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Varjo Closes $15 million Investment Round

by Norbert Hildebrand

The name Varjo is not very well known in the VR industry, but that may change if they can achieve what they are promising. The existing prototype was good enough to gather enough initial …

Cynora Reports on Progress for TADF Blue

by Bob Raikes

Last year, at SID, Cynora forecast that it would ‘commercialise’ the blue TADF material by the end of 2017 (Cynora Promises High-Efficiency Blue TADF OLED in 2017). Following the show, LG and Samsung were …

Samsung to Face Class Action on Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch Battery Life

by Andrew Fenn

A New Jersey federal judge has accepted most of the claims in a proposed class action accusing Samsung Electronics America of misrepresenting the battery life of its Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch, ruling that the …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Apple, Valve and LG Don’t Invest in eMagin!

by Andrew Fenn

After eMagin announced a new offering of stock, there were wide reports that investors included Apple, LG and Valve. (eMagin Announces Price of Underwritten Public Offering) However, the company put out a special release …

BBC Launches “Civilisations” Augmented Reality App

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC has launched an augmented reality companion app for its series Civilisations, which airs in the spring. The app will enable users to explore a museum full of historical artefacts, including an Egyptian …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Renesas Result 9/02/2018

by Vijaya

Renesas Electronics Corporation reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017. Consolidated sales in the quarter were 210.2 billion yen ($1.65 billion), up 26.3% compared to 195.5 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Vol 25 - Issue 06

V-Technology Moves into FHM/FMM Production

by Bob Raikes

V-Technology showed a Fine Metal Mask (FMM), or, as it calls it a Fine Hybrid Mask (FHM) at the Finetech show in 2017 (FMM Improvements Allow Higher Resolution) that can support displays up to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 25 - Issue 06

VLC 3.0 Adds Support for 8K, HDR and Chromecast

by Andrew Fenn

The newest version of the VLC media player features support for 8K resolution, HDR10 and 360° video, as well as support for Chromecast. VLC is free and available on PCs, mobile devices and TV …

Foxconn Teams Up with Red on Affordable 8K Video Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn has announced it will partner with Red Digital Camera on professional-quality, affordable 8K video cameras for public consumption, as well as expanding into the manufacture of semiconductors for displays and cameras. Red already …

Asustek Result 9/02/2018

by Vijaya

Asustek (Asus) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2017. Net revenue was NT$ 103,944 million ($3.54 billion), a 11% decline compared to NT$ 104,203 million ($3.550 billion) reported in Q4 of 2016. …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Japan’s Shiki Theatre Launches Smart Glass Subtitling

by Andrew Fenn

Japan’s Shiki Theatre is using smart glasses to provide floating subtitles for its foreign and hearing-impaired visitors, according to Nikkei. The service has launched at the theatre’s Hokkaido venue, which is currently running the …

Nintendo Announces “Labo”, Cardboard Peripherals Coming to Switch

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo has announced Labo, an upcoming set of peripheral and software packages for the Nintendo Switch. Labo, due for release in April, are kits made up of cardboard “Toy-Cons” and corresponding software that makes …