Philips Ends Sahara NL Partnership
Sahara in the Netherlands (not related to Sahara in the UK) is no longer offering Philips’ digital signage products.
Lenovo’s Zuk Brand Shows Transparent Prototype
Lenovo’s online-only brand, Zuk, showed a prototype of a transparent smartphone at the launch of its Z1 phone in China (Lenovo’s Z1 Features Full-Speed USB). A video, from Vidibyte Gadget Focus, has now been posted showing the phone, which apparently uses an OLED panel (according to OLED-Info). See http://tinyurl.com/ptdk3z5.
Oculus Will Focus on the Virtual Reality Market
Wired magazine has released an interview with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, in which he states that Oculus will focus in the immediate future on Virtual Reality (VR) rather than Augmented Reality (AR). This distinction is often lost or even used incorrectly by many consumers. So far AR solutions like Google Glass where seen as consumer-oriented … Read more
Google Spins Off Niantic Labs
Google is spinning off its Niantic Labs activity, responsible for the augmented reality game Ingress and a location based mobile app. Ingress is a very successful augmented reality game, which has been downloaded more than 12 million times and which uses a smartphone as the play platform. Within the game, augmented reality game play is … Read more
Apple Watch Dominates With 68% Share
US research firm Tractica has predicted that 16.7 million Apple Watches will be shipped this year, out of a total market of 24.4 million smartwatches. The figure represents a 68.4% market share. Research director Aditya Kaul commented on the usefulness of Apple Pay as a ‘killer app’, as well as demand in China. Kaul added … Read more
3D Expanding to New Markets
According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, 3D displays are set to become ‘a game changer’ in the smartphone, tablet and laptop markets. 3D technology is to have a strong impact on ‘mega trends’ such as smart products and connectivity & convergence. Total revenues will rise from $4.2 billion in 2012 to $22 billion … Read more
3D Display Introduces Novel User Experience in Various CE Sectors
The explosive growth of the consumer electronics sector all over the world has created a plethora of opportunities for three-dimensional (3D) displays. The technology has transformed user experience in the 3DTV segment, its most commercially successful segment, and is now set to become a game changer in the markets for smartphones, tablets and laptops. New … Read more
Apple Watch Set to Capture 68% of Smart Watch Market by End 2015
Launched in April 2015, the Apple Watch represented a watershed moment in the development of the nascent smart watch sector, capturing the rapt attention of industry participants and consumers alike. Smart watches have undergone a strong period of innovation and development during the past year, with numerous models introduced on the Android Wear operating system … Read more
Demand for Novel Display Materials Set to Surge in H2 2015
Starting in the second half of 2015, the overall consumption of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) materials will surge, as LG Display increases the production of white organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) TV panels. In the first half of 2015, the WOLED organic materials market reached $58 million; however, in the second half of the year … Read more
Samsung Improves AMOLED Yet Again
The Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ are Samsung’s newest flagship phones (Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch), and feature the company’s latest version of OLED technology. Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has analysed the performance of each phone’s display in a variety of lab tests, as part of his display shootout series (http://tinyurl.com/ot4tu2r). The Note … Read more
An iCar? Why iBother?
This week, I covered the news that Apple really does seem to be moving forward with its project to build a self-driving car (Confirmation of Apple’s Autonomous Car Plans). ‘Project Titan’, as it’s known to us mere mortals, will be an electric vehicle that can cart users in relative comfort from point A to point … Read more
NEC Hopes Solid State Appeals to Educators
NEC’s PH502L is said to be the world’s most compact 5,000-lumen laser projector. First introduced at ISE this year, we recently saw it an Infocomm (NEC Ups Laser Phosphor Projector Offerings), and the NEC showcase in London. As a solid state model, the laser light source in the DLP projector will last for 20,000 hours. … Read more
