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A VR Cinema is Open in Amsterdam

The Virtual Reality Cinema is an entertainment concept developed by &Samhoud Media (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a creative agency and online publisher that specializes in virtual and augmented reality. Located in Amsterdam, The VR Cinema is billed as a place where “everybody can get acquainted with virtual reality and experience what it is like to see … Read more

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

Vizio said that it has integrated FandangoNow (previously M-Go) into the Vizio SmartCast app, joining Vudu, Hulu and Google Play Movies and TV. Consumers can control their Vizio SmartCast displays from any room in the home by using the SmartCast app on the SmartCast Tablet Remote or a personal iOS or Android mobile device.

SID Business Track Goes to DSCC

SID has awarded the SID Business, Automotive Display, AR/VR/Wearables and Investors and Conferences at SID Display Week to Display Supply Chain Consultants after being run for a number of years by IHS. According to John Jacobs, Vice Chairman of the SID Business Track, “We selected DSCC for this contract due to their long history in … Read more

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

VIZIO, Inc. announced today the integration of FandangoNOW into the VIZIO SmartCast app. The premium on-demand video service joins other VIZIO SmartCast-enabled apps like VUDU, Hulu and Google Play Movies & TV, allowing consumers to easily search for content they want to watch and then simply tap to stream from their mobile device to a … Read more

Hyundai Tracking Cars for Signage

Hyundai has started a campaign in the UK for its Ioniq vehicle that uses vehicle recognition technology from Ocean to identify cars from their registration details and to display customised messages aimed at drivers in competitive vehicles. The project is running in London and in Newcastle. Havas Media and Innocean were also involved in the … Read more

Actions, Imagination and Nibiru Team to Bring An Immersive Graphics Experience to New All-In-One 2K VR Headset Solution

Imagination Technologies and Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd., and Nanjing Ruiyue Technology Co., Ltd. have teamed to bring an immersive graphics experience to Nibiru’s new 2K virtual reality (VR) headset solution. The solution is in mass production and is being adopted by many Chinese OEMs. The Nibiru VR solution brings all-in-one VR headsets into the era … Read more

SID Awards Display Week 2017 Business Track to DSCC

The Society for Information Display (SID) has awarded the management of its highly popular series of business conferences during the 2017 Display Week to Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). Display Week 2017 will take place from May 21-26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The 2017 Display Week Business Track will consist of: Business Conference, … Read more

Asahi Result 31/10/2016

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. saw Q3 net profits of ¥59 billion ($572 million), down 33% from ¥88 billion ($853 million) in the year ago period, on sales which slipped 5% to ¥3.15 trillion ($30.5 billion) from ¥3.31 trillion ($32.1 billion). For the nine months there were profits of ¥329 billion ($3.2 billion), a 23% decrease … Read more

Kyocera Result 30/10/16

Kyocera Corporation reported Q2 net profits of ¥18.7 billion ($181 million), down 3% from ¥19.2 billion ($186 million) a year earlier, on turnover which fell 13% to ¥333.3 billion ($3.2 billion) from ¥383.3 billion ($3.7 billion). For the half year there were profits of ¥36.2 billion ($350 million), a drop of 29% on ¥50.8 billion … Read more

Juniper Optimistic on Gestures for VR

Juniper Research said that there will be 128 million smartphone-enabled VR devices, climbing to 492 million by 2020 – a growth of over 280% said the CIO blog. The report identifies gesture and motion interfaces as a key part of the development and the report forecasts that 50% of dedicated devices such as wearables and … Read more

Samsung Display Supplies OLED Panel for Apple’s New MacBook Pro

ETNews from Korea said that the touch panel in the Apple MacBook Pro, released last week (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro), is an OLED, as we expected, and is made by Samsung as a ‘rigid’ type, produced on Samsung’s A2 production line, while the driver chip came from Samsung’s LSI division and has … Read more

BOE Commits to $6.8 Billion Flex OLED Fab

BOE plans to establish a G6 flexible OLED factory with a capacity of 48,000 substrates per month in Mianyang City, in Western China with an investment of $6.94 billion, it said (the document in Chinese is here). The plant will be the third OLED fab for BOE following a small 5.5G rigid OLED factory in … Read more