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SMI Adds Eye-Tracking to Oculus

Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds ...

Rumour: Oppo’s Watch Charges in Five Minutes

China’s Oppo – a mobile device maker known for its high-end and affordable smartphones – is developing a smartwatch with very ...

LG Display Suffers Accident & Fab Close Down

LG had a fatal accident at its P8-1 panel fab in Paju, Korea and the fab has been shut down for ...

VR And AR Markets to Grow Says CSS

Market researcher, CCS, predicts that the sales of VR headsets will reach 16.5 million this year, valued at over $500 million, ...

The Display Resolution War – How much resolution is enough? (Part 2)

In my last article (The Display Resolution War – How much resolution is enough?), I argued that mobile displays will continue ...

Vuzix Teams up with Ubimax to Deliver a Hands Free M300 Smart Glasses Manufacturing Solution to WS Kunststoff-Service

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer ...

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MicroLEDs on the Agenda for SID, AWE and Infocomm

by Bob Raikes

Our front page story from Sony was not difficult to choose this week. We have a special “microsite” with news from SID’s Display Week, which starts in a couple of days. In my introductory …

Tags:AWE 2016| Editorial| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 19

RGB vs. LP Debate for Cinemas Rages at Display Summit China

by Chris Chinnock

The cinema industry is currently actively debating how laser phosphor and RGB laser light sources will be adopted in cinemas. In one corner is Christie, which has said that laser phosphor light source are …

Tags:Barco| Christie| Display Summit China 2016| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| RealD| Vol 23 - Issue 19

JM-Laser Describes their RGB Laser Source

by Chris Chinnock

JM-Laser Technology (JM-LT) gave an impressive talk describing their RGB laser sources that have been integrated into 53 cinema screens in China so far, cooperating with Oristar. That’s a lot at this stage of …

Tags:Display Summit China 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Speckle| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Inovel Describes Projection Products

by Chris Chinnock

Jiangsu Inovel Display Technology Co. used its presentation time at Display Summit China to provide an overview of solid state projection technologies, then dive into its projection products, as shown in the diagram below. …

Tags:Display Summit China 2016| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Hisense Says 4K Laser TV Coming Soon

by Chris Chinnock

In the presentation given by Hisense at Display Summit China, it became clear that the company is very serious about the potential for the laser TV category and they are investing heavily to develop …

Tags:Display Summit China 2016| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Laser TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 19

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 20

by Tom Allen

Image: MekoMost of the H-series TVs from Hisense, which were introduced at CES 2016 (Hisense Begins Sharp Licensing), are now available in the USA. The H8 ($600 50H8C $700 and 55H8C), H5 ($200 – …

Tags:CES 2016| Germany| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Optoma| Panasonic| Projection Screens| Software| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Display Summit Registration Now Open

by Tom Allen

The full agenda has been announced for the Display Summit USA, which runs from the 6th-7th June in Las Vegas, just prior to InfoComm. The agenda can be found at http://tinyurl.com/z46686j, and you can …

Tags:Avixa (was Infocomm)| Back Panel| Display Summit 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 20

IMAX Plans VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

IMAX has announced a partnership with Starbreeze AB (creator of the StarVR headset) to create a location-based VR offering. Shopping centres, multiplex and other venues will be able to use this to offer immersive …

Tags:Cameras| Google| IMAX| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

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TCL Plans G11 Factory in China

by Tom Allen

TCL is to build a G11 LCD TV fab in Shenzen, China. The company estimates that construction will cost $7.8 billion. It will be built for TCL subsidiary CSOT, and will produce 65″+ displays.

Tags:China| CSOT| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| TCL| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Korean Hair Salon is First User of SDC’s Mirror OLEDs

by Tom Allen

A hair salon in Seoul is now using Samsung Display’s 55″ transparent mirror OLED screens: the first commercial installation of the products, anywhere in the world. The Leekaja Hairbis uses the displays as mirrors …

Tags:AMOLED| Back Panel| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 20

GJM’s R2R System Speeds Production by 50%

by Tom Allen

South Korea’s GJM has developed a new 300mm roll-to-roll deposition system. It is capable of directly depositing both organic and inorganic materials on plastic, and can be used to mass-produce flexible OLEDs. Production can …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Vol 23 - Issue 20