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Dual Layer LCDs Exciting but Power Hungry

by Bob Raikes

We decided to make a combined LDM/MDM issue this week as we were trying to catch up after finishing the IBC report. We didn’t think you would mind as we have produced a lot …

Stratacache Acquires Retail Insight Company Walkbase

by Andrew Fenn

Intelligent digital signage firm Stratacache has announced it has acquired Finland-based creator of retail analysis tools, Walkbase. This latest acquisition is all part of Stratacache’s ongoing growth of its customer experience strategy—the company defines …

Intel’s Project Alloy is Over

by Bob Raikes

Somehow, some of our comments on Intel at IBC didn’t make it into our IBC report. Intel was showing an Asus PC with an Oculus Rift to show how its new processors could cope …

AR/VR Headset Market to Reach 81.2 Million Units by 2021

by Alan Spencer

IDC is forecasting that the combined AR and VR headset market to reach 13.7 million units this year, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate of 56.1%. According …

IBC Interest is Mainly in Smaller Displays

by Bob Raikes

Quite a few of the interesting display developments at IBC were previewed at NAB, but many of the products were shown for the first time in Europe. For us, a highlight was the Eizo …

Bain Consortium Acquires Toshiba Memory Corporation

by Andrew Fenn

Toshiba has signed an agreement to sell its memory chip business to a Bain-led consortium, for ¥‎2 trillion ($17.7 billion). Bain Capital’s Pangea will fund the transaction, with contributions from Bain Capital itself, optical …

Samsung Sets Out Plans for S-Pen

by Bob Raikes

Samsung published an interview with one of its own engineers, Hyesoon Jeong, about the development of the Signature S Pen in the Galaxy Note 8. She said that the aim had been to add …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Indoor Mapping Now in iOS 11

by Bob Raikes

Apple’s latest iOS11 release has some new facilities for mapping inside buildings. The system already has maps for a number of major shopping malls as well as transport hubs, including Heathrow Airport. A US …

Soneira Highlights Dynamic Colour Management

by Bob Raikes

Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies Corp has published an article about the importance and variability of display performance in high ambient light, using a Samsung 65Q9 QLED TV, which he identifies as having …

Microsoft CEO Champions MR in Keynote Speech

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has gone on record to say that mixed reality “could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork”. Giving a keynote speech at the Ignite Festival in Orlando earlier this week, Nadella used …

Eurosport Covers Cycling in 360° VR

by Andrew Fenn

We may have missed it at the time, but our editor is excited by news that Eurosport has begun covering cycling in 360° VR video. Eurosport’s VR cycling coverage began back in June at …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Royole Corporation Raises $800M in Latest Funding Round

by Andrew Fenn

California, China and Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturer Royole Corporation has announced that it has raised around $800 million in its Series D round of funding. $240 million was provided by Warmsun Holding Group, Hanfor …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36