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Japanese Panel Makers Ramp Up Foldable OLED Development

by Andrew Fenn

According to a recent report from Nikkei, Japanese manufacturers are gearing up their development of bendable OLED panels. Samsung are currently developing foldable smartphones which use these displays, as are several Chinese manufacturers. The …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 25 - Issue 06

SID UK Holding Special One-Day Conference

by Andrew Fenn

Brunel University London has announced a special one-day conference covering some of the last few years’ breakthroughs in materials, processing methods and applications of photonics used in flexibles, wearables, OLED displays and lighting and …

“The World’s Longest” VR Rollercoaster Opens in Las Vegas

by Andrew Fenn

A VR rollercoaster, claimed to be the longest of its kind in the world, has opened in Las Vegas. The 4,777′ (1,456m) long Big Apple Coaster can be found at the New York-New York …

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

Viacom Shuts Down Its VR Studio

by Andrew Fenn

Viacom has shut down its VR studio, Viacom Next, two years after it was launched. The news follows last week’s announcement that the company has cut a hundred jobs across several different departments, in …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

IHS Predicts AMOLED Capacity Will Grow 322% by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new blog from IHS Markit shows that global AMOLED capacity will rise from 11.9 million m² in 2017 to 50.1 million m² in 2022, equivalent to 322% growth. The numbers include capacity for …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

ISE Short on Wi-Fi and Excitement, but Busy

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to the publishing team for getting so much done to the issue while I was at ISE and looking at the bright side, the long delay to my flight home and the time …

HP Notebooks Offer Bright and Private Display Options

by Bob Raikes

HP announced the EliteBook 800 series of notebooks which support 8th Generation Intel Core processors. The 830 G5 replaces the G4 model and boosts the display to 13.3″ in a ’12” notebook profile’. There …

Audi Releases Quattro Coaster AR App for iOS

by Andrew Fenn

Audi has released a new AR app, a collaboration between Audi Norway and Norwegian creative agency POL Oslo. The Quattro Coaster app is triggered by the company’s TV adverts; when the app detects an …

Panel Makers Have Mixed Start To Year

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar Display reported revenue of NT$1.93 billion ($65.5 million) for January, an increase of 9.6% MoM but falling 12.2% YoY. The company shipped 44.651 million small and medium panels, a fall of 5.3% MoM …

Smartwatches Outselling Swiss Watches Again

by Andrew Fenn

After a slow 2016, global smartwatch shipments grew 40% year-on-year during 2017 and are now outselling Swiss watches once again, according to Strategy Analytics. New models from Apple and Fitbit were reported to be …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Returns Growing To Etailers

by Bob Raikes

Showing how the same thing can mean different things to different people, the Reverse Logisitics Association in the US has pointed out at its national conference that the increasing behaviour of consumers in buying …

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Design Interactive and Atheer Launch Joint AR Solution for Industrial Enterprise

by Andrew Fenn

Design Interactive, a virtual, augmented and mixed reality development firm and Atheer, an AR solutions provider for industrial enterprise, have announced the launch of their first joint product, Augmentor, powered by Atheer AiR Enterprise. …

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