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Acer Result 09/05/2018

by Vijaya

Acer Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter 2018 with net revenues of NT$54.8 billion ($1.84 billion), a decrease of 2.2%, compared to NT$56.1 billion ($1.88 billion) in Q1 2017. Net income …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Apple Announces New File Format for AR at WWDC 2018

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the just finished WWDC 2018 Apple introduced a new AR Kit 2 including a new file format for AR content. So far, every developer has created their own AR content within a software …

Tags:3D Formats| Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Mix AR Glasses Moving Towards Production

by Arthur Berman

ANTVR Technology Co., LTD (Beijing, China) has developed an AR glasses product that the company describes as small, lightweight, having large field of view and compatible with SteamVR. The product is called Mix and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Strategy Analytics: Smart Home Device Sales to Exceed Smartphones by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Global demand for smart home devices will exceed sales of smartphones by 2023, according to Strategy Analytics. Consumers worldwide bought 664 million smart home devices in 2017 and this will increase to 1.94 billion …

Tags:Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

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Team Develops a Backplane Material Better than LTPS

by Ken Werner

In February a team of researchers from Binghamton University (Binghamton, New York), Blue Wave Semiconductors (Baltimore, Maryland), and Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, New York) published an article in Elsevier Material Letters reporting “the growth …

Tags:Amorphous TFT| LTPS TFT| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Ocean Outdoor Acquires Scottish Digital-Out-of-Home Firm

by Andrew Fenn

Ocean Outdoor has acquired Forrest Media, a leading provider of large format outdoor media solutions in Scotland, for £200 million ($267.7 million). The deal expands Ocean’s national footprint and enhances its position as a …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 25 - Issue 22

IHS: iPhone X Led Global Smartphone Unit Shipments in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

As global smartphone shipments reached 345.5 million units in the first quarter of 2018, Apple iPhone X was the leading model, with 12.7 million units shipped. According to IHS Markit, iPhone 8 ranked second, …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Large Panel Shipments Rise in May

by Yvette Raikes

In May large panel shipments for the “big four” rose 13.2% MoM and 9.1% YoY to 20.928 million. AUO saw monthly revenue of NT$25.744 billion ($862 million), an increase of 5.2% MoM but down …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Horowitz: Competition from dMVPDs Puts New Spin on US Pay TV Subs

by Andrew Fenn

76% of TV viewers now subscribe to a traditional pay TV service, down from 86% in 2014, according to Horowitz Research. Just 71% of 18-34 year-olds subscribe to a traditional pay TV service, compared …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 22

UK VR Industry to Grow at 34% CAGR from 2018 to 2022

by Andrew Fenn

PwC predicts that the Entertainment and Media sector will be worth £76 billion by 2022, up from £68 billion this year, and that the UK’s virtual reality sector will be the fastest growing segment …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 22