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AGC Demonstrates ‘Sound’ Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release, Asahi Glass (AGC) announced the development of a ‘sound emitting’ glass. They will demonstrate this new material at Milan Design Week 2018. The new material is capable of creating …

Tags:audio| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Good Enough!

by Norbert Hildebrand

How often have you heard or said ‘Good Enough’ in your life? To your friends, colleagues, family, etc. ‘good enough’ may mean something completely different than it does for you. Nevertheless, everyone uses this …

Tags:LCD| OLEDs| Smartphones| TV (Television)| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Max Planck Institute Shows Improved Hole Injection for OLED Devices

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recently published article ‘Universal strategy for Ohmic hole injection into organic semiconductors with high ionization energies‘ by Naresh B. Kotadiya et. al. from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Microsoft Shows Off Haptic Controller Research

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article on the Microsoft Research Blog, Microsoft described an array of haptic controllers that can be used to enhance the experience in a virtual reality environment. In the current state, these …

Tags:Haptics| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Electronic Entertainment Without (much) Power?

by Norbert Hildebrand

,While I typically write about something new in the consumer electronics world and displays in particular, this week I want to pick up the question of not using any display device or consumer electronic …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Power Supplies| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 09

University of Tokyo Shows Really Flexible Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

Prof. Takao Someya from the University of Tokyo demonstrated a fully flexible display in an interview published by EurekaAlert!. The group at the University of Tokyo has been working on this for years with …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 07| Wearables

AR, VR, MR and Smartglasses – Who is Who?

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the reporting on AR, VR, MR and smartglasses at an all time high one would think that we have a clear understanding of what is what. However, as it seems that is not …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 07

AGC Offers Infrared Transparent Glass for Automotive and Touch Panel Applications

by Norbert Hildebrand

AGC, the Japanese glass company is offering an infrared transparent glass that would work well for automotive LiDAR and infrared touch panel applications. (Cars, Yes; Display Technology, Not So Much) As was demonstrated by …

Tags:Automotive| Infrared Touch| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Varjo Closes $15 million Investment Round

by Norbert Hildebrand

The name Varjo is not very well known in the VR industry, but that may change if they can achieve what they are promising. The existing prototype was good enough to gather enough initial …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

iPhone X – Boom or Bust or Both?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent weeks many articles discussed the situation of the iPhone X and especially reports from Asia that Apple has reduced their orders for iPhone X components significantly for the first quarter of 2018. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| iOS (Apple)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Is This the Future of AR?

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we listen to the CEOs and visionaries of the technical world, we recognize that augmented reality (AR) is an important part of future tech products. One the one hand we have companies like …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Intel| SmartGlasses| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Japanese Develop Ultrafine Wire Metal Mesh for Flexible Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, said to be the leading Japanese company for precious metals developed in conjunction with Dr. Tatsuo Hasegawa from the University of Tokyo, AIST Flexible Electronics Research Center and Yamagata University a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 05