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According to an article published by Digitimes, Samsung’s OLED panel pricing for handsets is approaching LCD pricing levels and will reach parity in 2015. The report continues that in 2013 the price premium per Samsung OLED panel was in the $10 to $15 range compared to LCD panels. In 2014 this premium had already contracted to … Read more
Intel made a lot of moves in 2014 to open a door into the augmented and virtual reality world. The most significant one seems to be the investment of $24.8 million in Vuzix. Now the company has announced another transaction that closed in 2014 with the acquisition of Composyt Light Labs, a Swiss based developer … Read more
Being heavily involved with Turkey’s Fatih Project, Vestel has seen great success with its 65″ interactive whiteboard (IWB), which is now being billed as ‘The world’s highest-selling 65″ IWB’. The company believes that 430,000 units will be shipped this year.Vestel’s tablets (they were at the show, but were older units that we’d seen at IFA) … Read more
RideOn is an Israeli start-up company which is developing an augmented reality headset for sports activities like skiing and snowboarding. RideOn has started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo seeking a total of $75,000 in funding. Source: RideOn The system is being developed by a professional developer of augmented reality headsets for the military, who focused … Read more
Last year’s Galaxy Tab 4 tablets (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14) have been revamped by Samsung to create the Tab 4 Education which was shown at BETT. Developed in partnership with Google, this 10.1″ tablet provides users with access to Google Play for Education; a specialised app store for Android tablets in the classroom. … Read more
Last year at BETT, Dell showed off its S520 projector solution (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4), which we first saw at Gitex 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41). The S520 is a whole kit, including a projector, screen, wall mount and IR curtain device.In 2014, Dell wanted to branch out and introduce a … Read more
BenQ had some new products, but they were in a private area off-booth. They will be launched at ISE (this was a recurring theme at BETT). CTouch had a prototype 65″ display (the Leddura XTS 65″), which will be launched officially at ISE. It is an UltraHD model with IR 10-point touch and an OPS … Read more
During the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft also announced HoloLens as its take on an augmented reality headset, including several usage models in science, training, design, gaming and general use. The headset looks more like a helmet from a science fiction movie than the typical sunglasses look many other developers are going for. Source: Microsoft … Read more
Together with the Windows 10 announcement, Microsoft also showed off the Surface Hub – a collaborative display solution. The system is more than just a touch enabled display, as it runs a modified Windows 10 interface and includes cameras and speakers for video conferencing. Microsoft Hub is a one display solution that also contains a … Read more
At InfoComm 2015, look for a giant 108” LED display that is offering no-glasses 3D content.That is the plan according to Dimenco and Leyard Photoelectrics. To get there, Leyard, which claims to be the world’s largest LED wall manufacturer, has now signed a technology license agreement with Dimenco, an innovator in glasses-free 3D technology. Leyard has also … Read more
TriLite Technologies (Vienna, Austria) is a start-up that has been working on a unique laser display technology for about four years. Now, the company is ready to tell the world about its inventions. There are two technologies the company is announcing at next month’s Photonics West. One is the TriLite RGB laser module that can be … Read more
As well as promoting its extended partnership with Epson (see our roundup), Smart Technologies was showing a variety of new and upcoming products off-stand, in the Platinum Suite at BETT. Last summer, Smart introduced the 6065 interactive whiteboard, which will be followed by the 55″ 6055 within the coming weeks – it can be ordered … Read more
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