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LG Aims at B2B Transition With OLED Next Year

An unnamed LG Electronics executive has apparently told the Korea Times that the company will launch OLED digital signage products next year. The official is quoted as saying, “LG Electronics will launch a full-fledged effort in the OLED digital signs business starting next year… We plan to gradually expand our boost to [a] wider product … Read more

Blackberry and Sony Could Leave Smartphones in 2016

The CEOs of Blackberry and Sony have expressed doubts about their stay in the smartphone market. Blackberry CEO John Chen has said that the company could withdraw from making smartphones altogether next year. He had previously hinted at this, but had failed to give a date (Blackberry Considers Smartphone Exit). If the Android-powered Blackberry Priv … Read more

Microsoft’s Augmented Reality Work Not Confined to Hololens

Jaron Lanier – credited as one of the pioneers of virtual reality, now working at Microsoft Research – is working on multi-person augmented reality. The work – shown privately at Siggraph earlier this year – is not related to Microsoft’s Hololens. The project being worked on by Lanier and his team is called Comradre (pronounced … Read more

DTG Issues First R-Book Update in 10 Years

The UK’s Digital Television Group has updated the R-Book, which provides industry guidelines to Freeview aerial system installers, with a particular focus on interference mitigation. R-Book 6 also addresses DVB-T2, local TV services, TV white space and preparation for the clearance of the 700MHz band. Download it from http://tinyurl.com/nd9pm85.

Sensor Enables Colour-Changing Touch – Without Touch

A team from Stuttgart’s Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and LMU Munich has developed materials for ‘touchless’ touch control. In a nutshell, the electrical and optical properties the materials used change when a finger comes near, due to a sensor that reacts to sweat on human skin. The sensor uses phosphatoantimonic acid, which … Read more

CPT Presents LCD Display With Metal Oxide Semiconductor iXsenic Coated on Gen 4

Taiwanese display maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) presented a 5.8 inch LCD display on trade fair Touch Taiwan with iXsenic® metal oxide semiconductor coated with Gen 4 slot-die coating equipment. iXsenic® is a solution-processable inorganic metal oxide semiconductor for the display industry supplied by German chemical company Evonik Industries AG. It is applied under ambient … Read more

Screen4All Forum’s Conferences Shed Light on the Future

Over 60 speakers, all experts in their respective industries, will be at Screen4All Forum to provide insight into the market’s future challenges, with an emphasis on virtual reality for the first time in France. A specific series of conferences will also be dedicated to an overview of the post-production, visual effects and 4K markets. The … Read more

NEC Scales Content for Faster Set Up

NEC Display Solutions of America has introduced two large-format displays, designed for 24/7 use in video walls. Both 55″ products (X555UNS and X555UNV) use S-IPS panels and can be used in landscape and portrait orientations. They feature local dimming (direct-LED backlights) and 10-bit colour processing. Video wall functions include FrameComp – a function that compensates … Read more

CEA: More Americans Plan to Purchase Tech Amid Record-Setting Holiday Season

New research from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® shows that 65 percent of all Americans, roughly 160 million people, are planning to buy tech gifts this holiday season, a steady increase over last year. According to the 22nd Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns Study, emerging technologies continue to drive growth in the tech industry, with … Read more