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Sharp Frees Auto Makers from the Tyranny of Rectangles

by Bob Raikes

We were at Sharp where we spoke to Tom Spears, Director, Automotive Display Marketing, and he told us about two new technology developments that will allow auto designers to get away from using rectangular …

Tags:Automotive| Free Form Displays| LCD displays| sharp| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

3M Adds QDs to Monitors and Helps Auto Makers Use LCDs

by Bob Raikes

3M was at SID promoting its film products. We spoke to Arthur Lathrop who told us about developments in QD-based films. We also interviewed Bill Simser, Automotive Business Manager at 3M about the company’s …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Anti Glare| Automotive| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Continental Announces Haptic Display System for Automotive Applications

by Norbert Hildebrand

Continental has released the Haptic Feedback Display for use in automotive applications. This display combines full touch capability with haptic feedback for the first time, the company claims in its latest press release. This …

Tags:Automotive| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Head Up Displays – Long Way from Mainstream?

by Norbert Hildebrand

I have been following the development of the head up display (HUD) for quite some time. It transformed itself in recent years from a novelty and gadget in a car to a “must have” …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Automotive Demand Pushes KOE to Raise Production

by Tom Allen

KOE is to expand its production of display modules in Taiwan, from 180,000 modules monthly to 450,000, by March 2017. Parent company Japan Display said that the increase is being driven by rising demand …

Tags:Automotive| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Merck VP “Pretty Confident” on Samsung OLED TVs

by Tom Allen

Merck’s OLED unit VP, Udo Heider, is “pretty confident” that Samsung will begin to produce OLED TVs again. Samsung denied rumours that it will take up OLEDs again earlier this year (Samsung Denies OLED …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Merck| OLED TVs| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Everdisplay Unveils 8″ AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay showed prototypes of an 8″ AMOLED panel for the automotive market at CES Asia last month. Credit: OLED-Info Little information is currently available. However, Everdisplay did say that the panel has 1920 x …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Everdisplay| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

CE Week 2015 Kicks Off With Spotlight on Five Key Technology Trends

by Helen Vince

Like fashion, the tech world has its fall lineup.CE Week is calling it a banner year for: Wearable Technology, Connected Cars, Next Gen TVs & Audio Equipment, Smart Home and Emerging Technologies including AR, …

Tags:Automotive| UltraHD (4KTV)| Wearables

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Mitsubishi Announces Next Generation FLEXConnect In-Car Infotainment System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Mitsubishi Electric has announced its latest generation of the FLEXConnect In-Vehicle Infotainment systems (IVI) in a press release. The latest system provides a cost effective three screen user interface. The displays contain touch and …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

An SID Display Week iZone Sneak Peek

by Steve Sechrist

Word on the street is that this year’s iZone (short for Innovation Zone) at the upcoming Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week will feature some hot new micro display module technology from Korea-based …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| LCOS| Microdisplays| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 21

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WayRay Announces Holographic Head Up Display for Later This Year

by Norbert Hildebrand

WayRay, a three year old Swiss based developer in the connected car space announced that it will be releasing its first two products later this year. In the middle of 2015 the company plans …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

‘Significant’ HUD Growth to 2020

by Tom Allen

Image: WardsAutoHUDs are the next step on the path to fully autonomous vehicles, was a message coming from the 2015 WardsAuto Interiors Conference in Detroit this month. Speaker Jennifer Wahnschaf, of Continental, told organisers …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20