VR Spin-Off Rumoured for HTC
A Chinese-language report from the Commercial Times claims that HTC will spin off its VR unit in Q3 this year. The company will retain a 100% stake in the new business.
IHS Flexible Wearable Business Conference – Market
In the IHS-organised Wearable-Flexible business conference at Display Week, highlights included a market survey of current conditions (where the market is) and a survey of trends portending where the technology is headed. To quote hockey legend Wayne Gretzky on why he is so successful, he said, “I skate to where the puck is going to … Read more
How Does the Public Look at VR and AR Today?
While Display Week is just ending and Infocomm coming up soon, there is no shortage on news about new displays and gadgets per se. To break away a little from the ‘news about new stuff’ cycle I was looking at the announcements about AR and VR. There are plenty of those going around every day, … Read more
Fujifilm Discusses Novel Transparent Screen Design
Transparent screens for projection applications are not very common, but they can be quite effective for advertising, merchandising and increasingly, augmented reality applications such as Head Up Displays. At SID 2016, Fujifilm gave a paper (16-3) that described a new screen fabricated with Cholesteric Liquid Crystal (CLC) dots formed in spherical layers. It can be … Read more
KN2 Display Week 2016 JDI Keynote
Keynote address are meant to set the tone of a conference and help point in the general direction of what’s to be expected in the hurried and meeting-packed days to come. This was particularly evident in the JDI Keynote that opened DisplayWeek 2016 and entitled ‘Opportunities and Challenges in Mobile Displays’, presented by JDI’s Senior … Read more
ICDM Updates Contrast Metrology Text
SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) held an evening meeting at DisplayWeek. The main business was to vote on some new language that was added to one measurement technique and a second section where the results are used to derive resolution. The new language was adopted, marking the culmination of a significant effort by … Read more
LCOS Device Advancements
Single panel projection, HMD or HUD solutions require a very fast response time from the imager if they operate in a color sequential mode. This mode is preferred as it can increase resolution by 3X, but can introduce other artifacts, especially color break-up or rainbows. Field fringing effects which reduce transmittance, can also be problematic … Read more
ZTE Launches Flagship AXON 7 Smartphone, Endorsed by World Renowned Pianist Lang Lang
ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, officially unveiled its latest flagship device, the AXON 7, at the Park Hyatt in Beijing today. During the launch, it was also announced that Lang Lang, a world renowned pianist, will be the brand ambassador to ZTE’s high-end flagship AXON smartphone series. The device will first be launched … Read more
Analogix’s Market Proven DisplayPort over USB-C Solutions are Mobile Industry’s Top Choice, Over 10 Million Controllers and Transmitters Have Been Shipped
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that it has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort™ over USB-C™ controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories featuring USB-C charging ports, even though the USB Power Delivery Specification (PD) and USB Type-C™ Cable and Connector Specification were just released earlier this year. With manufactures increasingly opting for … Read more
MediaTek Introduces Pump Express 3.0 Its Fastest Battery Charging Solution for Smartphones
Today’s high-powered smartphones have battery demanding applications and users. To help consumers quickly re-charge and stay connected to their world, MediaTek today launched Pump Express 3.0, its fastest battery charging technology to date. MediaTek, a pioneering fabless semiconductor company and market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC), developed Pump Express 3.0 to charge a smartphone battery … Read more
Foxconn Reduces Workforce Through the Use of Robots
As reported by the South China Morning Post and others, Foxconn in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, has reduced its workforce in one factory from 110,000 to 50,000 through the increased use of robots. In a statement reported by BBC it was was quoted as saying “We are applying robotics engineering and other innovative manufacturing technologies to … Read more
Brands Shorten Lifecycles as Smartphone Slowdown Continue
Smartphone shipments will rise 3.1% YoY in 2016: a significant slowdown from the 10.5% growth seen in 2015, and 27.8% in 2014. The forecast is 2.6 percentage points lower than IDC’s previous prediction, and was updated based on the continued slowdown in mature markets and China. Expected shipment figures now stand at 1.48 billion this … Read more
