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TV Displays Drive OLED Materials Market

Organic material shipments, used to produce OLED displays, rose 12% YoY in 2015, reaching 26,000 kg, says IHS. Thanks to the rapid climb of white OLED (WOLED) TV display shipments, IHS forecasts that shipments of these material will reach 100,000 kgs in 2018. Revenues also rose 12% last year, reaching $465 million. By 2018, that … Read more

UK Wearable Ownership ‘No Longer Niche’

Apple led the UK smartwatch market in Clicked’s dataA study from UK-based Clicked Research has found that wearable ownership in the country has doubled over the last 12 months, with 12% of the UK’s adult population (around 6 million people) now owning a wearable. The fastest-growing devices are activity trackers and smartwatches; penetration of these … Read more

Microsoft Improves Wireless Display Adapter

Last year Microsoft launched a new accessory (Microsoft Works With Miracast) that allowed users to wirelessly display anything from a Miracast-enabled device. The new adaptor is identical, but latency has been reduced. Customers in the US and Canada can pre-order the new version for $50, beginning on the 1st March.

‘Flip’ Through Pages With Active Haptic Feedback

Researcher’s from Queen’s University (Canada) have developed a prototype flexible OLED display using ‘active haptic feedback’ – that is, flexing – for control. The 6″ display is a full-colour unit (1280 x 720) from LG Display. It is mounted on a flexible substrate, which extends 5cm beyond the screen to the left and right. These … Read more

Samsung Changes TVs in Europe

At its European Forum (Samsung Highlights CES Products in Monaco), Samsung showed off its newest LCD TVs, including the SUHD sets. These had some minor differences to the models shown at CES last month (Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept). The most significant change was made to the curved KS9500 SUHD TV. The US … Read more

4K Blu-ray Discs Already Available

Best Buy has already started selling the new Blu-ray UltraHD disc format movies, several weeks before the scheduled date in March. CNET claims to have seen the following titles in Best Buy: Chappie, The Martian, Fantastic Four, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and The Maze Runner. All the movies come with HDR and retail at a … Read more

Sony’s Universal Remote Uses Electronic Paper

Sony has released a universal remote that uses an electronic paper display and can show buttons chosen by the user. The remote is based on a concept called “Huis Remote Controller Huis-100RC.” ¥24.35 million ($3.7 million) was raised for the development of the control, which has already been delivered to product supporters.

Are AR and VR Becoming the Tech Bubble of the 21st Century?

Writing about augmented and virtual reality is kind of fun, as it describes a new technology that is developing incredibly fast, where nobody knows what will happen each day. There’s anticipation before the computer is warmed up and the first news from development companies starts trickling in. We have to look at these technology fields … Read more

Meta Talks About the Next Generation of AR Glasses

Meta has been making AR hardware for quite some time now. They are in this market for an astounding two and a half years (based on the successful Kickstarter campaign closing) as an augmented reality headset maker. Meanwhile the firm has closed a more substantial funding of $23 million in its Series A round of … Read more