

by Norbert Hildebrand

Earlier this year, Renesas announced their RH850 microcontroller series aimed at automotive applications. The system on the chip supports instrument clusters and also includes a warp engine for a head-up display (HUD). Now Luxoft …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Vol 22 - Issue 37