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New “Tilt-to-Scroll” Patent Makes Your Phone’s Screen Easier to See While Tilting and Panning

May 31, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

INNOVENTIONS, Inc. has been awarded US Patent 9,348,435 for its RotoView “tilt-to-scroll” technology for mobile phone displays. The new patent, “Motion-Based View Scrolling System with Proportional and Dynamic Modes,” describes a mode for proportional scrolling that allows precise scrolling within a predefined tilt rotation range. “Our latest patent improves RotoView technology, using the new proportional … Read more

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: 1 in 8 Homes in North America to Own an Ultra HD TV by End 2016

May 31, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, more than 11 million North American homes will own an Ultra HD TV by the end of 2016 as prices drop to increasingly affordable levels and 1080p models start to disappear entirely from large screen product line ups. By 2020, all 40-inch or larger TVs being sold … Read more

Samsung Back at SID – but ‘No Meetings’

December 21, 2022May 31, 2016 by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display was missed at the SID event last year (it was concentrating on promoting its branded products last year, rather than components, we heard), so we were pleased to see the company back in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the firm was not holding any press meetings, just showing its technology. The first display we looked … Read more

Ricoh Enhances Collaboration in Meetings with Expanded Interactive Flat Panel Display Portfolio at InfoComm16

May 31, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Ricoh announced today new solutions that support the transformation of the modern meeting and learning environments. As the landscape of work today has been reshaped by closer collaboration over longer distances, the new RICOH Interactive Whiteboard D8400 transcends the barriers of stand-alone devices and embraces the multi-platform ecosystems users are now accustomed to. Whether in … Read more

Kyocera Highlights Touch and Automotive

May 31, 2016 by Bob Raikes

Kyocera explained its expanded Procap line of products for industrial and automotive applications, which are now available optically bonded up to 12.1″. The company has also upgraded its wide viewing angle technology from AWV to AWV-II which also allows brightness up to 1,500 cd/m² (the 12.1″ is also available with 400/500 cd/m² or 1000 cd/m² … Read more

YUVSoft Converts 360° Footage to 3D

May 31, 2016 by Arthur Berman

There are a variety of objective and subjective difficulties related to the capture, stitching together and editing of 360o stereoscopic 3D videos. To address these challenges, YUVSoft (Moscow, Russia) is offering a 2D-to-stereoscopic 3D conversion service for 360o video content and does so using in-house tools. A recent, but not overly informative, video that specifically … Read more

Heptagon Announces a New and Really Small 3D Camera

May 31, 2016 by Arthur Berman

Heptagon Micro Optics (Singapore) has announced the availability of a new product called “Mora” which the company bills as the “world’s smallest all-in-one 3D module.” Heptagon provides a broad line of 3D related product that combine cameras, illuminators, software and services. The company is substantial with about 1,000 employees. The company also manufacturers lots of … Read more

Analogix Reaches 10 Million SlimPort Shipments

May 31, 2016 by Tom Allen

Analogix has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort over USB-C controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories, it has announced. The firm says that the solutions, sold under the SlimPort brand, are popular due to their ability to deliver the high resolutions at low power.

Microsoft Provides Hololens Commentary

May 31, 2016 by Tom Allen

Microsoft has, for the first time, provided a look at the hardware inside its Hololens augmented reality headset, at the Imec Technology Forum in Belgium. Although there have been teardowns of the dev kit versions, which began to be shipped in March, they lacked context or commentary from the designers. The Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) … Read more

Best Buy Slashes Apple Prices

May 31, 2016 by Tom Allen

During the Memorial Day weekend, Best Buy is cutting the price of the Apple Watch (standard edition) by $200. That means that consumers can pick up the wearable for $350 or $400, depending on size. The retailer is also offering deals on the iPhone 6+ (a $100 gift card with any purchase, or save $250 … Read more

SID Showfloor Round Up

December 21, 2022May 31, 2016 by Bob Raikes

3M was showing a 31″ 2560 x 1440 monitor reference design that supports 94% of the Rec 2020 using the company’s QD-based QDEF film in an edge-lit configuration and using an optimised DBEF. Brightness is 300 cd/m² and lifetime is 30,000 hours (at 400 cd/m²). Another demonstration was a 27″ UltraHD monitor which had 350 … Read more

Vivitek Runs 24/7

May 31, 2016 by Tom Allen

Owners have multiple choices with Vivitek’s new laser phosphor DLP projector, the DU7090Z. The unit is supplied with five optional lenses, a centred lens design for easy set-up and both horizontal and vertical lens shift. Designed for heavy-duty, 24/7 usage, the projector will run for up to 20,000 hours. It has a DICOM Simulation mode … Read more