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CrowdOptic Shows Augmented Reality App for Sharing Video

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – CrowdOptic is an app developer that has been focusing on Google Glass. Its augmented reality software allows video sharing between Google Glass and other smartglasses users and at the moment, the app …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Google Glass at the Crossroads

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – Google Glass has been a topic for very many articles in the past but with an email from Google headquarters, this all could go away in a heartbeat. Several recent publications suggest that …

Tags:Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

University Re-Polarises Light for More Efficient LCDs

by Raverstead

A polarising filter that lets more light pass through has been developed by engineers at the University of Utah. It could enable LCD display devices that consume less power (as the backlight would not …

P-Series Projectors Kept Cool by BenQ

by Raverstead

Three new professional DLP projectors, in BenQ’s Colorific range, are dual-lamp and high-brightness models. The PX9710, PW9620 and PU9730 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38) share features and are only differentiated by their resolution; …

FES Uses E Ink to Change Strap Design…

by Raverstead

Fashion Entertainments, a Japanese start-up, has extended the use of E Ink on a smartwatch. As well as the display, the strap also uses E Ink technology to show multiple different designs. There is …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearables

Metz Files for Insolvency

by Raverstead

German premium TV company Metz has filed for insolvency. The company said that around 540 jobs will be affected, though production and customer services will continue for the time being. The German court has …

Second-Gen Motorola Possible for Early 2015

by Raverstead

A second-generation smartwatch from Motorola could be released in early 2015. Gleb Mishin, an executive from Lenovo (new owner of Motorola) hinted at the watch when speaking in Russia recently.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 47

NEG to Build LCD Glass Plant in Xiamen

by Raverstead

Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) is to construct an LCD substrate glass manufacturing facility in China’s Xiamen Torch High-Tech Zone. The new plant will be located next to a plant operated by AU Optronics and …

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEG| Vol 21 - Issue 47

AMD’s Carrizo Will Arrive Next Year

by Raverstead

AMD’s Carrizo APU (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) has been officially announced, aimed at laptops and AIO PCs. It is part of a new APU family due to be released in the first …

Barco Displays at RSNA

by Raverstead

Barco will showcase its new Coronis Uniti display system (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) at RSNA 2014 in Chicago (30th November – 4th December). As well as the Uniti, Barco will show the …

LCoS to be Worth $1.5 Billion in Four Years

by Raverstead

A report posted on Marketsandmarkets (http://tinyurl.com/me9o26v) claims that the global LCoS market will be worth $1.5 billion by 2018. LCoS is currently growing at a 30.2% CAGR, and is mostly used in head-mounted and …

Planar Constructs Tallest Mosaic Wall

by Raverstead

Planar Systems and Brightsign have collaborated to produce the world’s tallest Planar Mosaic architectural videowall. Installed in a new hotel in Miami, Florida, the four-storey wall is located in the lobby but visible from …