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Customer Engagement World Explored Latest Trends in DooH Advertising

by Raverstead

We recently visited Customer Engagement World, which took place in New York from November 5-6 2014 where we saw a demonstration of the latest 3D motion capture technology from Israeli company, Extreme Reality. Extreme …

Tags:Automotive| CEW 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Korea Announces OLED and Flexible Focus in R&D Budget

by Raverstead

The Korean government will put more than double the money towards OLEDs and flexible displays in 2015 than it did this year. The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology has announced a KRW12.5 billion …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Multi-function Display Shipments Rising, Says DisplaySearch

by Raverstead

Demand for multi-function TFT-LCD displays in the automotive instrument cluster is accelerating. According to DisplaySearch, shipments of these products will grow 48% YoY in 2014, to reach 30.2 million units. Further growth will see …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Thinkware Releases iNavi X1 – Augmented Reality Extreme

by Raverstead

The Korean based company Thinkware, better known under its iNavi brand, has released the iNavi X1 navigation display solution that includes a full 3D map enabling an advanced navigation system. The system was shown …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Navigation| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Kyocera Takes on Automotive Challenge

by Raverstead

Kyocera has several divisions, with many display distributors located around hall A3. However, the company did have its own stand, where it was showing materials worked on by its Fineceramics division – as well …

Tags:Automotive| Electronica 2014| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Sapphire| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Tianma Takes Aim at Automotive

by Raverstead

Tianma’s stand was divided between new technologies, automotive displays and point-of-sale/medical/industrial units. We began with the automotive models. Several displays are available now. Two of these are passive monochrome LCD screens; they are called …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Bistable| Electronica 2014| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| Vol 21 - Issue 45

And Finally… Real driving game

by Raverstead

And finally… Baen’s self-named project on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/maez99k) sounds a little bit like the Hindenburg – a lot of potential, but there are likely to be flames before it’s over… Baen is a hardware …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

by Helen Vince

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started.  Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving.  Some …

Tags:Automotive| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 40

Source: AutoGuide.com

Toyota Develops 3D – HUD – not Stereoscopic 3D Though

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Head Up Display – The AutoGuide, Car and Driver, and other publications broke the news that Toyota has been developing a 3D HUD (head up display). They reported that Toyota has been working on this new HUD …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mapping & Cartography| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Ford Announces App Developer Conference

by Bob Raikes

Dashboard/Cockpit Displays – Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) announced on July 31st that it will hold the auto industry’s first app developer conference on Sept. 8th as part of Super Mobility Week, Sept. 8-11, …

Tags:Automotive

HUD Lowers Crash Chance by 70%

by Super User

A head-up display, developed at Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University, alerts drivers to the location of other cars in poor visibility conditions. In a simulation, the HUD highlights other vehicles within a 400m distance on …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Watch Users Warned Away From Roads

by Super User

The Insitute of Advanced Motorists, a UK charity, has warned that the Apple Watch (which it incorrectly calls the iWatch) could be dangerous to use while driving. Head of policy Neil Greig said that …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Automotive| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21