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A retractable headphone hook is built in to the side of the monitor. MMD/AOC has developed a G-Sync edition of its AGON AG271QX monitor (AOC Lowers Display Lag), which – unusually for a gaming product – uses an IPS panel from AUO. Images can be delivered at refresh rates up to 165Hz, without screen tearing … Read more
Ericsson and Sprint worked together to test UltraHD live streaming over a 5G network during the 2016 Copa América Centenario football tournament. The test, at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field football stadium, used 400MHz of spectrum.
Chao Li has a research centre for 3D in China which is focused on 3D with LEDs. He has looked at the human factors in detail. To start, Li asked three questions: Why does a 3D movie projection produce 3D vertigo? Why does shutter mode LED cause fatigue? If the eye has persistence of 20ms, … Read more
The final speaker in a long day was Don Gyou Lee of LG Display who talked about future technology challenges in new displays and the issues of metrology of these innovations. He works in transparent displays and also VR. He is involved with ICDM, the IEC and ISO. There are new products such as flexible … Read more
An ultrathin, transparent and conductive film has been produced using a ‘cheap and simple’ method, by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University. The film is formed of a ‘mat’ of tangled nanofibre, which is electroplated to a form a selfjunctioned copper nano-‘chicken wire’. The product can be flexed and stretched, … Read more
Near-to-eye display developer Lumus has raised $15 million in funding. The money mainly came from China’s Shanda Group and Crystal-Optech. Lumus will use the investment to scale up its production for the consumer AR, mixed reality and smart eyewear markets. Analyst Comment We saw Lumus at the recent AWE show in Santa Clara (AWE Round … Read more
Peter Kazlas is from QD Vision and he gave a brief introduction to his company and QD technology. He talked about the 3M research that showed that some consumers prefer HDR and better colour to more resolution. Rec 2020 can only really be achieved with QDs (at 97%). The saturated emitters are more efficient than … Read more
Road to VR got some hands-on (pardon the pun) time with the latest Gloveone prototype at E3 this week. It is a haptic motion input glove, designed for VR users, from Spain’s NeuroDigital. The glove has small vibrators, placed at the end of the fingers, to simulate the feel of touching virtual objects. Earlier models … Read more
Last year, UK mobile operator Vodafone introduced the Smart Ultra 6: a low-cost smartphone with some premium features, especially in terms of size, resolution and 4G connectivity (Vodafone Lowers Cost of Premium Features). This year, Vodafone has repeated itself – with some noticeable changes. The display of the Smart Platinum 7 is the same size … Read more
Matt Sanderson, formerly VP and MD of Ingram Micro Australia, has moved to the UK & Ireland division of the company. From the 1st July he will take on the role of country chief executive for the region. Sanderson previously worked at Ingram UK&I for three years (2010 – 2013) before moving to Australia. He … Read more
Wearable shipments will grow 29% this year compared to 2015, says IDC, reaching 101.9 million units. With a CAGR of 20.3%, wearable shipments will reach 213.6 million units in 2020. The wearables market is split between multiple types of devices, unlike smartphones, which brought many technologies together into a single product, says IDC’s Jitesh Ubrani. … Read more
Apple is raising component procurement for its second-generation Apple Watch, say supply chain sources. Apple’s orders have been higher than expected; the sources estimated that 2 million units could be shipped monthly.
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