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Waveguide-based Displays Maturing for Augmented Reality Applications

One of the most attractive ways to create an augmented reality image is to simply have a thin, transparent waveguide in front of the eye that can display the desired images or symbols. AR eyewear from Vuzix and Microsoft (who called theirs “HoloLens”) both appear to use a surface relief grating (SRG) approach to extract … Read more

Technologies For Flexible AMOLEDs

LG flexible dislay structure

A new article published by SID – Information Display discusses the challenges and barriers for creating the flexible AMOLED used in LG’s G Flex smartphone. The article describes the solutions LG developed to make the flexible display. Here is a short summary, for more information, please read the complete article on the SID website. LG … Read more

Computacenter Sells Recycling Business to Arrow

Computacenter has signed an agreement with Arrow Electronics to sell its IT disposal and recycling business, RDC, for £56 million ($85.3 million). RDC is considered to be one of Europe’s largest IT recycling firms but contributed only 1.4% of Computacenter’s total turnover.  Under the terms of the agreement, Arrow has also entered into a five … Read more

Pico Projectors Migrate From DLP to Lasers

Markets and Markets has released a new research report (http://tinyurl.com/l2occhu), predicting that the pico projector market will be worth $9.32 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 39.82%. Pico projectors are expected to become integrated in mobile phones and digital cameras, with shrinking chipsets also leading to projector miniaturisation. Most pico models are currently DLP … Read more

Sony Preparing UltraHD Playstation

The Playstation 4 and Xbox One disappointed when they were launched, with no mention of UltraHD gaming. We’re still not there, but a bright spot has appeared for fans of the format. According to the Huffington Post, Netflix’s John Hunt claims that Sony has “promised” a new version of the PS4 that will support UltraHD … Read more

Matrox Products to Drive Video Walls and Deliver Video Wall Content throughout ISE 2015

Matrox® Graphics Inc. today announced that a variety of Matrox products will be featured on third-party stands at ISE 2015 (Amsterdam RAI, Feb. 10-12). Matrox C-Series™ multi-display graphics cards will be used with Scala digital signage software to play content developed by Pixel Inspiration.   Matrox Mura™ MPX video wall controller boards will be used … Read more

Samsung Showcases Collaborative Classroom Technology at TCEA 2015

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is highlighting its fully integrated one-to-one learning package – Samsung School – at TCEA 2015 this week, as well as its full suite of education products and solutions including Galaxy tablets and smartphones, Chromebooks and classroom displays. Samsung will also host informative sessions to help educators create dynamic learning environments with more engaging curricula … Read more

Pay-TV Doubles in MENA

Pay-TV homes in the MENA region will double between 2010 and 2020, to 21.3 million, according to Digital TV Research. 18% of households in MENA legitimately paid for TV signals last year, set to climb to 24% by 2020. Penetration will be 72% and 71% in Qatar and Israel, respectively, but below 10% in Algeria, Jordan, … Read more

Fireworks at ISTE 2015

While BETT has recently concluded, the groundwork is just now being laid for the June-July ISTE 2015 educational technology conference, with the fireworks taking place in Philadelphia this year. Last year, this conference was enjoyed by more than 16,800 attendees. (It is known as the largest ed-tech soirée in the US.) Last year’s conference evidenced a solid 3D … Read more