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Boréas NexusTouch Sensing Platform Puts Haptic-rich Tap, Swipe, Click at Fingertips for Smartphones and Gaming Phones

May 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The new NexusTouch™ sensing and localized haptic platform from Boréas Technologies allows designers to expand touch-based user interfaces on the sides of smartphones and gaming phones. The platform enables seamless context-sensitive swipes, taps and clicks—all while delivering rich haptic feedback. Blending advanced gesture sensing with localized haptics, NexusTouch™ supports a range of new use cases, … Read more

3D-Micromac Eliminates Critical Process Bottlenecks To MicroLED Display Manufacturing With New Laser Micromachining Platform

May 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

3D-Micromac AG, the industry leader in laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, medical device and electronics markets, introduced microCETI™ — the first laser micromachining platform that supports all laser processes in microLED display manufacturing with the high throughput and precision, and low cost of ownership, needed for volume production requirements. The … Read more

Meeting the Needs of the Professional Display Market

May 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Display solutions and embedded systems provider, Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the introduction of a new range of TFT display modules from leading global display manufacturer Tianma. The P-series (Professional series) has been designed and developed to meet the demanding needs and requirements of the industrial and medical display markets. Delivering exceptional optical performance … Read more

Corning Celebrates Grand Opening of Gen 10.5 LCD Glass Plant in Wuhan, China

May 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Corning Incorporated hosted an opening ceremony for its Gen 10.5 liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei Province, China. The facility is co-located with a BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) plant. With the successful operation of the plant, and the easing of restrictions in the … Read more

Clear Channel Outdoor, Resorts World Las Vegas Proclaim Vegas is Back

May 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) announced it has teamed up with Resorts World Las Vegas to provide brands with a first-of-its-kind advertising opportunity to reach highly coveted leisure and business travelers with over 135,000 square feet of digital signage. Through the new CCOA and Resorts World Las Vegas partnership, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors … Read more

PlayStation VR 2 Details Seeping Out

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say UploadVR has been tracking the next version of the PlayStation VR headset and said that the unit will have: Resolution of 4000×2040 pixels, or 4.1 megapixels (2000×2040) per eye. Head-mounted haptics, in which a headset motor would provide direct haptic feedback (vibrations and rumbling) to the head/face. Eye-tracking capable of foveated rendering. … Read more

A Study of Objective Quality Metrics for HLG-Based HDR/WCG Image

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say SMPTE published an article in the Motion Imaging Journal that reported on tests that look at the development of objective metrics to evaluate the drop in quality of images encoded using HLG. Although there are metrics, the paper said that these ignore the chroma components for their calculations, that is, they consider … Read more

HTC Focuses on the Pros

December 21, 2022May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has unveiled two new widely trailed VR headsets aimed at professional use. The Vive Pro 2 (PC-tethered) and the Vive Focus 3 (stand alone) are both based on the Qualcomm XR2 platform. Both headsets have 2448 x 2448 pixels per eye (4896 x 2448 total pixels), using IPS LCDs with a … Read more

When is Photography just a set of still images?

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article on PetaPixel looked at the Canon EOS R3 camera could make a change to still and video photography. The new device can capture still frames at 30fps, typically the frame rate used for broadcast video. A researcher has suggested that Canon’s market share and influence could mean that there is … Read more

Omdia Releases MicroLED Forecast

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat tip to MicroLED-info for spotting an article by David Hsieh of Omdia that set out his view on the future of MicroLED. The article was published in mid-March and includes Omdia’s forecast by application (below). His key findings were: Micro LED displays are projected to reach $7 billion in 2025 on … Read more

Espirit Wins Westfield Mall of the Netherlands – but Ambilight?

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Westfield Mall of the Netherlands is the largest in the country and has had new displays supplied by Espirit Digital. It has a large external LED (5760 x 3200 mm) display that uses new ED Lumos 6.67mm pitch tiles with reduced angle LEDs to concentrate the field of vision at full … Read more

FSI Introduces Upgraded AM211 and BM211

May 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Flanders Scientific has updated its AM210 and BM210 monitors to the AM211 and BM211, which are direct replacements at the same price, but with 96% of P3 coverage compared to Rec. 709 and better black levels, giving an increase of 30% in contrast. The improvements come from revised backlights and FSI said … Read more