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ICDM Sets Up Automotive Display Measurement Committee

by Andrew Fenn

The International Committee for Display Metrology has announced a new Automobile Displays Subcommittee. It will be chaired by Michael Becker of Instrument Systems. This new subcommittee will address many of the performance issues of …

Limitless Team Joins Up with Lytro

by Andrew Fenn

VR company, Limitless, has announced that its team will join image capture start-up, Lytro. Lytro specialises in light-field image capture. The two teams will collaborate on a solution for combining light-field and real-time rendering …

Tags:AR/VR| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Canalys: China’s Eight Years of Consecutive Smartphone Growth Comes to an End

by Andrew Fenn

China’s smartphone market suffered its first-ever annual decline, with shipments down by 4% from 2016 to 459 million units in 2017. This drop was partly due to China having one of its worst year-on-year …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 04

iOS 11.3 Will Allow Users to Switch off Hidden Battery-Save Mode

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has confirmed that iPhone owners affected by an enforced, hidden battery-saver mode that reduces device performance will be able to switch the controversial feature off after the next iOS firmware update. The option …

Tags:Apple| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04| warranty

ABI: $18 Billion Market for AR in Energy and Utilities

by Andrew Fenn

Energy and utilities rank among the top three vertical markets for AR glasses shipments and total value chain revenues, according to ABI Research. AR’s ability to enhance workers’ safety and protect equipment addresses the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Judge Gives Green Light on HP Defective Display Claim

by Andrew Fenn

After holding up Hewlett-Packard’s $6.5 million deal over laptop computers with allegedly defective screens, due to concerns that claims would exceed available funds, a California judge approved the settlement Friday, calling the 90% return …

Praxair Announces Gas Supply Deals with EverDisplay

by Andrew Fenn

Praxair has announced a long-term gas supply agreement with EverDisplay. Praxair will supply EverDisplay with nitrogen, oxygen and helium for its new G6 AMOLED fab. The new facility will require 720 tonnes of nitrogen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials Market| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 25 - Issue 04

SensorTower: US SVoD App Revenue Grew 77% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

US consumer spending in the top 10 SVoD mobile apps grew 77% in 2017 to approximately $781 million on the App Store and Google Play, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. Furthermore, the …

FETC 2018 Roundup

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (this year, FETC 2018), held each year in Orlando, Florida. …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Snapdragon 645 Boosts Foveated Rendering

by Bob Raikes

One of the features that is included in the latest Snapdragon 645, from Qualcomm, is Andreno foveation, a set of circuits for optimising gaze recognition and eye tracking. According to Jon Peddie’s TechWatch, the …

Tags:AR/VR| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Leap Motion Shows Three New Interactive VR Prototypes

by Andrew Fenn

VR company Leap Motion has released a detailed blog post, demonstrating three new ways of interacting with objects in a virtual reality environment, using information from the worn head-mounted display and an approximation of …

GfK Forecasts Positive Development for Consumer Electronics in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest estimates from GfK, the global consumer electronics market will once again surpass a market volume of $1,000 billion this year, with an increase of just under 4%. The three largest …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04