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Prysm Continues its Pivots (IC5)

Stuart Monks is from Prysm which has developed LPD laser phosphor displays. Monks came from Polycom to join the company and is looking at how collaboration occurs in an enterprise. Prysm, as we have reported before, is pivoting away from its LPD displays to other market segments based around collaboration on big displays. The company … Read more

Haptics Have Lots of Growth Opportunities (IC4)

The next section was entitled “Evolution of the Immersive Experience” and covered a range of technologies. Immersion is a company that is “about haptics” which it sees as the feedback for touch experiences. The speaker from the company was Paul Norris, CFO of Immersion, which is established in haptics IP. Adding haptics increases the richness … Read more

Nanoco Sees QD Applications beyond Displays (IC3)

Keith Wiggins is from Nanoco, the UK-based firm which has specialised in non-cadmium quantum dots. The company has 112 staff with more than 80 chemists. Wiggins believes that businesses that have a “sensory” impact have the best profits. The Nanoco business strategy is based on market applications and early feedback from Japan was that materials … Read more

Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) of materials (Competitors we spoke to on the show floor wondered where all this material has gone, as shipments of QD-based … Read more

4DD’s Refocus on SLM Business

4thDD’s Spatial Light Modulator components including the 2048 x 1536 pixel QXGA-3DM SLM shown at SID Display Week 2015At this year’s SID Display Week we took time to talk with ForthDD’s CEO Greg Truman (now part of Kopin) who told us the company now gets half its high resolution LCoS micro display business from non-display … Read more

Visit AWE 2015 Conference via Robot – AWEsome!

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This week the AWE 2015 conference in Santa Clara was the playground for all things AR/VR, wearable and IoT. The conference and exhibition is growing, drawing more and more attendance and mirroring the general interest in the industry. However, this year was something special, as it offered the possibility to attend via telepresence, courtesy of … Read more

Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened his presentation with a “display wish list”, and proceeded to deliver a list of requests, recommendations and advice to the display … Read more

Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk

The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) was represented by Greg Niven at SID, where he provided an update on regulatory action regarding laser-based displays. While the organization has had success in Europe (IEC) and Japan on regulations regarding laser and laser-phosphor projectors, it has not been as successful in the US. That is putting the … Read more

3D in IZone at Display Week 2015

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At Display Week 2015, in the prototype IZone booth, 3D display was alive and well. One such autostereoscopic (no glasses) technology came from a Shenzhen, China company, SuperD 3D technology, with its 3D mobile display monitor. SuperD has a 3D accessory display called 3D Box, shown most recently at CES 2015. It’s an autostereoscopic 3D … Read more

Ubiquitous Energy is Display Week IZone Prototype Winner

Winner of this year’s Best I-Zone Prototype at Display Week 2015 award was Ubiquitous Energy, an MIT start-up now based in Redwood City, CA that was showing a demo of “the world’s first truly transparent solar technology” they dub “Invisible ClearView Power.” It’s a film (about a micrometer thin) that covers displays bringing augmented power … Read more

ICDM Meets at SID: Mulls Next Steps

ICDM, or the International Committee on Display Metrology, met at SID to discuss updates to measurement procedures and to discuss other topics where metrology techniques are still in flux. One of these areas was contrast measurement. There are two traditional measurements: full on/off white/black screen and a checkerboard pattern. However, neither represents an optimal way … Read more

Ricoh’s New Secured Interactive Whiteboard Can Host Online Collaboration for 168+ Users

Ricoh today continued pushing the boundaries of information mobility with a new big-screen interactive whiteboard enabling collaboration with more than 160 onsite and remote participants at once. The new RICOH Interactive Whiteboard D5510 – being demoed at InfoComm 2015 now through June 19 in Orlando, Florida, at Ricoh’s Booth #4043 – is ideal for a … Read more