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Toronto Immersed Conference and Expo Highlights Virtual, Augmented Reality and 3D

December 2, 2014 by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/3D – The Toronto Immersed show and conference, organized by the Immersive Technology Alliance, addressed the emerging augmented reality, virtual reality, and stereoscopic 3D technologies. While it seems that stereoscopic 3D was more of a carry-over from earlier events, the conference focus was very much on augmented and virtual reality. Instead of addressing new … Read more

Market and Technology Outlook for Flexible and Printed Displays

December 2, 2014 by Helen Vince

cMobile Displays, Large Displays – The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 18-20) provided a good opportunity to assess the technology candidates and market prospects for flexible and printed displays. For example, the opening day tutorial included a presentation by Dr. Guillaume Chansin of IDTechEx in which he devoted a good portion of his … Read more

Thanksgiving and Black Friday Break Online Sales Records

December 2, 2014 by Helen Vince

Market – The Adobe 2014 Digital Index saw a record breaking kick-off to the holiday shopping season in the US that started on Thanksgiving Day, with Adobe reporting $1.33B in online sales as shoppers combined online buying with the family gathering holiday tradition that included a turkey dinner. The following day, Black Friday, was also an online sales record breaker … Read more

Juniper Research Publishes Market Forecast for Wearables

December 1, 2014 by Helen Vince

Market Forecast – Wearable devices are the darling of the season with many looking forward to the reception of the Apple Watch. Juniper Research has meanwhile released its new “Smart Health & Fitness Wearables: Device Strategies, Trends & Forecasts 2014 – 2019” report. While the sales of fitness bands and the like have increased in recent … Read more

Canatu’s In-Mold Conductive Film Reaches Production Readiness

December 1, 2014 by Helen Vince

Display Materials, Components and Manufacturing – (This article is free for all to view) – Canatu (Helsinki, Finland) used the Printed Electronics USA conference to release it latest film, called CNB In-Mold. This film, based on conductive carbon nanobud (CNB) technology, can be stretched and formed over raised or depressed surfaces to bring touch technology … Read more

TV Anywhere, or TV Nowhere?

December 1, 2014 by Helen Vince

TV – A fascinating article appeared in early November in the New York Times titled For Millennials, the End of the TV Viewing Party. The author talks about the early days of television, when family and neighbors would gather around to watch TV as an event. The Ed Sullivan Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, The Carol Burnett Show and … Read more

CrowdOptic Shows Augmented Reality App for Sharing Video

November 28, 2014 by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – CrowdOptic is an app developer that has been focusing on Google Glass. Its augmented reality software allows video sharing between Google Glass and other smartglasses users and at the moment, the app is aimed at enterprise markets. The CrowdOptic solution is aimed at sharing video and image information between wearers of augmented reality … Read more

Google Glass at the Crossroads

November 28, 2014 by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – Google Glass has been a topic for very many articles in the past but with an email from Google headquarters, this all could go away in a heartbeat. Several recent publications suggest that this is already happening. The MIT Technology Review has published an article called “Google Glass Is Dead; Long Live Smart Glasses” that … Read more

Whoosh! There it is!

November 28, 2014 by Helen Vince

3D in Education – I enjoy reporting on new products that have their eye on reaching the education market. One such product is the new Whoosh 3D. Whoosh3D is a three-pronged solution: a 3D app; a 3D-enabled screen protector/anti-glare overlay for smartphones, tablets, and iPads; and a screen installer. (The screen protector can serve as a permanent attachment … Read more

Apple Gearing Up To Enter Iran

November 28, 2014 by Raverstead

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is meeting with Iranian distributors to discuss the distribution of its iPhone in the country.

No UltraHD Breakthrough Next Year

November 28, 2014 by Raverstead

OVAB’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index in the DACH countries shows that UltraHD signage is not expected to reach mainstream adoption next year. The ‘vast majority’ of respondents expected that the technology would have a 5% – 10% market share next year; however, trends point to a single-digit range. Only a ‘very small’ proportion of … Read more

Acer Widens Choice in 27″ Gaming Space

November 28, 2014 by Raverstead

Directly competing with Asus’ PG278Q (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), Acer has announced the 27″ XB270HU. It is a gaming monitor that is almost identical to Asus’ model, appearing to use the same AUO panel – or at least a very similar version. Featuring Nvidia’s G-Sync technology, the XB270HU is free of screen tearing … Read more