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Nokia to Sell Here Map Software

by Tom Allen

A consortium of car companies – Audi, BMW and Daimler – have agreed to buy Nokia’s Here digital mapping and location services. The deal has been valued at €2.8 billion. Nokia and the consortium …

Tags:Automotive| GPS| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia

Overtaking Problem Solved by Samsung?

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has developed and tested a system to replicate the view from the front of a truck onto its rear to help drivers following behind. The system uses a adds a wireless video camera …

Tags:Automotive| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 22 - Issue 31

VW Adopts HUD for New Passat Models

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head Up Displays (HUD) are moving more and more into the mainstream car market. The latest entrance comes from VW. Of course, as VW owns Audi, it already offers HUDs in these models, but …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Continental Claims OLED Mirrors Are Safer and Fuel-Efficient

by Tom Allen

Continental has demonstrated how cameras and screens can be used to replace a car’s exterior and interior mirrors. Three cameras were installed in a test vehicle in the USA, as well as two 12.3″ …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

University of Toronto Examines the Usefulness of HUDs in Cars

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head up displays (HUDs) are all the rage in new car models these days. Firstly, they look cool and secondly the most desirable high end models have them installed by the factory. From a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Wearables In Automotive: A Solution In Search Of A Problem?

by Helen Vince

A recent study from the In-vehicle UX group at Strategy Analytics (www.strategyanalytics.com) surveying consumers in the US and Western Europe has confirmed low interest in wearables for automotive use-cases. While younger males and luxury …

Tags:Automotive| Wearables

Kenwood Supports Android and iPhone Connections

by Tom Allen

Two new after-market multimedia receivers, with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, are now being shipped by Kenwood. The Excelon DDX9902S and DDX9702S were introduced at CES 2015. They are in-car modules for entertainment and …

DD Technologies Starts Crowdfunding for its IRIS HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

DD Technologies, a Vancouver, Canada-based company has started its crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. So far it has reached around 35% of its $50,000 goal in one week. The head up display (HUD) is …

JDI Looks to Premium Panels

by Tom Allen

Japan Display aims to hold a market share between 30% and 40% in high-end smartphone panels by 2020. The news comes from JDI COO Shuji Aruga, quoted by Taiwanese media. JDI also intends to …

Sharp Highlights Free Form Concepts

by Bob Raikes

We were impressed with the Sharp Free Form displays that we saw at CES, but we were unable to get much more information, so we were pleased to catch up with the company at …

JDI Amazes with Range of Solutions

by Bob Raikes

I’d be tempted to say that the sheer number of things that JDI showed us was the highlight of the booth, but several of the demos were also very impressive. We started by looking …

AUO Wins Award and Impresses

by Bob Raikes

AUO started by showing us its 1.3″ (320 x 320 – 257ppi 350 cd/m²) plastic AMOLED and its 1.4″ “Full Circle” (400 x 400 – 287ppi 350 cd/m²) OLED which won the SID Best …