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The BL3201PT monitor from BenQ (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) is now available in the USA. It is known as the BL3201PH and costs $1,100. A new variant on LG’s 34″ curved widescreen LCD monitor (34UC97, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) has been revealed. The 34UC87 has an adjustable stand and lower refresh … Read more

Perch Shows Projection Based Digital Signage Solution

Digital Signage – Perch is a New York based company focusing on creating a point of product display solution. While this is nothing new in general, Perch uses a combination of technologies to provide a unique experience. The system uses a projector in combination with a Kinect camera to transform every flat surface into a … Read more

TigerDirect Jumps on Virtual Reality Bandwagon

Virtual Reality – Major distributor TigerDirect sees virtual reality as getting ready to take off, so they are now starting to offer head-mounted display (HMD) systems to support the trend. At its annual Tech Bash held November 7th in Miami, it highlighted the GO HMD from ImmersiON-VRelia. The GO HMD will be exclusively distributed by … Read more

Automotive Technologies Drive Innovation at the 2015 International CES

CES 2015 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the launch of the Vehicle Intelligence Marketplace at the 2015 International CES®. Owned and produced by CEA, the 2015 CES, the global gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, will run January 6-9, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Vehicle Intelligence … Read more

DPAA Video Everywhere Summit Says Digital Advertising is Taking-Off

DPAA – The DPAA (Digital Place Based Advertising Association) organized The Video Everywhere Summit on November 4 in New York City. The conference addresses the advertising industry, agencies, advertisers and digital signage networks (digital out of home networks) and furthers the growth of the entire industry. The conference looked at changes in the industry and best practices, with … Read more

Large Format Display Applications at TGM 2014

Large Display, User Interface – Touch Gesture Motion 2014 in Austin, Texas, October 28-30, 2014, offered several presentations involving large format display applications.  A key observation by several presenters and attendees at TGM 2014 was that the emerging availability of mass market 4K displays is driving increased interest in applications of touch interfaces to large format … Read more

Synaptics Driving Touch Display Driver Integration

Mobile Display – Patrick Worfolk, CTO, Synaptics delivered a talk on the firm’s views and approach for touch and display driver integration at Touch Gesture Motion 2014 in Austin, Texas, October 28-30, 2014.  Worfolk commenced his presentation reporting that the firm’s FY14 revenue will be approximately $1.6 billion as Synaptics’ delivers its touch technology to the smartphone, … Read more

Changes in the Digital Signage World

Digital Signage – Digital Signage is an important part of the display industry with many installations around the world. One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about digital signage is large screens.  Actually the bigger the better. And yes, these displays still exist and boast not only high brightness but also longer run … Read more

Assessing 3D Stereo Comfort using an EEG

3D – Ever since the advent of 3D technologies, researchers have been investigating the psychological and physiological effects on users of viewing stereoscopic imagery.  The general impression that I have obtained from reading many such studies is that the most common test protocol consists of showing the user a series of stereoscopic images and receiving either … Read more

Balancing Charge Extends Quantum Dot Efficiencies

Technology – Chinese researchers have taken quantum dot (QD) LEDs above 20% external quantum efficiency (EQE) – thought to be the technology’s theoretical maximum – for the first time. By adding an insulator layer to the design structure, a team at Zhejiang University achieved an EQE of 20.5%, with an operational lifetime of 100,000 hours. Previous … Read more

Touch Gesture Motion Points Way to New User Interfaces

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User Interface – The tenth edition of the Touch Gesture Motion Conference organized by Mark Fihn in co-operation with IHS was held October 28-30, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Unlike some similarly themed prior events, this year’s TGM event provided a thorough and engaging overview of the current state of TGM user interface technologies focused on identifying the future of the … Read more