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What Exactly is CES Today?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Yes, CES has been over for almost a week already and I am still suffering from the content overload that CES creates in almost every tech writer on the planet. We each have our …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Automotive| CES 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 02

And Finally – Vol 23 No 01

by Tom Allen

Late last year, Jaguar pulled what some might call ‘a stunt preying on peoples’ expectations’, and others would refer to as ‘brilliant marketing’. Let’s just say that it involves virtual reality – but, then …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Volvo/Microsoft Enable Knight Rider!

by Tom Allen

Volvo and Microsoft have expanded their partnership, several months after first announcing it using Hololens (Volvo Works With Microsoft’s Hololens). Owners of certain Volvo cars will be able to talk to their vehicles through …

Tags:Automotive| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 23 - Issue 01| Wearables

LeTV Celebrates Automotive Partnership

by Tom Allen

We had seen most of what LeTV had to show at Digital Experience/Pepcom some days before (Digital Experience Has Lots to See), but the company still had some interesting technology on the stand. The …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Automotive Display Systems to Grow to $18.6 billion by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IHS said that the value of the market for automotive display systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11% to $18.6 billion by the end of 2021, adding …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

HTC Pursuing VR for Vehicles

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese media reports that HTC is working with car makers, and will use its HTC Vive VR headset as a new car demonstrator in 2016. HTC is currently working with Ford to showcase its …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| HTC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Better Pixels and Cheaper Tech Coming to Vegas

by Tom Allen

CES is almost here again – in fact, it will only be a couple of days away by the time you read this piece. Cue a week of meeting and greeting, some (hopefully) fascinating …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Smartphones| tablets| UltraHD| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

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Panasonic Focuses Touch on Automotive

by Tom Allen

Panasonic is seeking to transition its touch panel production completely to vehicle applications by 2020, say sources quoting Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. About 70% of Panasonic’s touch business is dedicated to vehicle applications today. According …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Local Automotive Infotainment is Old Hat

by Ken Werner

For troglodytes such as myself — who believe that the reason for Interstate Highway on-ramps is to see how much lateral acceleration you can generate as you drive up them — it is disheartening …

Tags:Automotive| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Car Displays as the New “Wearable” Device

by Steve Sechrist

Admittedly, this may be a bit of a stretch but perhaps the next revolution in wearable devices is as close as your garage. That car (or pickup truck) we climb into every day could …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Mobile Apps| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables