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ZTE Teamed Up with the Golden State Warriors to Launch Phone Drive

ZTE USA, the fourth largest smartphone supplier in the U.S. and second largest in the no-contract market, teamed up with the Golden State Warriors and asked Bay Area residents to donate used phones, tablets and other mobile devices in support of the Warriors Community Foundation. Lasting over 10 days, ZTE’s second annual phone drive resulted … Read more

AMOLED Now Costs Less Than LCD

At the recent Korea Display Conference, IHS’s Hyun-jin Kim said that production costs for an AMOLED smartphone display are now lower than an LCD unit. A 5″ 1920 x 1080 AMOLED display now costs $14.30 to produce (down from $17.10 in Q4’15), while an LTPS-LCD costs $14.70 (down from $15.70). The research deals with LTPS-LCD … Read more

Intel Moves Away From Moore’s Law

A regulatory filing by Intel has shown that the company intends to slow the rate at which it launches new chip-making technology. Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors in an IC will approximately double every two years. Intel has been able to follow this trend for decades, but the continual die shrinking has … Read more

Client Devices Stymied by Lack of Public Spending

Shipments of enterprise (thin and terminal) client devices were down 6.8% YoY in Q4’15, says IDC – and a similar figure (6.9%) for the year as a whole. Many enterprise client projects faced cutbacks or delays, due to a faltering economic outlook and lower public budgets. “While there was a certain amount of slowdown expected … Read more

VR @ SXSWedu: The Good News about VR in Education

The predictive education bazaar that we know as SXSWedu was held this year in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival is a part of the SouthbySouthwest family of conferences, fostering “innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds in education.” Over 6,000 … Read more

Laval Virtual Round-Up

Barco Rec 2020 6P Laser

Barco was showing a DP4K-60L 6P laser projector in a rear-projection mode and was highlighting the wide gamut support – it looked very good and was showing colours that would not have been visible on a typical Rec. 709 display. The company also highlighted to us that the better contrast of laser projection is almost … Read more

Testia Moving A/R out of Airbus

The Testia AR projection uses four targets fitted for accuracy. Image: MekoTestia is a developer of technology for use by its parent company, Airbus group. The company was showing an augmented reality application using a Panasonic Toughbook and a projector to assist with aircraft manufacturing. There are around 10,000 individual components that have to be … Read more

Schneider Continues Planar 3D Display Development

Schneider Digital is a German company, based South of Munich, that was showing a dual LCD 3D display based on a design that was originally developed by Planar. Schneider works closely with Planar and was a distributor for the product. When Planar decided to stop production, Schneider developed its own version based on the same … Read more

Kanagawa Uni Develops Multi-display Based on Lenticular Technology

We have often reported on the use of lenticular lenses on LFDs to create autostereoscopic displays, but the Kanagawa Institute of Technology was using this kind of lens on an LCD to create different images, depending on the point of view of the viewer. The group is intending to develop solutions for digital signage. We … Read more

Immersion Puts VR In a Case

Immersion of France was one of the companies that had the most substantial presences at the show along with partners, including Planar (it had the Planar transparent OLED on display) and the company is a major player in the VR market in France. It has offices in Bordeaux, Paris and Nantes and has been active … Read more

Diota Offers Tablet or Projection A/R

Diota is a supplier of professional 3D and A/R software for industry and has customer installations including PSA and SNCF in France and Volkswagen in Germany. It was showing a system that allowed the playback of 3D content from models in Catia (from Dassault) format. It has A/R technology that uses a combined PC, projector … Read more