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Professional Display Rental Company Orders Samsung Micro LED “Wall”

by Andrew Fenn

Lang of Germany, a wholesale rental company (that rents equipment to AV installers) has placed what is believed to be the first order of Samsung’s The Wall Professional indoor Micro LED product for professional …

3D Display Round up

by Chris Chinnock

Coretronics was in the i-Zone with a near-to-eye light field display. The idea is to create a multi-focal plane display to avoid conflicts with vergence and accommodation. This approach can also use a microlens …

Light Field Labs Provides More Clarity on Light Field Definitions

by Chris Chinnock

Jon Karafin from Light Field Labs gave a symposium paper (25-2) and a presentation in the Immersive Conference that was very similar to presentations we have reported on recently (TS03 The Future of Cinema …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Japan Display Inc Shows 8K based Light Field Display

by Chris Chinnock

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) was showing an upgrade to an 8K based glasses-free 3D monitor that they said used light field technology. It is based on a 17.3” 8K panel. At last year’s SID, …

FOVi3D Shows Light Field Displays

by Chris Chinnock

FOVi3D was in the i-Zone showing their latest version of the integral imaging type light field display. There were two versions on display – one optimized for spatial resolution and one for angular resolution. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Sony Adds Dolby Vision Support to Its X700 UHD Blu-ray Player

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has released a Dolby Vision firmware update for its X700 UHD Blu-ray disc player, providing compatibility with the company’s own range of TVs. Sony Dolby Vision TVs support the HDR format natively via …

Xbox One Getting Alexa and Google Assistant Support?

by Andrew Fenn

If leaked images that surfaced earlier this week are to be believed, Xbox One owners who didn’t buy into Microsoft’s Kinect accessory will soon have an alternative method for controlling their consoles via voice …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 22

EU Launches Initiative to Support Pi-Scale OLED Lighting Projects

by Andrew Fenn

Following the 2016 launch of the Pi-Scale flexible OLED production line project in 2016, the European Union has launched Lyteus, a €14 million ($16.3 million) initiative within Pi-Scale. Its website states that, “Lyteus provides …

ZetaDisplay Acquires Another Digital Signage Company

by Andrew Fenn

ZetaDisplay has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares in Norwegian digital signage solution provider, Webpro, for approximately 21 million krone ($2.58 million) plus additional, performance-based supplemental payments. Webpro’s largest customers …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Daktronics LED Displays Chosen for Al Arabia Advertising

by Andrew Fenn

Daktronics has partnered with Al Arabia and the Arab External Advertising Company to deliver new LED digital displays for their “digital paintings in the streets of the capital” campaign in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| 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 …

Miscellaneous AR and VR Papers at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

(Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Meko’s Matt Brennesholtz (i.e. me) opened the AR/VR track at the SID technical symposium with paper 3-1 titled “VR Standards and Guidelines.” This invited paper was well received and had a …