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TrendForce Projects Global Shipments of VR Devices for 2016 to Reach 2.91 Million Units, Driven Mainly By Holiday Sales

TrendForce’s latest market survey finds that VR devices will enjoy strong sales this Christmas season on account that game consoles are also going to be popular gift purchases. Based on TrendForce’s latest analysis, annual shipments of VR devices worldwide (excluding mobile VR device) are projected to reach 2.91 million units for 2016 and grow massively … Read more

Vuzix Completes E.U. Certification Process, Begins M300 Shipments

Vuzix® Corporation, (“Vuzix” or the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the European Union emission’s certification process for the next generation M300 Smart Glasses. With certification, Vuzix expects to … Read more

Synopsys Can Test DP 1.4 with DSC

Synopsys said that it has what it claims to be the industry’s first Verification IP (VIP) and source code test suite for DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC 1.2 and for eDP 1.4a/b. “The new DisplayPort 1.4 standard takes advantage of VESA’s Display Stream Compression technology to support new applications and richer display content at higher data … Read more

Blackberry Confirms TCL (Alcatel) Deal

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Blackberry has confirmed that TCL, which also runs the Alcatel brand, has licensed the Blackberry brand for smartphones on an almost global basis (BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build). The first phones to be supplied directly by TCL are due early in 2017. TCL made the DTEK50 and DTEK60 (Blackberry DTEK60 Ships). As expected, … Read more

IHS Markit Expects TDDI Boost

IHS Markit has released information about developments in TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration LCD Makers Developing In-Cell Touch Based on TDDI) which integrates the circuitry to monitor touch and drive the display into a single chip. The trend is being driven by a desire to reduce bezels and create slimmer devices. The company expects … Read more

LG Display Working with Google and Apple on Flexible

The ETNews in Korea has said that LG Display will work with Apple and Google to make foldable displays and the paper says that the company will start mass production in 2018. Customers will also include Microsoft. The paper also said that less information about flexible applications is coming out of LG than Samsung because … Read more

LG Display Reorganises Around OLED

Business Korea reports that LG Display has finished its annual re-organisation and will switch its five divisions, TV, OLED, IT, mobile and AD into three businesses, TV, IT and Mobile. Hwang Yong-gi (a VP) will run the TV business division, while VP Choi Hyung-seok and VP Jeong Kyong-deuk will be in charge of the mobile … Read more

LG UHD BD Player Expected at CES

LG is expected to release a new UltraHD Blu-ray player at CES, following the spotting of a filing by LG in the Wi-Fi Alliance database, spotted by 4Kfilme.de. Analyst Comment Frankly, given that Samsung, Panasonic and Sony all have UHD Blu-ray players, it would be surprising if LG didn’t have one close to release! (BR)

Osram Takes its LEDs up the Zugspitze

Osram celebrated its 110th birthday as a brand with an ice hockey match at 3,000m up on the Zugspitze mountain, the highest mountain in Germany. Eight members of the EHD Red Bull Munich team played a game on a rink surrounded by LEDs, which were added to clothing, helmets and the puck. The company also … Read more