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What They Say In the news about Touch Taiwan, I spotted a company that we haven’t reported on before, Zymergen, which makes films. The firm is based in the US, but has offices in Japan and Taiwan. Unusually, the firm develops Hyaline films and the first, Z2 was ‘inspired by biology’ and using new monomers. … Read more
What They Say Disappointingly, although AUO did a good job with providing information on what it was showing at Touch Taiwan Innolux didn’t, with just a simple text description of the company and its history. E Ink did a bit better. It was showing it (Advanced Color ePaper) ACeP electrophoretic display in a 13.3″ display … Read more
I reported on a talk by materials technology start-up, OTI Lumionics after the Business Conference during Display Week last year and this week I had the chance to catch up with CEO Michael Helander on a Zoom call. The ostensible topic was the developments of the company’s materials which can be used to improve the … Read more
Radiant Vision Systems, leading provider of automated visual inspection solutions for displays, announces that it will launch new high-resolution imaging metrology solutions for scientific test and measurement at the virtual Display Week 2021 exhibition. The Radiant booth will include new product information as well as video demonstrations of its imaging systems, optics, and automated software … Read more
Neonode Inc. is pleased to announce that Japan Aerospace Corporation, a Neonode value-added reseller, has been selected by a major Japanese retail chain to retrofit the chain’s self-checkout kiosks with Neonode contactless touch technology. This retrofit solution developed by Japan Aerospace Corporation, called Air Click, is mounted along the top of the self-checkout kiosk display … Read more
What They Say Nikkei published an article in Japanese (unfortunately not available on the English language service) in which Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO told the paper that the next Sony PlayStation VR headset, will have a wider field of view, higher resolution, and better tracking than the PSVR when it launches ‘sometime after 2021’. Sony … Read more
What They Say Peggy Johnson, the CEO of Magic Leap since last summer, told Protocol that the Magic Leap 2 will have twice the field of view as the Magic Leap One, but will be half the size and 20% lighter. It will be available initially in low volume to ‘early adopters’, with wider availability … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) has added two new outstanding offerings to its ProBeam lineup of business projectors. The new models – BU60PST and BF60PST – offer a number of enhancements and features that bring greater performance to the office or school. With great image quality and a plethora of useful features, these latest LG ProBeam models … Read more
What They Say Digitimes highlighted some LED displays at Touch Taiwan. Lextar showed a 147″ miniLED display with 0.46mm pitch. It also had 12.3- to 65-inch COB (chip on board) and DOB (driver on board) miniLED-backlit LCD panels for automotive and marine displays, notebooks, desktop monitors and TVs. Working with X Display, Lextar also had … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reports that Epistar plans to increase prices for LEDs and miniLEDs this quarter as demand is strong and material costs have risen, quoting the firm’s president speaking at Touch Taiwan. The firm is now said to have annual capacity for 1 million 4″ wafers for miniLED, which is about right for … Read more
What They Say Omdia published a blog post that highlighted the boost in Chromebook shipments in Q1 2021 – up 369% from 2020. HP was a big winner with 39% of Chromebook shipments. Omdia also noted that the Y/Y growth rate in 1Q21 would have been even higher but for challenges presented by component shortages … Read more
Portrait Displays, the global leader in color calibration solutions and advanced display control, is proud to announce the release of Calman 2021 with the introduction of the brand-new Aurora Color Engine. Portrait Displays’ Calman color calibration solutions are largely recognized by color professionals across the globe as the foremost software to ensure that content is … Read more
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