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Not many years ago, the North Hall at the International Consumer Electronics Show looked like a compact version of the the annual show put on by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). The hall bristled with garish but beautifully executed custom vehicles, and the air pounded with powerful custom audio systems exquisitely integrated into those … Read more
In an attempt to standardise a coding system for the Advanced Display Stream Compression (A-DSC) standard, VESA has issued a Call for Technology (CfT). The CfT includes requirements that apply to solutions, evaluation criteria and required items to be submitted. VESA intends to standardise a visually lossless compression system for high-bandwidth video, at lower compressed bit rates than … Read more
At CES 2015 this year, the energy and excitement over the exponential growth of wearable technology was palpable as you entered the exhibit hall at the Sands in Las Vegas. From giant multinational corporations such as Epson to shoestring startups that spring from university labs, hundreds of new products are poised to solve problems from … Read more
In a world dominated by stories of 4K (and 8K and even higher) resolution displays, it’s good to be reminded from time to time that very small amounts of data can still be useful, and that these can be displayed on very simple devices. One extreme example of this simplicity is a wearable, head-mounted display … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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