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How About a Virtual Concert?

We have seen virtual reality being used in a variety of areas, now NextVR and Live Nation, the largest concert promoter ...

Fraunhofer Coatings Enable Full-Laser Backlights

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) will show a coating that enables laser backlighting for ...

Winners Announced for Intel’s ‘Make it Wearable’ Contest

Intel’s Make it Wearable contest, announced at CES 2014, challenged competitors to design innovative and creative wearable devices. Devices could be ...

PC Shipments Fell in Q1 but Mobile PCs were Higher

PC shipments fell to 71.7 million units in Q1’15, representing a 5.2% YoY decline, according to numbers from Gartner. The replacement ...

Ingram Micro Signs Distribution Deal with Imcosys

California-based IT wholesaler Ingram Micro has signed a distribution deal with Imcosys, a Swiss manufacturer of tailor-made mobile device solutions. The ...

Four VR Headsets Compared at Next@Acer

At the Next@Acer press conference on April 21 (See related article in this issue), Virtual Reality (VR) headsets from four different ...

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IHS: Oxide Displays Seeing Massive Growth in Shipments

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit’s David Hsieh.Surging on a wave of demand, the market for oxide displays used in mobile PCs is headed for spectacular growth this year. (Oxide Taking Increasing LCD Share) Shipments of oxide TFT-LCD …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oxide TFTs| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Large Panel Makers Have Tough October

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics posted October revenue of NT$27.43 billion ($909 million), down 5.6% MoM and 9.9% YoY. This brought turnover for the year to date to NT$287.8 billion ($9.5 billion), up 7.5% from NT$267.7 billion …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Dirk Huelsermann Joins Stratacache Capital

by Andrew Fenn

Stratacache has announced that Dirk Huelsermann will join the company’s Capital division as Managing Partner. Huelsermann has a background in investment management and company directorship. He worked for NEC for over five-and-a-half years as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Primesight Wins Three Airport Advertising Contracts

by Andrew Fenn

“Media Brand of the Year 2016” winner Primesight has announced it has won a five-year contract to provide Digital-Out-of-Home advertising solutions to three more UK airports. Primesight will take over Glasgow and Aberdeen airports …

Tags:Aviation| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Xbox One X First Impressions

by Andrew Fenn

The latest contender in the battle of Ultra HD and HDR console gaming has entered the ring, and it packs a serious punch. While Nintendo focuses, as per usual, on innovation and substance over …

Tags:Consoles| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 43| xBox

DFF Supporting Members at SID

by Andrew Fenn

Next year’s SID Display Week exhibition will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 22nd to May 24th. The show’s Symposium and Seminars program will also run from May 20th to …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Tim Cook: “AR Will Change the Way We Use Technology Forever”

by Andrew Fenn

At Apple’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Tim Cook went on record to say that augmented reality will “change the way we use technology forever”. With the release of iOS 11 came ARKit, Apple’s augmented …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

The World’s First iPhone Designed Mobile Projector

by Damir Lokas

Imagine you’re at a party and want to share videos or photos from your phone for everyone to see. You simply mount your iPhone and project your screen onto any surface instantly. No fiddly …

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Mobile Projector is Designed for iPhone

by Bob Raikes

Aiptek has set up a Kickstarter project for the OrbitBeam, a projector designed for use with iPhones, from 6/6 plus and up (or Android above 4.2 using Miracast). It also has a battery case …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Christie Launches New Line of Professional LCD Displays Through Stampede

by Andrew Fenn

Christie has launched its ‘pocket-friendly’ Access range of professional LCD displays, sold exclusively through global AV distributor Stampede. The Access series comes in 55″, 65″, 75″ and 86″ screen sizes. All devices in the …

Tags:Christie| Distribution| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 42