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The PGA Tour (also known as the Sony Open), which began in Hawaii on the 17th January, is being recorded in UltraHD using Sony’s professional cameras. In particular, Sony’s HDC-4300 will be used to capture action at the 17th hole. The cameras will record video for the main broadcast, as well as UltraHD HDR video, … Read more
While the Intel Compute Stick and Thunderbolt technologies are not completely new, they were either shown at CES for the first time or replaced with newer models. The Thunderbolt 3 is the Intel implementation of USB C which was launched at last year’s Computex. With the Thunderbolt controller the interface is fast enough to push … Read more
With cars taking up a good portion of the CES exhibit space, the interest and availability of head up displays (HUD) was everywhere. While in the past years HUDs were a standalone technology to provide the driver with additional information, the position of a HUD in the automotive display world is changing. Besides the integration … Read more
Royole may not be on your horizon of display developers and manufacturers, but they have closed a Series C funding of $172 million for a total of $190 million in funding. While this does not seem a lot when you are developing display technologies, it is plenty when it comes to putting out new devices. … Read more
Atmel demonstrated their touch controller line for automotive and other applications at CES, which allows input with moisture / water present as well as using a glove or a stylus. These robust touch control systems are the next generations of input devices for our smartphones and tablets. A new development also demonstrated the ability of … Read more
Lumus Optical, the Israel-based developer showed their latest LCOS based DK 50 binocular AR device as well as some older models for comparison. Unlike other technologies, they couple their image into a planar waveguide that is not based on holographic coatings. Instead they carefully the couple the image into the glass plate that has semi … Read more
At CES 2016 Kopin did not show any new Cyber displays, instead they showed some impressive designs for a monocular headset. The new solution focuses on the optics to bring the image to the eye. Kopin’s vision is to create a smaller form factor for the optical engine and they showed a 2mm high optical … Read more
Casio showed the new XJ-V2 hybrid laser projector with 3,000 lumens and XGA (1024 x 768) resolution. The projector is the second in the line of XJ-V projectors, with more to follow at a later date. The projector started shipping in December and is available for $699. Their main focus of the projector exhibit was … Read more
Microvision showed a wide variety of devices based on their scanned laser PicoP engine, from stand alone projectors to embedded phone projectors. These devices have been around for quite some time without making a big splash in the market so far. However, Microvision states that sales are going up as new devices are entering the … Read more
Optoma was the first to show a prototype with the brand new TI 0.67” 4K / UHD DLP chip (see also the Texas Instrument article). The projector is a very early prototype projector and is completely LED-based. The high lumen density (HLD) projector produces 1,200 to 1,500 lumens and uses the Philips Color Spark technology … Read more
Imagination Technologies had a meeting room in the South Hall as it has had for several years. It had lots to talk about. The firm bought ray tracing company, Caustic Technology (Display Monitor Vol 17 Issue 48), in 2010 and last year the company told us that it was working on the use of ray-tracing … Read more
Cypress Semiconductor released a new 32 bit MCU for automotive applications. The processor uses 40nm design rules for the first time (until now Cypress used 55nm) allowing the firm to incorporate more flash on the chip. This increases the flexibility and functionality for storing apps. The MCU also drives the display and also any optional … Read more
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