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Google Quits Glass, Again

Google introduced its monovision, LCOS display augmented reality (AR) Glass product in 2012, bringing it to maker in 2013 with a slick Apple-like marketing campaign that made many of us think we really wanted one. They were cool, geeky cool, and profiled the wearer immediately. And, they scared the hell out people who weren’t wearing … Read more

Researchers Couple Light and Matter for Brighter, More Colorful Displays

A team of researchers from the University of St Andrews, in collaboration with the University of Cologne, has developed a way to enhance the brightness and color of TVs and smart screen displays while maintaining device efficiency. The researchers used the scientific principle of strong coupling of light and matter to modify the emission spectra … Read more

New Cross-Linkable Polymer Developed for High-Performance OLEDs

This new material could have significant implications for the development of high-performance, solution-processed OLEDs, particularly for use in flexible and wearable electronics. A new research paper funded by the South Korean government and appearing in the Chemical Engineering Journal explores the development of a cross-linkable poly(iminoarylene)-based hole injection layer (HIL) for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) … Read more

Healium Closes $3.6M Seed Round; Working with Mayo Clinic on Immersive Health for AR and VR

Healium, a virtual and augmented reality biofeedback company, announced it’s entered into a know-how agreement with Mayo Clinic. Healium’s products and patented technologies bring biometric data from fitness trackers to life inside virtual, augmented, or mixed reality stories so the user can see and interact with their own EEG brain patterns, heart rate, skin conductance, blood pressure or … Read more

Intelligent Fluids Secures $10.6 Million for Revolutionary Cleaning Agents

The patented technology developed by Intelligent Fluids (IFC) is water-based, non-toxic, and biodegradable, making it a safer and more sustainable alternative to conventional cleaning agents. These “intelligent fluids” also deliver superior performance to solvent-based cleaners, making them suitable for a wide range of industrial and commercial cleaning applications. In the case of displays and LEDs, … Read more

VeriSilicon Shipping Multi-Format Hardware Video Decoder Hantro VC9000D Supporting 8K@120FPS VVC/H.266

VeriSilicon announced its multi-format hardware video decoder Hantro VC9000D is now available to support the decoding of the latest VVC/H.266 (Versatile Video Coding) video compression standard, providing flexible and configurable advanced video decoding solutions for data centers, HDTVs, high-end smartphones and other devices. The newly-launched Hantro VC9000D comes with a multi-format unified architecture, supporting flexible … Read more

Imagination and Telechips Drive Automotive Display Diversity with Hardware Virtualization

Imagination Technologies and Telechips, a global fabless semiconductor company for connectivity and multimedia in automotive and smart homes, are showing the future of rich and vivid user interfaces for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), cockpit and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) at Embedded World 2023. The Telechips TCC805x (Dolphin3) processor family is built on extensive market knowledge accumulated over a … Read more

tooz to Become AR/VR Competence Center of the ZEISS Group

ZEISS has acquired the shares of the joint venture tooz technologies, which was founded together with Deutsche Telekom in 2018. ZEISS is thereby responding to the large, growing market potential in the fields of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) glasses. Until now, each partner held 50% of the shares in the start-up, which … Read more

Formetco’s Replacement Digital Billboard Financing Program

Formetco is reintroducing the Replace Your Face digital billboard financing program aimed at the innovative independent operators in the digital billboard industry. The program allows operators to finance all aspects of replacing aging billboards for one low monthly payment while offering a turnkey replacement service. “The Replace Your Face financing program is different from any other … Read more

Is There Room for LG OLED Displays in Esports?

A few weeks ago, a magazine feature was mourning the loss of esports teams after the crash of crypto markets, among the biggest sponsors of the competitive gamers. Crypto funding had created an unrealistic expectation of the financial opportunities for teams and players in esports, much like it had created an unlikely expectation that various … Read more

How China’s Growth in LCD Driver ICs May Be Significant

According to one regional research organization, in 2022, mainland China’s share of the global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipment market will increase to about 54%. One outcome is going to be the increase in TFT-LCD production capacity will of related display driver integrated circuits (DDICs). Chinese manufacturers will see their hand strengthened against traditional market players … Read more