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At yesterday’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, the company confirmed that ARKit 2.0 is in the works, bringing improved face tracking, advanced rendering and 3D object detection, as well as support for multiple users. Apple showed multiplayer AR gaming in motion at the conference, via a slingshot game where players compete on a real-life table, which … Read more
Pre-orders are now live in the EU for Oculus’ new standalone headset, Oculus Go. The device is available online via the company’s website and other internet retailers, while customers in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland will also be able to purchase Oculus Go at bricks-and-mortar retailers. Online purchases are scheduled to ship … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., a leading provider of commercial LCD displays and projectors, announced the launch of two 27-inch desktop monitors, the MultiSync E271N and the MultiSync EA271F. “The MultiSync E271N and the MultiSync EA271F are packed with essential features and designed with business users in mind,” said Art Marshall, Senior Product Manager … Read more
Sony has released a Dolby Vision firmware update for its X700 UHD Blu-ray disc player, providing compatibility with the company’s own range of TVs. Sony Dolby Vision TVs support the HDR format natively via their in-built apps. However, external HDMI-connected devices are not automatically compatible and require their own individual software updates to work with … Read more
If leaked images that surfaced earlier this week are to be believed, Xbox One owners who didn’t buy into Microsoft’s Kinect accessory will soon have an alternative method for controlling their consoles via voice commands, as the company appears to be integrating Alexa and Google Assistant support into its console range. The image, sent to … Read more
Following reports that Huawei is preparing to launch a foldable OLED smartphone in November 2018, ahead of Samsung’s long-awaited offering, confusion has arisen regarding the company’s source of flexible OLED panels. Original reports suggested that Huawei would use LG flexible OLEDs but a new report from ET News has debunked this claim, stating that the … Read more
Following the 2016 launch of the Pi-Scale flexible OLED production line project in 2016, the European Union has launched Lyteus, a €14 million ($16.3 million) initiative within Pi-Scale. Its website states that, “Lyteus provides the expertise and capability required to progress a concept from an idea and into a commercialised product”. Lyteus is currently working … Read more
ZetaDisplay has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares in Norwegian digital signage solution provider, Webpro, for approximately 21 million krone ($2.58 million) plus additional, performance-based supplemental payments. Webpro’s largest customers are Ikea and McDonalds in Russia. In 2017, the company had sales of 24 million krone ($2.95 million), of which contracted … Read more
Daktronics has partnered with Al Arabia and the Arab External Advertising Company to deliver new LED digital displays for their “digital paintings in the streets of the capital” campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More than 3,200m² of digital displays were delivered in January. The 3-in-1 SMD LED displays are delivered in three different sizes: 2.93m … Read more
DisplayWeek is generally the place to get a glimpse of next generation display products and technologies. This year’s conference was no different. Display supply chain suppliers gave a picture of the future with many prototypes based on MicroLED, MiniLED, OLED and even LCD technology. MicroLED Display: Coming in the Future The display industry has been … Read more
See-Through AR Displays Many see-through AR displays are based on waveguide optics. The entire session 17 was dedicated the technology of improved waveguide optics, with a focus on the optics that couple the image into and out of the waveguide. While paper 17-1 and 17-2 used waveguides in their optics, they were not used in … Read more
Richard Austin, president of Gamma Scientific, and his colleagues at Gamma Scientific presented paper 72-3 titled “Contrast, Resolution and Parallax Measurements of Near to Eye and Head Up Displays” at the symposium but there was no corresponding paper in the Proceedings. Mr. Austin provided me with a Dropbox URL where both the paper and the … Read more
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