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Avegant Wins More Funding

by Bob Raikes

Avegant, which has so far focused on headsets for viewing video, has raised $13.7m in additional funding to further develop its ‘light field’ displays. The FT reports that Avegant has now raised around $50 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Holst Puts Touch and OLEDs into Plastic Mould

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, the Holst Centre in the Netherlands released information about a demonstration car centre console that it has made based on ‘In-mold electronics’ or IME and with space for storage …

Tags:Automotive| Holst Centre| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Apple Considering Stake in Toshiba’s Chip Business

by Alan Spencer

Japanese public broadcaster NHK, is reporting that Apple is considering a bid with its supplier Foxconn, for Toshiba’s semiconductor business. Toshiba is the world’s second-biggest flash memory chipmaker and last week, the company announced …

Universal Display Establishes Awards at IMID 2017

by Alan Spencer

Universal Display, the US OLED manufacturer, has announced the establishment of the “UDC Innovative Research Award in Organic Electronics” and the “UDC Pioneering Technology Award in Organic Electronics”, which will recognise individuals or teams …

eMagin’s OLED Microdisplays Chosen for Aviation Upgrades

by Alan Spencer

eMagin has announced that it has been selected as a single-source supplier of OLED microdisplays for a US Army helicopter helmet upgrade. The contract is for the retrofit of high brightness, monochrome green microdisplays …

AMD Acquires Nitero for Wireless VR/AR Technology

by Alan Spencer

California-based semiconductor company, AMD, has acquired intellectual property and key engineering talent from Texas-based Nitero. The move is to enable AMD ot produce the next generations of wireless VR and AR headsets. Nitero can …

Amazon Offers its Smart Speakers in Battle with Google Home

by Alan Spencer

Amazon has started offering select manufacturers free use of its smart speaker microphone technologies as part of its efforts to spread the use of its Alexa virtual assistant. The move is in response to …

Use of Touchscreens by Toddlers Linked to Less Sleep

by Alan Spencer

A new study has found that the more time toddlers spend using iPads and other touchscreen devices, the more likely they are to have sleep problems. The UK survey also revealed that three quarters …

Tags:Blue Light| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 15

New HP Pavilion Notebooks Support Active Pens

by Bob Raikes

HP Inc has released Pavillion notebooks that run the latest Windows 10 Creators Update. The Pavillion x360 has a flexible four way configuration, with displays at 11.6″ (HD IPS), 14″ and 15.6″ (HD or …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 15

VR First Programme Developing

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the VR First initiative at IFA last year. The organisation said that it now has 26 labs operating in the US, Europe, Asia and Oceania and will bring the number up …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Garmin Adds Stress Management to Wearable

by Bob Raikes

Garmin has a new wearable, the vivosmart 3 fitness tracker. As well as VO2 max and heart rate tracking, the device is said to be able to measure stress. The display is a monochrome …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Samsung & LG Revising Plans for LCD

by Bob Raikes

The Investor blog in Korea reports that both LG Display and Samsung Display have dropped plans to reduce their LCD capacity. “We previously expected the LCD supply shortage to ease in the second quarter, …