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Alibaba and Ford Build Giant Car Vending Machine in China

by Andrew Fenn

A giant cat-themed kiosk has been built in Guangzhou, China. The Super Test-Drive Center is a collaboration between Alibaba and Ford. It’s essentially a car vending machine that provides customers with three days to …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

OLEDs in Automotive – Or…..?

by Bob Raikes

Another week and another trade show. This week, I had (in every sense of the word) a flying visit to the Passenger Terminal Expo show in Stockholm. I was undecided whether to go, as …

Tags:Automotive| Editorial| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 11

LG to Supply OLED Displays to Mercedes-Benz Among Others

by Andrew Fenn

Mercedes-Benz will begin rolling out vehicles with OLED dashboard displays, rear-seat monitors and the like, using panels supplied by LG Display, according to Business Korea. The publication noted that the company is also supplying …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Uber Patents VR Experience for Self-Driving Car Passengers

by Andrew Fenn

Patents filed by Uber back in 2016 were unveiled by the United States Patent and Trademark Office last month, and show that the company is developing virtual reality experiences for use within its autonomous …

Tags:AR/VR| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Audi A8 Features Rear-Seat Remote with AMOLED Display

by Andrew Fenn

The 2018 edition of Audi’s A8 luxury car will feature even more OLED technology in the shape of a rear-seat remote, which includes a 5.7″ 1080p AMOLED display from Samsung. The company claims that …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

MWC RoundUp Part 2

by Bob Raikes

Mantis Vision was showing a professional system for facial scanning that creates high quality avatars or images for use in access control systems. The images took a couple of minutes to produce, but were …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Blue Light| Gaze Recognition| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| OTT Video| Touch Market| Transparent Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09

MWC 2018 Roundup Part 1

by Bob Raikes

Abenecel was at the 4YFN event and is based in Korea. The company is a technology licensing company that has a patented compression pre-processing system that can be used for graphics files and can …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Codecs| Flexible Displays| Interfaces| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Projectors| Retail| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Volkswagen Autonomous Concept Car Features OLED Brake Indicator

by Andrew Fenn

Volkswagen is presenting its I.D. Vizzion concept car at this week’s Geneva Motor Show, featuring autonomous driving, augmented reality and adaptive learning via artificial intelligence. Notably, the vehicle’s rear window features red OLED lighting …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Mercedes Uses Projectors for Headlamps

by Bob Raikes

The Mercedes Maybach S-Class uses a million TI DLP micromirrors in each of its headlights to create very accurately defined light beams from the LEDs. The headlamps can also be used to signal to …

Tags:Automotive| DLP| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Irystec Succeeding with Platform Strategy

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on Irystec several times. The company is developing a range of technologies that support the processing of images to take into account differences in human vision. The company has built a …

Tags:Automotive| Colour Management & Processing| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 09

The Survey Says … Virtual Reality Advertising Works

by Andrew Fenn

A recent survey conducted by Gelszus rmm Marketing Research revealed that virtual reality advertising platform, Composition of Music and Visuals (CMV), a collaboration between WerbeWeischer and Nqyer Media, works as a business model. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Automotive| DOOH| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09