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Nailed It! COTY Creates VR Experience for Shoppers

World leading beauty company, COTY, owner of a portfolio of unique contemporary brands, set out to positively disrupt the beauty industry with a radical approach to enable consumers to trial and shop a range of nail lacquer from OPI. Collaborating with Play Retail and integrator Pioneer Group over 400 free-standing virtual reality (VR) interactive display … Read more

[Infographic] Galaxy Fold: The Technology Behind a Whole New Smartphone Category

Introducing a whole new category of smartphone, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold brings together the best of the smartphone and tablet experiences, folding them into one device. The Galaxy Fold has a 4.6-inch cover display and, when unfolded, the device reveals the world’s first 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display, offering endless multitasking possibilities. The Galaxy Fold is also … Read more

8% of US Broadband Households own a VR Headset, While 25% are Familiar With VR Headsets

A new Parks Associates report finds gaming remains the primary use case for VR (virtual reality) headsets. Virtual Reality: The Evolving Ecosystem finds consumer-reported familiarity with VR technology has stayed at approximately one-fourth of US broadband households between 2017 and 2018, with gamers most likely to be familiar with this technology. Among consumers who own … Read more

A Whole New Level of Immersion: MMD Launches the Philips Momentum 32” Console Gaming Monitor with 4K UHD Display and Ambiglow

The leading display specialist and brand license partner for Philips monitors, announces the launch of the Philips Momentum 326M6VJRMB 32” console gaming display. Offering an unprecedented level of immersion to casual and hardcore gamers alike, this monitor boasts a 4K UHD display, 60 Hz refresh rate and Ambiglow, which extends and enhances the gaming experience … Read more

eSports and the Education Market

Esports are coming to the education market. To be specific, they are trickling chiefly to the secondary level and higher education landscapes. The first sprouts appear as student clubs and other informal extra-curricular gatherings. Schools and universities featuring game design programs are often the first to come on board. These then grow into interschool or … Read more

New Product Announcement: Epson Home Cinema 5050UB & 5050UBe 4K PRO-UHD Projectors

Epson officially announced availability its Home Cinema 5050UB and Home Cinema 5050UBe 4K PRO-UHD projectors, the much anticipated updates for the Home Cinema 5040UB and 5040UBe first released in 2016. Priced at $2,999 and $3,299 respectively, the models are the same but for the inclusion of a 4K wireless HDMI transmitter with the 5050UBe. The … Read more

KAIST Developing a Wearable Display that is Self-Powered and Washable

Think about clothing and an image that comes to mind may be of textiles that are both wearable and washable. Problems arise, however, when the image transforms to that of so-called smart clothing. As might be imagined, smart clothing is made from smart textiles. A smart textile is a fabric that enables electronic components such … Read more

Latin Display 2019 Combines with Infocomm Brazil

Avixa partnered with Technomultimedia to produce Infocomm Brasil from April 2 to 4, 2019, at the TransAmerica Expo Center in São Paulo, Brazil. The Society for Information Display’s (SID’s) Latin American Chapter ran its Latin Display Conference as part of Infocomm Brazil. Adi Abileah (Vice President for SID’s Pacific and South America Region and Principal … Read more

MagnaChip and HiDeep Inc. to Combine Advanced OLED Display and UX / UI Technologies to Create Innovative and Lower-Cost Designs

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (“MagnaChip” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MX), a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, and HiDeep Inc., a leading one stop Human Machine Interface (HMI) solutions provider, which offers HMI sensor hardware, semiconductors, and software including UX and UI capabilities, announced a partnership to develop advanced OLED display capabilities for … Read more