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EIZO Earns EPEAT Silver Certification for Reducing Environmental Impact

EIZO Corporation announced that four of its FlexScan EV series monitors earned EPEAT Silver certification for reducing environmental impact. EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) is an electronic product environmentalassessment system which was established in the USA in 2006. Today, government facilities andthousands of private and public institutions refer to EPEAT for sustainable procurement. The … Read more

Smart Display in the New Retail Market – Electronic Label (ESL)

According to relevant statistics compiled by Sigmaintell, global retail sales in 2019 were US $ 25 trillion, an increase of 4.5% year-on-year, and total retail sales in Mainland China were US $ 6.1 trillion, an increase of 8% year-on-year. In terms of information change efficiency, error rate, service life, labor cost, convenient management, and consumer … Read more

Traditional PC Shipments Saw a Sharp Decline in Q1 2020 Despite Increased Demand to Meet Remote Work and School Needs, According to IDC

The global traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 9.8% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), reaching a total of 53.2 million shipments according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The stark decline after a year of growth in … Read more

2020 Semiconductor Market to Decline 0.9% Due to Coronavirus

Gartner

Due to the impact of the coronavirus on semiconductor supply and demand, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to decline 0.9% in 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 12.5% growth. “The wide spread of COVID-19 across the world and the resulting strong actions by governments to contain the … Read more

DSCC Releases 3rd Annual Foldable Display Report – Rapid Growth Expected on Lower Costs and Improved Performance

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has released the 3rd version of its annual foldable report. The 2020 report, found at https://bit.ly/3c2QHZE, combines and updates its 2018 report which was more technical with its 2019 report which was more market focused. This report combined the best of both approaches. According to DSCC CEO Ross Young, “Although … Read more

Vuzix Receives Additional Smart Glasses Order from 1Minuut Innovation in Response to COVID-19 Remote Healthcare Needs in the Netherlands

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced Vuzix and 1Minuut Innovation will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 9th at 11:30 AM ET and that the Company continues to receive additional smart glasses orders from 1Minuut Innovation to support their efforts to meet time-sensitive COVID-19 … Read more

iPhone 12 Advances VR – AR

OK, you’ve been hunkered down at home for the past five weeks, but may still have missed all the buzz about the next generation flagship iPhone (12?) Forget the talk of a smaller notch, screen integrated touch-ID, fancy aluminum new (OK iPhone 4-like) outer case, or 5G radio implementation. What is the “hot ticket” AND … Read more

Work-at-Home Causes One-Third Surge in Demand for Notebooks and Tablets Across Europe, says IDC

Initial feedback on the first quarter across Europe suggests a spike of a third or so in year-on-year demand for notebook computers and tablets, as COVID-19 lockdowns have led companies to equip employees to work at home and students set themselves up to study remotely. “This has led to many retailers and distributors in Western … Read more

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Decline 0.9% in 2020 Due to Coronavirus Impact

Gartner

Due to the impact of the coronavirus on semiconductor supply and demand, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to decline 0.9% in 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 12.5% growth. “The wide spread of COVID-19 across the world and the resulting strong actions by governments to contain the … Read more

Looking Glass Holographic Displays Integrate with Unreal Engine

The holographic display company, Looking Glass Factory, announced that they have released a plugin for Epic Games’ Unreal® Engine. Now content creators working in Unreal Engine 4 can instantly view and share their 3D content holographically in any one of Looking Glass Factory’s line of holographic displays. The UE4 plugin can be downloaded for free … Read more