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Sharp NEC Display Solutions Upgrades P Series Large Format Displays with Ultra HD and Advanced Features

April 30, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the projector and display market, announced its upgraded P Series large format displays. The professional display lineup provides a wide color gamut panel, full metal chassis and advanced feature-set for effective and memorable UHD digital signage. These displays are ideal for professional applications in finance, healthcare, restaurant, … Read more

Facebook will keep investing heavily in AR and VR

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say During Facebook’s Q1 2021 earnings call, Marki Zuckerberg highlighted the continued investment in AR & VR as a key to ‘the next computing platform’. In a comment that was aimed at rivals he said “Quest 2 is doing better than we expected, even after the holiday season. We continue to see good … Read more

Dr. Isamu Akasaki, 92, Dies

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Isamu Akasaki in 2014 (cropped from Image source)What They Say On the 1st April, Professor. Isamu Akasaki, the Nobel Prize winning developer of blue LEDs, died in Nagoya Japan. He was 92. He won the Nobel Prize in 2014 along with Dr. Amano, a student of his at Nagoya University and Shuji Nakamura, who was … Read more

ISE Amsterdam and Germany Cancelled

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say ISE has decided to cancel the Munich and Amsterdam events that it was planning after the full Barcelona event was modified to four regional events. The events in Barcelona and London are still expected to go ahead on the 1st and 2nd of June and the 23rd and 24th of June, respectively. … Read more

Stylus Pen Solutions Provider EMRight Technology Announces Entry into the Chromebook Supply Chain

April 30, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

EMRight Technology, an affiliated company of ViewSonic, announced that it has been added to Google’s approved vendor list (AVL), thereby entering the Chromebook supply chain and the education market. EMRight Technology, an affiliated company of ViewSonic, announced that it has been added to Google’s approved vendor list (AVL), thereby entering the Chromebook supply chain and … Read more

EMRight Technology Can Supply Pens for Chromebooks

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say EMRight Technology, an affiliated company of ViewSonic, said it has been approved as a supplier by Google and can enter the Chromebook supply chain with its EMR and capacitive touch pen systems. In 2017, it developed an active capacitive stylus pen, conforming with the Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP), and earned Windows HLK … Read more

Apple Leads the $100 Billion+ Smartphone Market with 42% Share

April 30, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The global smartphone market posted record first-quarter revenues driven by strong revenue growth of top five OEMs according to research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The annual growth was on a lower base of the same quarter of 2020 when COVID-19 impacted China and parts of the US and Europe. Shipments in countries like Europe, … Read more

3D holographic head-up display could improve road safety

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from three UK universities has developed a LiDAR-based augmented reality head-up display for use in vehicles that is intended to help road safety by providing additional information to a driver. A paper detailing the research was published here. In the paper, the display is described as follows: The LiDAR data … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Tablet Market Growth Hits 8-Year High as Work-from-Home Trend Entrenches

April 30, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

People are still working, learning, and playing from home, which has led to more demand for tablets than can be met right now, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, and Amazon all posted strong tablet results in Q1 2021 as COVID has reshaped how consumers spend time and where they … Read more

3D is Back on the Menu

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, in an introduction to an article, I wrote perhaps it was time to get the menu item for 3D reinstated at the bottom of the front page on Display Daily as the topic seemed to be getting more interesting, again. That introduction got quite a bit of feedback, and I … Read more

AUO sales driven by rising prices in 1Q21

April 30, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Like the other panel suppliers, AUO enjoyed the business in Q1 2021, with sales up 3.0% on Q4 2020 to $2.98 billion, and up 54.5% on last year. Net profit was $423 million, an operating margin of 14.5%. What We Think No real surprise here, but it’s good to see AUO doing … Read more

Campfire Emerges From Stealth With Unique Holographic Collaboration System for Professional 3D Design Workflows

April 29, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Campfire emerged from stealth after years of research and development with a new integrated system for 3D/CAD/CAM workflows that enables holographic collaboration, combining both augmented and virtual reality into a new methodology for product design. Campfire has currently raised more than $8M in seed funding from OTV, Kli Capital, Tuesday Capital, and others and expects … Read more