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Samsung Highlights Relumino

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has released a video that highlights the work that it has done in creating its Relumino system, which is designed to help users with restricted vision. (‘Relúmĭno’ Visual Aid App Moves out of …

Tags:Back Panel| Human Vision| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Shazam Has A/R Potential

by Bob Raikes

Apple has done a deal to buy Shazam of the UK, which is a service to identify songs from audio detected through the microphone of a mobile device. Obviously, that may make sense on …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47

LG Adds Two Signature Showrooms in Germany

by Bob Raikes

LG is adding to its Signature showrooms in Germany with two new showrooms in KaDeWe (Berlin) and Oberpollinger (Munich) to add to a showroom in Frankfurt that is run by furniture maker, Thonet, and …

Consumers Resist Paying for Live Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Despite predictions that live streaming television was going to be one of the hottest features in 2017, interest in this service has fallen flat in the US. StreamOn, a Cogent Reports study by Market …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Apple TV App Adds More Countries

by Bob Raikes

Apple has made the Apple TV app available on the Apple TV and iOS device in France, Germany and the UK, in addition to the US, Norway and Sweden which already had access. Apple …

VR Used to Test Emotional Response to Colour

by Andrew Fenn

A recent initiative by Australian-based virtual reality company, Liminal VR, in conjunction with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is using VR to test emotional responses to colours in different environments. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Colour (Color)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

JOLED Partners Look at Investment Support

by Bob Raikes

In our excitement at the first shipping of an inkjet-patterned OLED last week (JOLED Starts Commercial Shipments Printable OLEDs), we didn’t spot that a number of companies are working to find the investment needed …

Currys PC World Now Offers Same-day Delivery

by Bob Raikes

Dominant UK electronics retailer, Currys PC World, has started to offer a same day delivery service for ‘small items’ with a two hour timeslot for deliveries and for orders placed before 4.00pm. It is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 47

UDC Signs with BOE

by Bob Raikes

UDC has signed a long-term OLED Agreement with BOE Technology Group to supply phosphorescent OLED materials through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Ltd. Steven V. Abramson, President and CEO of Universal Display said that …

AUO OLED is for Watches

by Bob Raikes

AUO has released a new AMOLED for smartwatches and other applications. The panel is a 1.2″ round unit with 390 x 390 resolution (33.22 x 34.72 mm) which is equivalent to 460 ppi. Thickness …

Tags:AUO| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 47| Wearables

UK Loves iPlayer – Social Media TV to Grow

by Bob Raikes

UK TV Licensing has published a report, Telescope 2017, on UK TV viewing and said that just 8% of UK adults have watched live TV on a social media platform, but predicts that this …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Samsung Partners with Sydney Hospital on VR Pain Project

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has designed a VR solution for pain management, in response to the opioid crisis and over-prescription of pain medication. The technology is currently under a clinical trial at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, …

Tags:AR/VR| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 47