Canal+ Expands Hybrid Offer
Canal+ has launched a new DTT/OTT receiver in France. Viewers can use the unit – Le Cube S – to access all of the company’s content via DTT signals or the internet.
Kopin Positive on New Applications (IC10)
Dr John Fan is CEO of Kopin, which makes microdisplays. Fan said that the company is looking strongly at going into wearables. He said that the headset is the most important wearable device, but is the most difficult to make well because of the channels. There are several categories of headset, one for “information snacking”, … Read more
Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)
In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very large (>60″) are really quite small. Price elasticity is very low in large TVs. Simply dropping prices doesn’t drive real volume. … Read more
Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch (IC6)
Tactus is a developer of IP for creating raised areas on touch screens, which it calls “Phorm”. This can be used to create better keyboards and input systems. The company has its first product coming out this year and its main manufacturing partner is Wistron. The first product is an add-on for an iPhone mini … Read more
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!
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
