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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
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 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
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
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
Oculus used CES 2015 as the platform to publicly demonstrate its latest virtual reality headset called Crescent Bay. The demo we received was very impressive as the image quality and performance are now approaching some of the very best professional HMDs, but at a 10x to 50X lower price point (it is expected to retail … Read more
We had an opportunity to meet with Dolby while at CES 2015 and learn more about the company’s efforts to bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) to the mass market. This involves getting the entire ecosystem from content creation to home TVs to adopt the technology. Dolby has been a clear leader in HDR, but it … Read more
In addition to the HUD technology described in a separate article, TI showed a number of products using DLP chips – mostly the newest TRP chip set. One very cool new product from HP is called the Sprout (HP’s PC Unit Sprouts Anew). This is an all-in-one PC with a 23″ monitor and pico-projector built-in … Read more
At CES 2015, automotive technology was huge. One of the items we tried to take a look at was Head-up Displays (HUDs). There was very little information available at most companies, so we have some photos and a video to show you what we saw. In a video, Hyundai showed a demo of a new HUD … Read more
At CES 2014, TI was showing the first demos of a new DLP chip set designed for HUDs. Today, we are aware of only a couple of production cars that feature microdisplay-based HUDs, but that could change this year. In the TI suite this year, the HUD was shown again. The HUD creates a 12 … Read more
We took the opportunity to visit with LED makers Osram and Luminus in the Westgate at CES 2015. These two companies supply many of the high power LEDs used in LED projectors. But the LEDs have other uses as well, which we learned a little more about at CES. In projection, all-LED devices now top … Read more
Peraso (Toronto, Canada) is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development of 60 GHz chip sets and solutions compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad specification. 60 GHz has been adopted for interoperability certification by the WiFi Alliance under the WiGig brand, which has seen strong industry endorsement by tech giants such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Intel. … Read more
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