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Apple Rumors about Cars and AR Headsets – Real Enough?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The day after reporting on the Apple event that showed the company releasing the next iPhone, the new iPad Pro, a new Apple TV and a new OS for the Apple Watch, one has …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Apple’s iPad Pro is a Light Heavyweight

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Apple special event on September 9, 2015 was the usual iPhone update show accompanied by some other Apple news about the iPad, Apple Watch and the Apple TV. As expected Apple announced the …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPad| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 36

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UNC Develops AR-Based Encryption

by Norbert Hildebrand

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill presented a new method of cryptography based on augmented reality. The system is based on visual cryptography and uses two independent displays that combine into …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 35

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STAR Program uses Augmented Reality for Medical Purposes

by Norbert Hildebrand

The System for Telementoring with Augmented Reality, or the STAR program for short, is a multi-institution project sponsored by the Office of the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. It includes Purdue …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 35

LG and the Capital Investment Gamble

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the good old days of LCD manufacturing the optimal size of a display panel and the mother glass size was something that could easily be determined by a simple spreadsheet. Today this relationship …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Continental HUD 08 2015

HUD – Not a Favorite Among New Car Buyers

by Norbert Hildebrand

J.D. Power has released its DrIVE 2015 report that probes the driver experience for new features during the first 90 days of new car ownership. The results are quite surprising in that at least …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

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Exploride – A new Aftermarket HUD for the Car Enters Crowdfunding Stage

by Norbert Hildebrand

The latest entry into the automotive aftermarket head up display (HUD) field comes from Exploride, an Indian/MIT startup company. It has developed a HUD based on a transparent display that pretty much mirrors all …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 34

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Polyera Announces Flexible Watch for 2016

by Norbert Hildebrand

While we are all talking about the smartwatch and especially the latest model from Apple, Polyera has announced a watch with a flexible display for release in 2016. In this case, not only is …

Tags:E Ink| ePaper| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 34

OASIS aims to develop Standards for the use of Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

The OASIS group has stated that it is working on standards for using augmented reality content in information products. OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Oculus Rift 08 2015

Oculus Will Focus on the Virtual Reality Market

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wired magazine has released an interview with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, in which he states that Oculus will focus in the immediate future on Virtual Reality (VR) rather than Augmented Reality (AR). This distinction …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Virtual Sets| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Google Spins Off Niantic Labs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google is spinning off its Niantic Labs activity, responsible for the augmented reality game Ingress and a location based mobile app. Ingress is a very successful augmented reality game, which has been downloaded more …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33

AUO Sells Old LCD Fab to Wistron NeWeb

by Norbert Hildebrand

It is the height of summer and exciting news is getting sparse for the most part, if we just forget the US political race to the White House in 2016 for a moment. While …

Tags:AUO| LCD Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 33