Mobile Displays – During this past week, a press release appeared announcing a new “holographic” smartphone. It is designed and offered by Shenzhen Takee Technology Co., Ltd. I found several aspects of this product announcement interesting.

El Segundo, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2014)—Liquid-crystal-display television (LCD TV) panels enjoyed unexpected growth in the first half of this year, tied to enthusiastic TV viewing because of the World Cup and other factors that benefited the market, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

Santa Clara, CA, August 6, 2014 – In a move to strengthen its position as a leading supplier in the LCD marketplace, Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, has completed the acquisition of its five production lines in Japan, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Wuhan, and increased its investment in its Chengdu facility. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140806005976/en/LCD-Manufacturer-Tianma-Microelectronics-Acquires-Full-Ownership

Quantum Materials Corp (OTCQB:QTMM) (QMC) today announced achieving a calculated 95% Quantum Yield (QY) for Green Tetrapod Quantum Dots (TQD) manufactured by QMC’s proprietary automated mass-production system. The Full-Width Half-Maximum achieved was a narrow 36 nanometers with tunable emission from 530 to 550nm. Potential clients are currently evaluating these high-performance TQD. http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess/1703857/1703857.html/?fileContentId=1703857&fileName=1703857.html&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y

An interesting and unique microprojector based consumer product is currently the subject of a high profile crowd source fundraising effort. Perhaps the best way to explain the concept of the Ritot bracelet is to refer to the illustrations below that were provided by the company. http://www.display-central.com/subscription-news/subscription-categories/mdr/introducing-ri…ction-bracelet/

Automotive Displays – Navdy, a development stage startup firm, announced on August 5, 2014, that it is seeking to reinvigorate the market for aftermarket automotive heads up displays. Auto manufacturers have experimented with and offered various heads up displays in their cars. For example, General Motors introduced heads up displays in some Oldsmobile and Pontiac … Read more

2D-to-3D Conversion – On July 30th, ViewPoint-3D Ltd. (London, UK) introduced version 2.42 of their ViewPoint software. The program now supports real time autostereoscopic output to glasses-free 3D displays from RealCel, Alioscopy, Magnetic3D and Dimenco. For the first time users can create 2K and 4K 3D content instantly, with live data directly incorporated into 3D … Read more

Market Intelligence – PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has just published their latest research findings on the worldwide projector market. Total volume jumped to 2.2 million in the second calendar quarter of 2014 with sales of mainstream, high-end, and pico and personal projectors each registering double-digit year/year growth. Sales of mainstream … Read more

Megapixel Solutions – On August 4th, I had a chance to visit the PrimeView USA Inc. (New York, NY) showroom in New York. In addition to PrimeView, Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. (Kfar Saba, Israel) was there and showing off its pixel processing power. PrimeView’s latest product is a 98” 4K LCD display with HDBaseT that … Read more

Broadcast & Distribution News arrived today in the Display Daily work zone of a development in professional video players (as we’re spread over around 8.5K kilometres, we can’t really talk about an office!). Zaxtar of the US, based in Silicon Valley and with an office in Japan, announced that it is able to support UltraHD … Read more