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For Wearables, Power is The Elephant in the Room (WF16)

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 SID Display Week Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference hosted a session and panel discussion on the role of and limitations for wearables imposed by power consumption and battery size, type and capacity. The …

Wearables: Enabling Human Augmentation (WF8)

by Phillip Wright

Ernesto Martinez, Head of Wearable Computing at Kopin, delivered a talk entitled Wearables: Enabling Human Augmentation during the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference at SID Display Week. The speaker noted that Kopin, the venerable microdisplay …

A Smartwatch Developer’s View on Wearables (WF7)

by Phillip Wright

The Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week featured a presentation by Andrew Witte, Founder and CTO, Pebble Technology. The Pebble smartwatch (pictured below) initially funded through crowd funding …

Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update (WF10)

by Phillip Wright

Following the session and panel discussion with five speakers moderated by Jack Kent of IHS titled What are Wearables for Anyway, the Display Week 2015 Market Focus Conference – Wearables-Flexible proceeded to an overview …

What are Wearables for Anyway – Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update (WF7)

by Phillip Wright

The Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week included a presentation by IHS analysts that touched on What are Wearables for Anyway and a Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update. Coming …

Display Week Wearables Conference Revisits Head Mounted Displays (WF2)

by Phillip Wright

Margaret Kohin, SVP, Business Development, eMagin Corporation was invited to present a Special Wearables Address at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week. Kohin’s address was unique at …

Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

by Phillip Wright

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened …

SID Business Conference Identifies User Experience as Path to Profitability

by Phillip Wright

At the 2015 SID Display Week conference here in San Jose, CA, the Business Conference organized by IHS was arranged around an appropriate theme: Increasing Profit in the Display Industry. Profit margins in the …

Tags:SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Gauging the Wearable Device User Experience

by Phillip Wright

Wearable devices continue to attract consumers’ attention and perhaps even more so after the Apple Watch went on sale April 24. However, reported production delays have limited deliveries to some customers. The recent availability …

IKEA Envisions Future Display Applications

by Phillip Wright

Furniture retailer IKEA at Milan Design Week 2015 has unveiled its “Concept Kitchen 2025” which illustrates the firm’s vision of the future network integration and utilization of sensors and projection displays in the home …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Interactive Projectors| Projection| Sustainability| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Ultrahaptics Develops Free-Space Haptics Technology

by Phillip Wright

Bristol UK-based Ultrahaptics is developing a free-space haptics technology that employs ultrasound to create haptic sensations without requiring the user to touch a surface. The firm’s Evaluation Program aims to provide developers with an …

Tags:Haptics| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Apple Points the Way for User Interface Advances

by Phillip Wright

Apple’s March 9, 2015 press event disclosed a fairly extensive range of new products and initiatives. As I reported in my prior Display Daily (Notebook Computer Displays Evolve), the new MacBook (available April 10) …