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Market Intelligence – As the smart wearables market continues to grow and evolve, Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2017, 30 percent of smart wearables will be completely unobtrusive to the eye. "Already, there are some interesting developments at the prototype stage that could pave the way for consumer wearables to blend seamlessly into their surroundings," … Read more
Simulators – Several design wins were announced at I/ITSEC 2014. 3D perception used I/ITSEC to announce several design wins for its screen and auto-calibration technology called Northstar. One was a visual solution for ETC Simulation’s incident command simulator at Concordia University’s new Homeland Security Simulator Center in Portland, Oregon. It is a 108-degree immersive theater that uses … Read more
Augmented Reality – While many analysts are discussing a potential market exit for Google Glass, Google is adding patents in this field, according to the US patent office. When searching the USPTO for patents assigned to Google with the keyword “wearable” in the description, we found 204 patents that cover a wide range of technology and … Read more
Smartwatch – Since Apple announced its Apple Watch with a release date of “some time” in 2015, many asked why Apple would make such an announcement without having the device ready for shipment. This is a very good question indeed. Apple, as one of the global top CE brands, does typically finish its tasks before going public with … Read more
The world’s thinnest glass plate has apparently been developed by Japan’s Nippon Electric Glass (NEG). ‘G-Leaf’ is 30µm thick and can be used as a substrate for flexible displays. NEG demonstrated a flexible OLED that is 90µm thick, sandwiched between two G-Leaf sheets, at Ceatec earlier this month. G-Leaf’s plates are manufactured using an overflow … Read more
4k – Amazon today announced that Prime members and all customers can now instantly enjoy blockbuster movies, hit TV shows and Amazon Original Series, in Ultra HD picture quality—a premium resolution that has four times the number of pixels as standard full HD. Ultra HD movies and TV shows are accessible through the Amazon Instant … Read more
4K – Consumer awareness of Ultra HD or 4K TV is growing steadily, and 93 percent of those who have seen the technology found it extremely or somewhat impressive. These are some of the key findings from the latest wave of Strategy Analytics’ ConsumerMetrix survey, which conducted online interviews with 2001 US participants in November 2014. The … Read more
Simulation & Training – The US Army recently purchased 300 new licenses of MetaVR visuals for embedded training in its Universal Ground Control Stations and for Institutional Mission Simulators. The Army uses MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) for simulated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) camera payload video for Shadow, Grey Eagle, Aerosonde and Hunter unmanned aerial … Read more
TV – Analysts are always looking for inflection points – moments when lines on charts start to move in different directions.I spotted a couple in the last week. The Asus NX500 uses QDs to deliver a wide colour gamut A small one, probably, was the first notebook to use Quantum Dots, the Asus NX500. A prototype of … Read more
eD’system in the Czech Republic has started distributing Epson’s Moverio BT-200 smart glasses.
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) posted a 4.2% decline in sales last month to NT$4.4 billion ($144.5 million), which was 12.9% lower than September 2013. Sales from January to September reached NT$42.2 billion ($1.4 billion), down 2.3% from the same period of last year. CPT shipped 135,000 large panels, up 3.1% from August but down 2.2% … Read more
Wearables – Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung) announced that the Samsung Gear™ VR Innovator Edition powered by Oculus is now available in the U.S. Using the Galaxy Note® 4, Gear VR Innovator Edition gives content creators and VR enthusiasts a chance to get their hands on the first low persistence virtual reality experience powered by … Read more
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