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Semi-Smart Watch Isn’t All That Bright

Just because you’re building a digital smartwatch doesn’t mean that you have do it all digitally. The folks behind the Cogito Classic watch [http://cogitowatch.com/classic.html] have taken this strategy to heart, and come up with a minimalist design that is a hybrid of digital and analog solutions. Like most traditional wrist watches, the face is dominated … Read more

Connected Dashboard for Bicycles

At CES 2015, new display technologies in cars grabbed a lot of the media attention. That wasn’t the only transportation display story at the show this year, however. The Bosch exhibit [http://www.bosch-ebike.de/en/home/home.html] included the company’s new Nyon [http://www.connect-your-way.com/] onboard computer for bicycles. The product is designed to work with select bike models that incorporate Bosch’s … Read more

Smartphone Drives Augmented Reality Goggles

Seebright wave headset

What’s the most expensive element of a head-mounted display? In most cases, it’s the imager. If you want a high resolution imager, the costs goes up. Want a stereoscopic 3D display? That doubles the imager costs. At CES 2015, we ran across Seebright [http://seebright.com/], a California-based startup, whose founders think that they have a better … Read more

Smart Houses Find New Homes for Displays

Display panel manufacturers are seeking new outlets for their products, now that the smartphone, tablet, and television markets have matured and appear to be stabilizing. One possible application for more displays is the use in “smart home” applications. At CES 2015, we saw a number of examples of this but perhaps the most interesting was … Read more

Ultra HD Blu-ray Plans Firming Up

At CES 2015, we met with the Blu-ray Disc Association to learn more about how the specification is developing and when we can expect products in the market. It now looks as though the BDA will begin licensing the new spec in the summer of 2015 with products expected in the market by the end … Read more

Philips Explains its HDR Solutions

At CES 2015, we had a chance to meet with Philips to discuss its activities in developing High Dynamic Range (HDR) solutions. It turns out, the company has been working on this for some time and is now very active in helping to standardize the approach and bring solutions to market. Philips first dabbled in … Read more

Giraffic Technology Speeds Streaming and File Transfer

Israel-based Giraffic was at CES showing off the latest advances to its Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) technology and demonstrating how it can increase video quality within a given bandwidth, or reduce bandwidth needed for high quality video delivery. Video delivery over the Internet is one application for the technology, but it can also be implemented … Read more

Toshiba Shows Glasses-Free 3D Display at CES 2015

Toshiba 3D 1

Toshiba Corporation used CES 2015 to showcase a new glasses-free 3D 15.4” 4K resolution display. By using a GRIN (GRadient INdex) lens, Toshiba was able to achieve very low cross-talk between the left and right views. More importantly, the GRIN lens is switchable allowing 4K resolution in 2D mode and FHD resolution per eye in … Read more

Skymedia to Launch Glasses-free UHD 3DTV using Dimenco Technology

Glasses-free 3D technology developer Dimenco was at CES, but we did not get a chance to meet with them. The company has just signed a technology license agreement with Skymedia, the third largest TV manufacturer in Korea, to launch a Glasses-free 3DTV. Dimenco adds an optical layer (Dimenco Clear View) to the LCD imaging panel to help direct … Read more

Samsung Shows 8K Glasses-free 3D Display

Samsung took the prize for the biggest and the highest resolution glasses-free 3D display at CES 2015. It was 110 inches in diagonal and had a native resolution of 8K. It has a switchable optical layer and looked very good in 8K and 3D modes. Samsung was not revealing any details about the structure of … Read more

Other HDR Updates

Netflix reaffirmed an earlier announcement that it would be adding support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) to its 4K content later this year. It is apparently partnered with LG and Sony to deliver this option. Warner Brothers will release three movies in Dolby Vision HDR in 2015: The Lego Movie, Edge of Tomorrow and Into the Storm. … Read more

CES 2015 – The State of Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift Crescent Bay

At CES 2015, virtual reality was a topic of great interest. In our special coverage of this segment, there are lots of news stories on the personal eyewear and head mounted displays that will be needed for this experience. But the question remains: does this current wave of euphoria over virtual reality (VR) have legs?  … Read more