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Automotive IQ Releases Two New Reports

by Andrew Fenn

Automotive IQ has released a couple of free reports. “Machinery and man: Interact at your peril” explores the benefits and breakthroughs occurring in automotive human-machine interface. Additionally, Dr Alexander Meschtscherjakov from the Centre of …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| HMI| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Samsung Predicts Automotive AMOLED will Grow to 3 Million Units by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

According to OLED-Info, Samsung has predicted that the automotive display market will grow at a CAGR of 9% between 2018 and 2022, with OLED displays for automotive applications growing significantly faster — from 100,000 …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Optics for AR and VR at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

See-Through AR Displays Many see-through AR displays are based on waveguide optics. The entire session 17 was dedicated the technology of improved waveguide optics, with a focus on the optics that couple the image …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

KN01 Press Breakfast and Keynote

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvemba is the head of marketing for SID and he presented the annual press breakfast event. We were up early to get there for you. Pre-registration was looking very good and up 15% …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

WayRay Reveals Two New Automotive AR Products

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss augmented reality specialist, WayRay, has unveiled two new AR products for the automotive industry, a year after Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba invested in the company. The first is a hands-free holographic navigation system …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Moji is Developing an Aftermarket Automotive HUD

by Arthur Berman

Moji, Inc. (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) is about to offer the latest model in the company’s NeoTokyo line of aftermarket HUDs for automotive applications. The OBD-X1 product does not use a high resolution graphic display …

Tags:Automotive| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Continental Takes Larger Stake in DigiLens

by Norbert Hildebrand

Continental has increased its stake in DigiLens, the California-based development firm for optical waveguide solutions. After investing in the Series C financing round, Continental holds now a stake of 18% in DigiLens and will …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20| Waveguide Display

Mercedes-Benz Releases AR Companion App for 2018 Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Mercedes-Benz has released an augmented reality-based companion app for its 2018 E and S-class vehicles. ‘Ask Mercedes’ is free to download from the iOS App Store and enables users to explore the car’s features …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Sigmaintell Releases Automotive Panel Shares

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China released its forecast that automotive display panel shipments will reach 170 million this year (excluding the aftermarket). This is a boost of 12% from 2017, when the volume was around 150. …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

ABI Forecasts Self-Driving Vehicles

by Bob Raikes

Although it is not specific to displays, we thought that readers might be interested in this forecast for autonomous vehicles, produced by ABI Research. The company was looking at the market for Lidar and …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Novares Invests in FlexEnable

by Bob Raikes

FlexEnable said that Novares, a global plastic solutions provider serving the automotive industry, will make equity investments into FlexEnable totaling €5 million. This strategic investment will drive FlexEnable’s engineering and manufacturing efforts to bring …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Investment| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 17

New TI DLP Chipset Can Enable Improved HUDs

by Arthur Berman

Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled a new and improved, second generation Digital Light Processing (DLP) chipset that is qualified for automotive head-up display system applications. Key features and benefits of the model DLP3030-Q1 chipset …

Tags:Automotive| DLP| Head Up Displays HUDs| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 25 - Issue 17