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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.
Joe Miseli is from the ICDM and he explained the history of the development of this free standard, which can be downloaded by anybody. There is now work going on towards a Version 2 which will have new pixel/resolution and format definitions and will also include test material for HDR. There are 53 members of … Read more
Monday at the Xbox E3 2016 Briefing, Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new family of Xbox One devices, a host of new Xbox Live features and the biggest lineup of games in Xbox history. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer underscored the Xbox team’s commitment to building a future of gaming beyond console generations and inviting gamers … Read more
Leading consumer electronics company and smartphone manufacturer MEIZU officially introduced its latest m series product, MEIZU m3s, at a product release conference in Beijing, China on June 13. MEIZU m3s is the metal variant of the company’s latest affordable offering MEIZU m3. It keeps most features of its predecessor while offering the following unique features: … Read more
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