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SID Announces Dates and Deadlines for ICDT 2019

The 2019 International Conference on Display Technology is being held in Suzhou, China between March 26th and 29th, 2019, with a submission deadline of January 6th, 2019. Society for Information Display conference chair Dr Qun (Frank) Yan commented: “The conference topics cover a wide range of new display technology as well as the latest developments … Read more

UVS Installs Video Wall in UK Mall Security Control Room

Video wall technology supplied by Ultimate Visual Solutions (UVS) was recently installed in the new security control room at the intu Trafford Centre in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company installed a 7.2m × 2.7m video wall made up of 24 eyevis 55″ XSN LCD screens. The displays offer 1920 × 1080 pixels, direct-LED backlight technology, … Read more

BrightSign and Bluefin Collaborate on Meeting Room Display

BrightSign and Bluefin International announced a room booking system that includes a 10.1″ touch-enabled display that integrates a BrightSign media player that can be powered by PoE and is bundled with a one year licence to Signagelive software. The display has integrated green and red perimeter lighting provides visibility to room status at a glance … Read more

BrightSign and Bluefin International Announce BrightSign Built-In Room Booking Solution Bundled with Signagelive

BrightSign, LLC and Bluefin International are pleased to announce the first BrightSign Built-In room booking solution bundled with Signagelive. Available around the world at an all-inclusive price of US$899 (MSRP), this bundle includes a 10.1” BrightSign Built-In power over Ethernet (PoE+) commercial-grade touch screen with perimeter status lights and a one-year license to Signagelive’s powerful … Read more

Mixed Fortunes For Taiwanese Panel Makers

Total September shipments from the Taiwanese small and medium panel makers we track were up 9.7% MoM but down 4.2% YoY to 100.31 million. AU Optronics saw September sales of NT$27.44 billion ($882 million), down 103% MoM and 5.6% YoY. This brought quarterly turnover to NT$81.04 billion ($2.6 billion), up 8% QoQ but falling 7.3% … Read more

Nvidia Demos 3D-Printed Augmented Reality Glasses Prototype

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Nikkei xTech reports that Nvidia showed off a set of augmented reality glasses at the Siggraph 2018 expo in Vancouver, Canada, manufactured using proprietary 3D printing technology that enables the company to produce prototype free-form optical parts at a much lower cost than conventional methods. Image: Nikkei xTech According to Nikkei, optical devices made of … Read more

Oculus Seeks a Location-Based Entertainment VR Producer

Oculus has posted a new job opening for a producer of location-based entertainment VR, leading many to believe that the company is planning to expand its efforts in the market. At last week’s Oculus Connect event, where the company’s new Oculus Quest headset was announced, head of experiences, Colum Slevin, remarked that the allure of … Read more

SmartVOD Expands in Latin America in Partnership with LG

Vonetize is expanding the distribution of its SmartVOD Premium movie service to seven countries in Latin America — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Panama — in partnership with LG. SmartVOD is a rental and digital purchase service for streaming in up to Ultra HD and HDR quality and is available throughout the region … Read more

AR Smart Caption Glasses Now Available at London’s National Theatre

London’s National Theatre has followed in the footsteps of Japan’s Shiki Theatre and launched augmented reality smart caption glasses for the hearing-impaired, developed in collaboration with its innovation partner, Accenture. Image: National Theatre Audience members will be able to use the service for any performance from any seat of any of the three National Theatre … Read more

Facebook Launches Portal Range of Video Calling Hardware

Facebook has announced Portal and Portal+, two new video communication devices with widescreen displays and a “smart camera” that tracks users and pans and zooms automatically to keep everyone in view, as well as AI technology powered by the company’s Spark AR platform. The standard version features a 10″ 1280 × 800 display, while the … Read more

Panel on Mobility is Interesting

Karen Chupka of the CTA moderated an interesting panel session on mobility and focusing largely on autonomous cars. Although there was relatively little on displays, we thought the session was worth reporting. The panel was Christophe Périllat is COO of Valeo which is working on many areas of autonmous technology including sensors. Pierre-Olivier Desmeurs is … Read more