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MDM Vol 24 #17 Product Round-up

Atomos launched the new Atomos field monitor at the NAB show (Atomos’ Novel Monitor/Recorder/Switcher) and has also reduced the pricing on ...

CES Unveiled Returns to Paris

CES Unveiled Paris, now in its second year, will take place on 22nd October. Speakers will include the CEA’s Shawn DuBravac, ...

Low-Cost Detachables and Slates in the Lead as Tablet Market Slumps

IDC reported that the worldwide tablet market continued its slump as vendors shipped 43 million units in Q3 2016, a year-over-year ...

Western European AR/VR Spending to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2017

IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update has forecast Western European revenues for the AR and VR market ...

Mirror-like Display Creates Rich Color Pixels by Harnessing Ambient Light

Using a simple structure comprising a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of light, researchers ...

JDI to Cut 30% of Jobs – May Get More Cash

Japan Display Inc has said that it will reduce its staff levels by 30% – around 4,700 jobs according to Reuters ...

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Lytro Looks to VR for New Technology Applications

by Bob Raikes

Lytro has pivoted in its business and has been moving away from its static photography business (Lytro to Shift to Video and Virtual Reality) and has now shut down support for pictures.lytro.com where images …

Tags:AR/VR| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Google Will Shut Down Tango AR Development Kit on March 1st

by Andrew Fenn

Following the launch of ARCore, Google will cease support for Tango, its original AR development kit, on March 1st, 2018. Tango uses a depth sensor in conjunction with a camera and proprietary software that …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Flexible OLED To Lead the OLED Panel Market from 2019

by Bob Raikes

Ubi Research said that it expects flexible OLED volumes to go past rigid OLEDs in 2019 as the market becomes 54% flexible with a total shipment at time of 480 million units. The company …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

LG to Add Low End Phone at CES

by Bob Raikes

According to the ET News in Korea, LG will have a new low end smartphone at CES. The 2018 K10 will have a 5.3″ FullHD LCD display and 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Africa’s Smartphone Market Enters Early Stages of Recovery

by Bob Raikes

Africa’s smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 4.4% in Q3 2017, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments for the quarter reached 21.7 million units, spurred by ongoing …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Samsung S9 Display to be Like S8

by Bob Raikes

The specification and design of the Samsung S9 has now been leaked via normally reliable including MobileFun (described as ‘ever reliable’) and SlashLeaks. The new phones will have displays that are very close to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Amazon Launches Cloud-Based VR/AR App Builder

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon Web Services has announced Sumerian, a new service for building VR, AR and 3D applications for mobile devices, head-mounted displays, digital signage or web browsers. With Amazon Sumerian’s editor, developers can build virtual …

Tags:Amazon| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

MMG Getting More Interest

by Bob Raikes

For the last few weeks, I have been threatening to look at a technique of LCD manufacturing, known as MMG – although I have seen many different versions of what this acronym stands for! …

Tags:LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Leeds United FC to Deploy Virtual Hybrid Perimeter Technology

by Bob Raikes

Leeds United a soccer team from the EFL Championship, the second level in the UK , has installed a new Virtual Hybrid perimeter LED display. (ADI and Supponor Win at 2017 Football Business Awards) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 48

AOC Adds Three New Monitors to Their Mainstream Gaming Line-up

by Damir Lokas

Display specialist AOC introduces three new gaming monitors which extend their successful mainstream gaming line represented by the well-received G2460PF and G2460VQ6. In addition to their appealing “3-sided frameless” design, the new G90 series …