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Valve Promotes VR With Free Software

Valve has released the Unity-based renderer for its collection of VR experiences, known as ‘The Lab’, for free. The developer’s move is aimed at promoting adoption of what is believes are optimal rendering techniques for the format. The focus is on preventing frame dropping. A video of The Lab can be viewed at https://youtu.be/dq7ZCv7YavI, or … Read more

IoT Will Outgrow Mobile Phones

According to Ericsson’s Mobility Report, the IoT will overtake mobile phones as the world’s largest category of connected device by 2018. Ericsson defines a connected device as a physical object with an IP stack enabling two-way communication over a network interface. Between 2015 and 2021, Ericsson forecasts 23% annual growth for IoT devices. Of the … Read more

Welcome to the Glass Age

Glass is essential to the display and lighting worlds, but it’s hard to make it as exciting as eye candy such as the LG 77″ UHD, HDR OLED-TV that wowed Display Week attendees as they passed through the entry to the exhibit hall. Still, there were some interesting glass developments shown in San Francisco. Corning … Read more

E Ink Goes Flex and Full Color at Display Week

At Display Week 2016, E Ink showed its new 32-inch flexible display that weighs in at a remarkable sub-150 grams, (yes less than 6 ounces or the weight of 8 UK pennies.) The new panel will be added to E Ink’s Mobius line, targeting the DOOH market. The group is looking for applications including a … Read more

PMA Dealer Survey Shows Bright Spots for Display Market

A survey of AV resellers in the USA has shown that laser phosphor, interactive and home theatre projectors, as well as large-format FPDs, will drive display growth in North America. Results from the survey, by PMA Research, show that laser phosphor projector unit sales are expected to almost double YoY in 2016. Interactive model sales … Read more

eMagin Announces First Public Demonstration of Ultra-High Brightness Direct Patterned (“DPD”) Full Color OLED Microdisplay

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eMagin Corporation’s Senior Vice-President of R&D, Dr. Amal Ghosh, presented a paper entitled, “Directly Patterned 2645 PPI Full Color OLED Microdisplay for Head Mounted Wearables,” at the Society for Information Displays annual conference during Display Week 2016 at the Moscone Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Immediately following the presentation of the paper, eMagin demonstrated … Read more

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 22

Iiyama has launched a new version of its TF5537MSC large-format touch display (Iiyama Installs Procap on Public Monitors). The TF5537MSC-W2AG is designed for use in healthcare environments. It has higher brightness (420 cd/m² with touch, 500 cd/m² without) and can be operated by magnetic styli and gloved fingers. It is also IPX1 rated. The display … Read more