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Smartphone Assembly Volumes Increase 7.6% in the Third Quarter of 2019, According to IDC

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According to the latest results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Smartphone ODM Qview, smartphone ODM/EMS assembly shipment volumes increased 7.6% quarter over quarter during the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) with total shipments of 358 million units. The increase was largely the result of tier-one vendors moving quickly into lower-priced markets worldwide. “With … Read more

Samsung and MSC Cruises Win Top Prize For Industry-leading Indoor LED Project

Samsung Electronics and MSC Cruises were awarded for Best Overall Customer Experience from Daily DOOH, a leading industry publication, in recognition of their outstanding innovation in digital signage. Samsung provided interactive touchscreens, digital signage and over 2,400 in-cabin TVs throughout MSC Grandiosa, the latest and largest flagship of MSC Cruises, as part of its longstanding … Read more

Packaged Media Moves to EST (electronic sell through)

In case you missed it, the death of Blu-ray has come and gone with “a date that will live in infamy…” February 25, 2019. That corresponds to Samsung the leading OEM seller of Blu-ray players at 37% market share, (Sony is at 31% and LG 13%) calling it quits for the last surviving consumer physical … Read more

Canatu raises €15 Million Funding from DENSO Corporation, 3M Ventures and Faurecia

Canatu Oy announced a capital raise of total €15 Million, from both a new investor, 3M Ventures, as well as, existing investors: DENSO Corporation leading the round and Faurecia. “We are excited to be able to scale up our automotive business and mass production with our existing investors and to start expansion to new business … Read more

Repair Study 2019 by Clickrepair: Sustainability in Second Place Among Reasons for Mobile Repairs

Clickrepair, Wertgarantie’s repair marketplace, has published an updated Smartphone Repair Study* in cooperation with Statista. The most robust smartphones this year, with an overall grade of 1.6 (on a scale of 1.0 [best] to 4.0 [worst]) come from Sony: their smartphones show the fewest cases of damage and the lowest repair costs. In comparison to … Read more

Plessey Delivers Native Red InGaN LEDs on Silicon for World Leading MicroLED Displays

Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for the augmented reality (AR) and display markets, have successfully developed a world’s first GaN on Silicon-based Red LED. Whilst InGaN-based Blue and Green LEDs are commercially available, Red LEDs are typically based on AlInGaP material or colour converted Red. For AR, achieving high … Read more

The Effects of Latency in Head Mounted Displays

The topic of this Display Daily article derives from recent publication reporting an investigation conducted by a team led by Michael L. Wilson of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Lab (Fort Rucker, AL). The team also included personnel from Clemson University. The researchers explain the purpose of their investigation with the statement that “Virtual environments … Read more

Qualcomm Technologies Announces the World’s First 5G XR Platform

The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ XR2 Platform is the world’s first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform. It unites Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s 5G and AI innovations with our industry leading XR technology to usher in a new era of mobile computing. This premium-quality platform unveils custom features and boasts multiple firsts that can be scaled across augmented reality … Read more

Radiant Webinar Presents Methods for Visual Performance Testing and Defect Detection in Automotive Curved Displays

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for lighting and displays, announces that it will host a webinar to present findings from its lab-based study to evaluate the effectiveness of various methods and system specifications for visual performance testing of automotive curved displays. The webinar, titled “Methods for Measuring Small Defects … Read more

SignaturePro 12-Port Video Wall Signage Player Offers Breakthrough Capability Powered by Intel

IBASE Technology, a leading global provider of embedded systems and innovative digital signage players, revealed the implementation of Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA modules along with Intel® vPro™ Core processors and Intel® Media Accelerator Reference Software (MARS) technology in IBASE SignaturePro SP-63E multi-port video wall signage player. The integrated processor platform allows SP-63E to offer optimal … Read more

HTC VIVE Launches Beta of “VIVEPORT Streaming” Enabling Wireless Streaming of PC VR Content to VIVE Focus Plus and VIVE Wave Standalone VR Devices

HTC VIVE released the Beta of VIVEPORT Streaming, allowing VIVE Focus Plus or Wave Platform device owners to enjoy PC VR content on their standalone VR devices. In addition to more than 300 pieces of native Vive Wave content on Vivepor, VIVE Focus Plus owners now have access to thousands of titles on Viveport, all … Read more

Autonomous Vehicles Recede Into the Future

In his enthusiastically received tutorial at the 2019 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium, held September 24 to 25 at the Burton Manor Conference Center in Livonia, Michigan, Bryan Reimer of the MIT AgeLab (Cambridge, MA) said “it could be 100 years before automated cars can be built profitably. We’re better off looking at driver assistance.” … Read more