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Displays Center Stage At Academy Sci-Tech Awards

At last Sunday night’s Academy Awards banquet, worldwide recognition was given to three centerpiece display technologies, LCD, OLED and DLP digital projection, during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood gala event. While most of the night celebrated the Arts side of the industry, including the Best Actor nod going to the British … Read more

Magic Leap Working on Head Mounted Display Hardware

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Last year, Magic Leap, the Florida-based augmented reality company announced a $542 million financing round with Google leading the way. The announcement came just before Google pulled the plug on the Google Glass Explorer program. We reported then on the investment in Magic Leap, but were unsure what the company was really developing. A recent … Read more

Broadsign Names New Europe Sales Manager

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Broadsign has promoted Maarten Dollevoet to the role of regional manager of sales for Europe. Dollevoet had previously served as business development manager for Broadsign covering the EMEA region. The company also announced that co-founder and vice president of marketing and strategy, Daniel Parisien, is to leave the company next month. Parisien said he felt … Read more

ForthDD Launches QXGA-3DM SLM

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Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) , a subsidiary of Kopin Corporation, announced at Photonics West (7 – 12 February 2015) a new QXGA (2048 x 1536) resolution imager and drive board, the QXGA-3DM. The QXGA-3DM combines a high resolution LCoS microdisplay with an application specific drive interface. The system is designed for non-video applications such as … Read more

iMagic: Displays can be Magical

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”Arthur C. Clarke While enjoying a recent regenerative cruise in the blue Caribbean, my senses and imagination were marvelously heightened after experiencing a unique iMagic show on board the Celebrity Summit. This was indeed a first. This was the first time technology has been fronted successfully as both … Read more

IHS: Automotive Takes Second-Highest Small-Medium Category

Smartphones sales continue to intrude on other small-medium display categories, but automotive revenues continue to rise. According to IHS DisplaySearch, revenues in the category were up 26% last year, to become the second-highest growth product in the small-medium area. Revenues rose to $848 million last year, while the mobile phone display market was up 4% … Read more

QD Vision Named Edison Award Finalist for Innovative Color IQ™ Quantum Dot Technology

QD Vision, Inc., the leading manufacturer of quantum dot solutions for display products, has been named a 2015 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. The distinguished awards, inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. “It’s exciting to see companies like QD Vision continuing Thomas … Read more

Smart Watch Shipments Will More than Quadruple in 2015, Reaching 24.4 Million Units Worldwide

The nascent smart watch market experienced a period of tremendous innovation and growth during 2014, with global device shipments more than doubling from 2.3 million units in 2013 to 5.0 million units in 2014. A number of prominent industry players launched smart watch products, including Samsung, Sony, Motorola, and LG among others, and Google introduced … Read more

Will New Challengers Disrupt the Mobile Phone Market in 2015?

Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, which will be held on March 2-5 in Barcelona, Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner, discussed the future of the mobile phone industry and shared her outlook for wearables in 2015 and beyond. Q: The mobile phone is over 30 years old and is inexorably part of our existence. … Read more

JDI Starts Sales of Standard Line-up of Ultra-low Power Consumption MIP Reflective-type Color LCD Modules

Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a leading global supplier of small- and medium-sized displays, has announced the start of sales of a standard line-up of memory-in-pixel (MIP) reflective-type color LCD modules for wristwatch-type wearable devices which realize ultra-low power consumption. Power consumption of these reflective-type LCD modules is less than 0.5%* that of transparent-type LCD modules. … Read more

Insight Series: Why Education Market Customers Can’t Be Fooled Anymore

Welcome to a new series that is intended to shine some light on the thinking, preferences and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I was one of them. I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology purchases for instruction. I recently … Read more