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NEC Celebrates the Winners of the Display Trends Forum Partner Awards

NEC Display Solutions Europe has revealed the winners of the 2019 Display Trends Forum EMEA Partner Awards at its key customer event in Porto, Portugal. The Display Trends Forum brings together NEC’s top EMEA customers, industry experts and business leaders as well as the NEC senior leadership team. The event, held annually since 2010, has … Read more

Barco receives Frost and Sullivan Best Practices Award for Technology Leadership in Medical Displays

Healthcare imaging specialist Barco is proud to announce that it has received the 2019 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership in the Multi-modal Medical Display Industry for the Coronis Uniti® display system with Intuitive Workflow Tools. One of the worldwide renowned consulting firms, Frost & Sullivan, presents annual awards to companies that promote innovation, … Read more

David Versus Goliath

I’ve been thinking for some time now about how to issue a new Press-Release (PR) regarding the same old boring story about the never-ending lawsuits taking place between RealD and Volfoni, being totally clear and transparent so that everyone understands my words and the situation without making it too technical or using patent jargon that … Read more

European Wearables Market More than Doubled in 2Q19, Says IDC

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Shipments of wearable devices in Europe grew 154.4% year over year to 13.4 million units in the second quarter of 2019, according to data from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. In 2Q19, earwear accounted for 52.3% of shipments in the region, followed by watches (26.7%) and wrist bands (20.7%). The top … Read more

Lenovo Visuals Business Unit Cements Status as Industry Leader

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Lenovo’s exceptional monitors and messaging campaigns have cemented its status as a leader in the electronics industry. Lenovo Visuals Business Unit, a team dedicated to delivering industry-leading display solutions, recently unveiled five new halo monitors at IFA 2019. This launch exemplifies Lenovo’s dedication to becoming a customer-centric brand in every sense. The ThinkVision sub-brand and … Read more

Varjo Pushes The Envelope on VR Performance

I’m a great believer that understanding display technology is only half the story. If you don’t understand the human side of the interface, you don’t really understand the display. So, when I see companies that have used an understanding of the human visual system and are exploiting it in their display, I pay particular attention. … Read more

VividQ and Himax Enter into a New Partnership to Bring Holographic Display to the Masses

VividQ, a UK-based software company, is partnering with Himax Technologies, Inc., a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor solution provider, to create a complete solution for holographic display. In the new partnership Himax’s mass manufacturing capabilities for LCoS microdisplays and VividQ’s real-time 3D holographic software enable integration of truly holographic projections into everyday consumer devices. Holographic display enables … Read more

RealD Wins Patent Lawsuits Against Volfoni And CinemaNext

A district court in Düsseldorf, Germany ruled in favor of global visual technology leader, RealD Inc., finding infringement of three of its patents by Volfoni SmartCrystal Diamond triple-beam systems, it was announced by RealD Inc. The German court awarded injunctions, damages and costs against Volfoni, distributor CinemaNext, and Volfoni’s directors, for infringing on RealD’s two- … Read more

Silicon IP Provider Allegro DVT Acquires Amphion Semiconductor to Create a New Leader in the Video Codec IP Space

Allegro DVT, the leading provider of video codec compliance test suites and semiconductor video IPs, announced the acquisition of Amphion Semiconductor, the Belfast-based developer of video codec semiconductor IP solutions. The resulting company will operate under the Allegro DVT brand from its existing offices in Grenoble, France and Belfast, Northern Ireland. The acquisition brings together … Read more

Samsung Electronics Ranks 6th in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2019

Samsung Electronics announced that it has maintained the number six rank in Interbrand’s “Best Global Brands 2019” list with a brand value of $61.1 billion – achieving a two percent increase in brand value. Major factors that played a critical role in Samsung’s growth were: Continuous launches of innovative products that suit consumers’ new lifestyle, … Read more

CinemaNext Launches First ILLUCITY-Branded VR Corner at Belgium’s Kinepolis Liège Cinema

CinemaNext, the European specialist in cinema exhibitor services, announced the successful installation of its first ILLUCITY Corner virtual reality (VR) solution for cinema exhibitors at Belgium’s Kinepolis Liège cinema. The opening comes one year after the launch of the acclaimed ILLUCITY adventure park in Paris, the first VR Location Based Entertainment (LBE) centre of its … Read more