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Acer Improves with PC & Display Focus

by Bob Raikes

Acer reached sales of NT$237.28 billion ($8.1 billion) in 2017, up 2%, while it moved back into profit at NT$2.82 billion ($96.4 million), a turnaround from a loss in 2016. The company has seen …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

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Google To Buy Lytro

by Bob Raikes

Google is buying light field pioneer company, Lytro for a deal that is reported to be somewhere between $25 million and $40 million although one report claims that Google is getting only the assets …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Next Action| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Lampix Developing a Tabletop AR System

by Arthur Berman

Lampix (with offices in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA) is developing an “interactive tabletop augmented reality system that uses machine learning and blockchain-based image sourcing to recognize, reveal and react to the …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Interactive Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

India to Enter the Mixed Reality Headset Market

by Arthur Berman

Dimension NXG Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) is developing what the company claims is India’s first locally designed mixed reality headset. The product will be called the AjnaLens. The headset is pictured in the figure …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Samsung Debuts 3D Cinema LED Screen in Switzerland

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has introduced its 3D Cinema LED screen at Arena Cinemas’ Sihlcity theater in Switzerland. Designed and installed with the help of Imaculix AG, the 3D-ready variation of Samsung’s Cinema LED screen is designed …

Tags:3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Experience Your Day in Digital at the 2018 NEC Showcase-LIVE

by Damir Lokas

Famed for its experiential approach, the NEC Solutions Showcase returns on its 10th anniversary with an exciting new evolution. 16-17 May 2018 will see NEC Display Solutions present the latest in visual technology in …

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Top 100 Warranty Providers of 2017

by Milos Pavlovic

Warranty Week had its annual look at the top warranty providers in the US and concentrated on those that had changed the most. The blog covers all industries, but we thought we’d pick out …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 13| warranty

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Flex Wins 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Award for Sustainability

by Andrew Fenn

Sketch-to-Scale solution provider Flex has announced that it has been honoured as a 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner for its achievements in sustainability. The company was recognised for its 2017 Earth Day campaign, which …

Tags:Awards| Environment| Flex| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Socionex Claims World’s Smallest 8K Media Player

by Bob Raikes

Socionext said that it would show a new media player that can support 8K at the forthcoming DSE show. As well as supporting four 4K panels through HDMI 2.0, the company said that it …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Nvidia and Microsoft Team for Real Time Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

Ray tracing in real time has long been the ‘holy grail’ of graphics engineers. Up to now, that has not been possible, although as we have reported, companies have worked on ray-tracing just the …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| ray tracing| Vol 25 - Issue 11

IDC: Smartwatches to Have More Than Just Fifteen Minutes of Fame

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices is on-track to grow 15.1% in 2018, totalling 132.9 million units over the course of the year. The overall market is also expected to deliver a CAGR of 13.4% …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 11| Wearables