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Flexible OLED To Lead the OLED Panel Market from 2019

by Bob Raikes

Ubi Research said that it expects flexible OLED volumes to go past rigid OLEDs in 2019 as the market becomes 54% flexible with a total shipment at time of 480 million units. The company …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 48

LG to Add Low End Phone at CES

by Bob Raikes

According to the ET News in Korea, LG will have a new low end smartphone at CES. The 2018 K10 will have a 5.3″ FullHD LCD display and 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Africa’s Smartphone Market Enters Early Stages of Recovery

by Bob Raikes

Africa’s smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 4.4% in Q3 2017, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments for the quarter reached 21.7 million units, spurred by ongoing …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Samsung S9 Display to be Like S8

by Bob Raikes

The specification and design of the Samsung S9 has now been leaked via normally reliable including MobileFun (described as ‘ever reliable’) and SlashLeaks. The new phones will have displays that are very close to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Amazon Launches Cloud-Based VR/AR App Builder

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon Web Services has announced Sumerian, a new service for building VR, AR and 3D applications for mobile devices, head-mounted displays, digital signage or web browsers. With Amazon Sumerian’s editor, developers can build virtual …

Tags:Amazon| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

HP’s $6.5M Defective Laptop Settlement Close

by Bob Raikes

Athough close to a resolution, a California judge has blocked a settlement to a long running class action against HP over defective displays. The displays were installed in Pavillion notebook computers that had a …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48| warranty

YouTube VR Now Available on Steam Early Access

by Andrew Fenn

YouTube VR is now available for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows VR for free, via Steam Early Access. The app previously launched exclusively for Google Daydream last year, and for PlayStation VR in …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Camembert & Pumpernickel Award

by Bob Raikes

Described as being like ‘camembert on pumpernickel’, the collaboration between Microoled (Grenoble, France) and Fraunhofer FEP (Germany) has won an award from the Franco-German chamber of industry and commerce. The prize is awarded for …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

CE Week 2018 Dates and New Venue Announced

by Andrew Fenn

CT Lab Global Media has announced that its mid-year conference and technology showcase, CE Week, will take place June 20th–21st at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The change in …

Tags:Back Panel| Consumer Electronics Industry| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 48

AR Laser Tag Game Friend.IO Released on App Store and Google Play

by Andrew Fenn

Multiplayer AR laser-tag arena shooting game Father.IO has been released on the App Store and Google Play Store. Created by augmented reality start-up Proxy42, Father.IO uses an external peripheral called the Interceptor, available separately …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

AR Animated Lyric App Now Available on iOS 11

by Andrew Fenn

AR Lyrics is a new augmented reality app, available now via the App Store. Created by Plan8 using Apple’s ARKit, the app uses Shazam technology to recognise songs being played in the vicinity, and …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

VR Has a Place in Fine Art

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an interesting article on the use of VR in fine art and how it can change the experience of visiting a gallery. It covers a current exhibition at the Royal Academy of …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48