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Interest in micro-LED as a display technology is rising, helped – at least in part – by interest from Sony (Cledis screens) and Apple (through its LuxVue acquisition). LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, has forecast that micro-LED technology will be adopted for wearables in 2018, and for smartphones in late 2020. Higher brightness, contrast and … Read more
China’s Economic Daily News claims that Samsung Electronics is seeking to buy panels from Innolux and AUO. This is due to Samsung Display’s closure of a G7 factory this year, which will lower its supply of 40″ – 43″ TV panels. Samsung Electronics will take 40″ panels from Innolux and 43″ panels from AUO, the … Read more
Although Mediatek’s revenues in June reached a record high of NT$24.9 billion ($792.2 million), its July revenues fell 0.2% MoM, to NT$24.8 billion ($789.1 million). However, this still represents a 38.6% YoY increase. For 2016 overall, Mediatek expects its revenues to climb 25% YoY. Its year-to-date revenues at NT$153.3 billion ($4.9 billion): up 36.2% YoY.
HTC’s revenues fell 0.6% MoM and 14.7% YoY in July, to NT$6.3 billion ($200.4 million). Its year-to-date revenues were NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion), down 51% YoY. Despite this, HTC expects its Q3 performance to be better than Q2, thanks to sales of its HTC 10 smartphone and Vive headset.
HTC, creator of the HTC Vive™, the most advanced virtual reality system on the market, today announced that it will begin working with third party developers and hardware makers to expand the accessories and peripherals ecosystem for the HTC Vive. HTC will hold in-person training courses in Asia to complement the courses being provided in … Read more
Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced the signing of an OLED Technology License Agreement and Supplemental Material Purchase Agreement with Tianma Micro-electronics Co. Ltd. ???????????(SZ.000050), a leading Chinese small-and medium-size display panel manufacturer. The agreements run for five years. Tianma is a leading player in … Read more
Market-leading Slim Cube Technology from eyevis UK is helping to combat traffic congestion through the longest non-estuarial road tunnel in Britain. Worldwide audio-visual company Electrosonic chose eyevis displays for a new video wall installation in the Highways Agency control centre at Hindhead Tunnel after detailed technical evaluations. Electrosonic selected the latest eyevis LED illuminated DLP … Read more
To meet consumer demand for smarter, feature-rich fitness and activity wearables, MediaTek today announced it powers the newly launched Polar M600, an Android Wear sports-optimized smartwatch. Equipped with advanced features, including Polar’s optical heart rate technology and integrated GPS, the Polar M600 is powered by MediaTek’s MT2601 system-on-chip (SoC). Developed exclusively for wearables like the … Read more
A team of researchers headed by Masayoshi Higuchi of the Electronic Functional Macromolecules Group at the Research Center for Functional Materials within the National Institute for Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan) are developing a flexible display that can be cut into a desired shape with a simple pair of scissors. Conventional displays, such as LCDs and … Read more
HoloVit (Miami, FL) is a clear screen that is used to show what the company calls “holographic videos.” The screen works in conjunction with any one of the several electronic devices commonly belonging to consumers and that contains a display. HoloVit also offers means for user’s to record their own holographic videos. First, it must … Read more
Chinese company Yuneec has created an HMD specifically for first-person drone racing. Yuneec’s main business is drone manufacture, and its Skyview headset can be used to operate a drone’s onboard camera, as well as more mainstream uses like watching films or playing games. The Skyview is compatible with Yuneec’s Typhoon H and Tornado H920 drones. … Read more
Highlighting the benefits of its modularity, OSVR has announced that the new dev kit display can be added to existing models. Owners of the HDK 1.3 and 1.4 can upgrade the screens to the new 2160 x 1200 OLED display (90Hz), from 1920 x 1080 (60Hz). It costs $220.
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