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The smart augmented reality (AR) glasses market is a combination of different technologies, from simple head-up displays (HUDs) like Google Glass that act as a second screen, readily accessible with a glance, displaying text or images, to more complex holographic display technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap that provide immersive and tangible experiences. … Read more
“There’s nothing on!” – it’s a common complaint. But how many times did you stop and think about your poor pooch, sitting there as you veg out on re-runs of Gossip Girl for the nth time? Worry no more, Fido – now you have a TV channel just for you. Dog TV, intended to entertain … Read more
AMD has revealed that the massive digital sign unveiled in Times Square last year (New Times Square LED Sign Could Be Largest in the World) is driven by its own Firepro professional graphics cards. The LED screen, which has 10048 x 2368 resolution, uses three graphics cards: each responsible for six sections of the display. … Read more
Volfoni is really gunning for RealD, having officially welcomed a patent invalidation in China. China’s Patent Re-Examination Board declared that RealD’s UM patent CN 203433207U did not bring enough novelty and innovation to the market. The move follows another patent invalidation in Russia earlier this year, for the same reasons. Comment This goes completely against … Read more
LG Chemical has demonstrated the ruggedness of its flexible OLED displays by putting them under the hammer – and we don’t mean at an auction. Watch the video at http://tinyurl.com/qcnuwzh.
Everdisplay showed prototypes of an 8″ AMOLED panel for the automotive market at CES Asia last month. Credit: OLED-Info Little information is currently available. However, Everdisplay did say that the panel has 1920 x 1080 resolution, a 2ms response time and 100,000:1 contrast ratio. It is able to operate in -40° – 85° temperatures. (The … Read more
A new report on Marketsandmarkets (http://tinyurl.com/nby4szt), the digital signage market will be worth more than $23.7 billion by 2020. This represents an 8.18% CAGR over the next five years. The rise in market value (from $14.6 billion in 2014) is due to the rising demand for commercial displays; increased investments by companies; acceptance from governments; … Read more
Google Cardboard (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) was presumed to be a simple marketing stunt. Google, however, appears to be taking the device seriously – enough that the company has released a second generation, at least. The ‘Google Cardboard I/O 2015’ can support phones up to 6″ and features a pushbutton controller, rather than … Read more
2015 will be the fourth consecutive year of declining PC shipments, says IDC, with a 6.2% fall forecast. The market continues to struggle, with competition from tablets and smartphones and generally low demand. While shipments were stable in mid-2014, thanks to the end of Windows XP, that cycle has been replaced by a reduction in … Read more
That cellular connectivity will be a growth driver for tablets and hybrid devices in the future, is the main take-away from both IDC and Gartner’s new data set releases. IDC believes that worldwide tablet growth will continue to slow in 2015, falling 3.8% YoY to 221.8 million units. This follows two consecutive quarters of declines … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has increased its research and development budget for the year by 16% to an all time high of $2.2 billion. Last year the company spent $1.9 billion on R&D, rolling out 210 technologies for 8,800 products, according to TSMC’s co-CEO, Wei Che-chia. The funds will be spent on new technologies as … Read more
Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. The MN2WS03101A is a single chip IC, with built-in HDMI-Tx/Rx. It is compatible with the HEVC Main 10 profile and supports both HDR and wide colour gamut (BT.2020) content.
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