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A-I and the Art of Learning by Making Mistakes

by Steve Sechrist

In this, his second year presenting a “must see” Monday Short Course on Artificial Intelligence at the SID Display Week, Dr. Achin Bhowmik, Intel’s VP and GM of the Perceptual Computing group focused on …

Tags:SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Will Crystal Cycle’s Swing into Oversupply as China Comes On Line?

by Steve Sechrist

Admittedly it may just be the writing on the wall, but IHS is seeing a slight price drop in LCD panels in 2H17 after a fifteen (count ’em -15!) month consecutive price increases in …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| LCD Fabs| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Now There are Four… as ZTE Pushes Smartphones in USA

by Steve Sechrist

Strategy Analytics updated its smartphone US market tracking, reporting strong growth for smartphones from the China-based ZTE brand. The company is now in fourth place in the USA market, edging out domestic Chinese competitor, …

Samsung’s 3K OLED’s Commanding Lead over Mobile LCDs

by Steve Sechrist

In the latest instalment of a seven year run at evaluating mobile displays for the smartphone market, DisplayMate Labs principal, Dr. Ray Soneira, said that Samsung’s 3K pixel ( 2960 x 1440 ) mobile …

Is that UHD Content Really UHD?

by Steve Sechrist

In the digital era, when content is king, a new IHS study is showing that while 4K content is increasing at the production end, the delivery of that content, particularly OTT (over the top) …

AirTV to Bring Cord Cutters Back to the Future

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, satellite TV provider Dish Network has partnered up with Sling over the top internet delivery service and is now offering a third source of content, a Channel Master – …

Eye Tracking the ‘5th Modality’ in Human Interface

by Steve Sechrist

Some are calling it the fifth modality for human computer interface, adding eye tracking to already established list that includes keyboards, mice, touch pads (or touch displays) and voice/gesture. (One could even argue it’s …

Sharp on the Mend – Posting First Profits Since 2014

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the storied yet beleaguered LCD pioneer, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan) was finally in the black, with net income of $37.5M for fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2016). This is …

Samsung’s Note 7 Postmortem – Bad Battery X 2

by Steve Sechrist

In the end it all came down to two unique flaws in two different sets of batteries, coupled with an overtaxed QA system constantly being pushed by the demands of high profile smartphone hardware …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 03

VR Motion Tracking at CES 2017

by Steve Sechrist

VR is going through its own evolution and firms are looking to solve some interesting problems as we move closer to a suspended belief experience and enter the truly virtual world of computer generated …

Tags:CES 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Augmented Reality is the ‘Step-Sister’ at CES

by Steve Sechrist

Augmented reality devices as a category seems to be taking a back seat its cousin, virtual reality, with VR stealing most of the press attention, with the help of multi-billion dollar acquisitions (Oculus Rift …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Vuzix

Mainstream Brands Bring VR Headsets to CES – Well Almost

by Steve Sechrist

2016 was a device launch break-out year for VR headset hardware. The two most widely known devices began shipping to consumers in the spring of last year, both using a Pentile OLED display with …

Tags:CES 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02