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ABI Teardowns Team Not Impressed with HTC U12+ Edge Sense 2 Tech

by Andrew Fenn

The recently released HTC U12+ features the company’s proprietary Edge Sense 2 technology, which the manufacturer says brings even more ways to interact with the phone by squeezing its lower sides or edges. According …

Tags:audio| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 33

Siggraph Opens My Ears to VR

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been in Vancouver most of this week and we’ll have the report on the Siggraph event for you next week. It was interesting and was a first attendence at the event for me. …

Tags:audio| CAD-CAM-CAE| Editorial| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Why Am I Writing about Sound in Display Daily?

by Ken Werner

Why Am I Writing about Sound in Display Daily? – The quick answer is: Sound keeps coming up in a display context. Of course, sound has accompanied moving images in developmental systems since the …

Tags:3D Object-based Audio| audio| Vol 25 - Issue 28

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AAC Technologies and Elliptic Labs to Partner on Ultrasound

by Bob Raikes

Elliptic Labs and AAC Technologies have done a deal that will see AAC delivering designs that will support ultrasound which are used by Elliptic for gesture recognition. The companies said that AAC’s technology is …

Tags:audio| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 25

TP Vision and Bowers & Wilkins Collaborate on TV Audio

by Andrew Fenn

TP Vision, exclusive licensee for Philips TV, and British audio engineering company Bowers & Wilkins have agreed a new multi-year exclusive partnership, which will combine the technologies, expertise and internal engineering resources of the …

Tags:audio| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 25 - Issue 24

NEC Showcase Highlights Partners

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions held its annual Showcase event in London in May. The event is run with partners and is very strongly directed towards solutions and the added value that NEC can bring with …

Tags:audio| Collaboration| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| QSRs & Menu Boards| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 20

AGC Demonstrates ‘Sound’ Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release, Asahi Glass (AGC) announced the development of a ‘sound emitting’ glass. They will demonstrate this new material at Milan Design Week 2018. The new material is capable of creating …

Tags:audio| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Bose Introduces Audio Augmented Reality Platform

by Andrew Fenn

Bose has introduced its augmented reality platform, Bose AR. The company also announced its SDK schedule date for developers, manufacturers and research institutions, along with collaborations currently under way and venture funding for related …

Tags:AR/VR| audio| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Elliptic Labs Extends its Technology

by Bob Raikes

We’re stretching our remit a little by reporting on Elliptic Labs, as its ultrasound-based detection system is not a display. However, it might have implications for displays. The technology is able to use the …

Tags:audio| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 09

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Continental: The Future of Mobility is Electric

by Ken Werner

Continental is a huge global Tier 1 supplier to automotive industry that is develops and delivers subsystems for nearly every imaginable automotive function. (A different division is the well-know tire maker.) Among the concepts …

Tags:audio| Automotive| CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

DTS Virtual:X Audio Technology Integrated in MStar TV SOC Platforms

by Andrew Fenn

DTS and a subsidiary of Xperi Corporation have announced the integration of DTS Virtual:X post-processing technology in a range of MStar Semiconductor’s Smart TV system-on-chip platforms. Televisions with DTS Virtual:X technology are expected to …

Tags:audio| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 25 - Issue 03

HDMI Demos HDMI 2.1 and eArc

by Chris Chinnock

At the end of 2017, HDMI Licensing released the final specification for the next generation interface: HDMI 2.1. (HDMI 2.1 Finalised – Support for 4K120 and 10K) This will involve a massive change in …

Tags:audio| CES 2018 TV| HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 02