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Merck to Work with Leeds University on LC Applications

by Bob Raikes

Merck said that it is working with the University of Leeds to develop a range of digital optical applications with liquid crystals under its “Emerging Innovation – LC 2021” strategic initiative. Mark Verrall, Head …

TDK Completes Acquisition of InvenSense

by Bob Raikes

TDK has complete its acquisition of the InvenSense business (TDK Agrees to Buy InvenSense) for around $1.3 billion to boost its business in sensors. TDK’s President and CEO, Mr. Shigenao Ishiguro, said “We are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Subscription Video Spending Will Rise by 78% by 2020

by Yvette Raikes

Consumer spending on home video in Western Europe will increase year by year, so that by 2020 it will be €8.7 billion ($9.7 billion), according to research from IHS Markit. The three top markets …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Nielsen Measures OOH TV

by Bob Raikes

Some six months ago, Nielsen said in the US that it was planning to measure TV commercial viewing in public spaces including hospitality, gyms and transportation sites. ESPN is the first company to use …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Mediatek Wins Oppo & Vivo with Helio

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan and blog sources are pointing to a design win for Mediatek’s Helio P30 chips with Oppo and Vivo, both Chinese smartphone brands on the rise. (see MWC 2017 Round-up for comments on the …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Asus to Drop Smartwatches?

by Bob Raikes

Various sources in Taiwan are saying that Asus is to abandond the smartwatch market as it has seen sale of its ZenWatch 3 at levels lower than it hoped and at just 5,000 to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Rockwell Collins Has Plans to Improve Coalescence

by Bob Raikes

Rockwell Collins showed the Coalescence system that Chris looked at the I/TSTEC show (Rockwell Collins Shows Multiple AR/MR Demos). This is a mixed reality headset made from an Oculus Rift with a camera for …

AR & VR Round-up At Itec

by Bob Raikes

Cinoptics is a Dutch company (it was on the Netherland booth) and is a development from Cybermind, which developed virtual reality for more than twenty years. “Back to the days of Virtuality”, I said …

Tags:Augmented Reality| ITEC 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Smart Eye Offers High End Gaze Recognition

by Bob Raikes

We have covered gaze recognition regularly over recent years, usually at the entry level, so it was interesting to see a high end system from Smart Eye at Itec. The company has two different …

ITEC 2017 Sees VR Expanding

by Bob Raikes

The ITEC show, the European show for military and defence simulation and training, moves around each year. It was in London last year, and in Rotterdam in the Ahoy Centre this year. One of …

Tags:ITEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Onethree is an E Ink-based Wireless Display

by Milos Pavlovic

Visionect has released the Onethree, a 13″ E Ink-based display for office use that is said to work for a year on less power than needed to make a cup of coffee. The display …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Meeting Rooms| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Corning Lotus NXT Glass Chosen for Samsung Display’s Flexible LTPS-OLED Line (2)

by Bob Raikes

Corning said that Samsung’s flexible LTPS OLED production line would use the Corning Lotus NXT glass as the carrier for manufacture. Corning also said that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ use Gorilla Glass 5. …