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While we are all talking about the smartwatch and especially the latest model from Apple, Polyera has announced a watch with a flexible display for release in 2016. In this case, not only is the display a flexible AMOLED display as used in some devices already, but the whole watch is basically a flexible wristband. … Read more
The OASIS group has stated that it is working on standards for using augmented reality content in information products. OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The member list reads like a phone list of top technology companies, even though display companies … Read more
The Desktop Monitor market in Europe was down in Q2 with sales down 14% on last year as the market in Russia failed to recover after a terrible Q1. Germany was also down and as a result, Meko reported the lowest sales for the first half of the year since it started tracking the market … Read more
Lenovo has hired Andy Bass as the company’s new director of channel and SMB in the UK and Ireland. Bass is set to take over the role from 1st September, having spent the last 10 months at CMS Distribution. He will replace Darren Phelps, who left Lenovo earlier this year (Lenovo Parts Company with UK … Read more
IHS will hold its annual US FPD conference at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, California on 14th and 15th September this year. This year’s event will focus on the latest trends in high-definition technology. As well as presentations on topics ranging from mobile displays to digital signage, participants will include representatives from companies … Read more
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced the preliminary agenda for the company’s upcoming US FPD 2015 conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California from September 14 – 15, 2015. Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, the conference will showcase flat panel display (FPD) technologies … Read more
Christie has introduced its ‘Captiva’ series – apparently the world’s first solid-state projectors with an ultra-short throw ratio and more than 3,000 lumens of brightness. First seen at Infocomm this year, the DHD400S (1920 x 1080) and DUW3505 (1920 x 720) are installation projectors, for medium and large venues. Because they use a laser-phosphor light … Read more
Gartner, Inc. said worldwide smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013 in the second quarter of 2015. Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users totaled 330 million units, an increase of 13.5 percent over the same period in 2014 (see Table 1). “While demand for lower-cost 3G and 4G smartphones continued to drive … Read more
KIST hand gesture recognition softwareThe Korean Institute of Science and Technology‘s (KIST) Imaging Media Research Centre was showing off its latest generation of hand gesture recognition. This used a 3D sculpting system to create high quality 3D sculptures. The research work included development of a hand gesture library, and screen user interface. The core technology … Read more
Epson’s AR Glasses at Siggraph with integrated eye-tracking from SMI. Note the (rather) large brick required to process the data. It’s fine for industry but the company will have to migrate this to a much smaller package for commercial applicationsWe visited SensoMotion Instruments (SMI), a German company with a focus on providing its eye-tracking platform … Read more
“Childhood” simulation display VR creates the child’s view of the world, from Augmented Human Technologies Design group at U of Tsukuba JapanOn the application side, one of the more unique discoveries at the show was the University of Tsukuba, Japan, PhD programme in Empowerment Informatics. The group showed ‘Childhood’, an augmented childhood experience. With the … Read more
Mattel’s new version of Viewmaster will crack open to allow a smart phone to be put inside and viewed in stereo 3D with a unique twist, support for Vuforia object recognition, triggering events by simply pointing to the circular cards shownQualcomm’s Connected Experiences group was also at Siggraph, with a booth showing off a new … Read more
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