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IDC: India Smartphone Market Starts 2018 with Strongest Ever Q1 Shipments

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, the India smartphone market saw shipments of 30 million units in the first quarter of 2018 — the market’s strongest start to a year — maintaining a healthy year-on-year growth of …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Fitbit Result 02/05/2018

by Vijaya

Fitbit Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Revenue for Q1 2018 was $247.9 million, a decrease of 17%, compared to $298.9 million in Q1 2107. Net loss …

Tags:Financial Data| Fitbit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Pixelworks announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Total revenues for Q1 2018 were $15.3 million, a decrease of 33%, compared to $22.7 million in Q1 2107. Net loss …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Radiant Vision wins LFW Award for HMD Evaluation Lens

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Radiant Vision recently received a Gold Innovation Award from Laser Focus World for its lens designed to facilitate testing of near-eye displays (NEDs) such as AR and VR head-mounted displays. Currently there are no …

Lenovo Mirage Solo Won’t Come with 6DoF Controllers

by Andrew Fenn

Google’s Clay Bavor has revealed that Lenovo’s new Mirage Solo headset, which features 6DoF tracking, won’t use next-generation 6DoF controllers, unlike Oculus Santa Cruz. According to Bavor, the decision was made because the team …

Tai Jeng-Wu Will Stay on as Sharp President

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp president Tai Jeng-wu will remain in his role at the head of the company until March 2020, Nikkei has reported. Tai had previously said he would step down after the company re-entered the …

Google Demos API for Browser-Based VR and AR

by Andrew Fenn

Alongside a raft of other announcements and reveals, Google unveiled WebXR, its new API for the optimisation and integration of VR and AR experiences into Chrome and other web browsers, at its I/O developers …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Mercedes-Benz Releases AR Companion App for 2018 Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Mercedes-Benz has released an augmented reality-based companion app for its 2018 E and S-class vehicles. ‘Ask Mercedes’ is free to download from the iOS App Store and enables users to explore the car’s features …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

UK Researchers Develop Lasers for the Eyes

by Bob Raikes

We don’t think it has display applications, but we were intrigued by news that a group from The University of St Andrews in Scotland, UK, has developed a semiconductor laser that can be made …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Laser| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

E Ink Invests in SES-imagotag

by Bob Raikes

E Ink and SES-imagotag, the ESL and pricing specialist, have announced a collaboration and E Ink has agreed to invest €26 million in the company. The aim of the partnership is to develop smart …

ZTE Reverberations May Continue

by Bob Raikes

We lead MDM with the news of the effect of the US administration’s decision to cut off supply of US technology causing ZTE to halt production and triggering analysts to wonder if ZTE can …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18| ZTE

JDI Boosts LCD PPI to 1000 for VR

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) has developed a new 3.25″ LCD with 1001 ppi for VR applications, a boost from the previous 803 ppi panel. The resolution of the display is 2160 x 2422 and …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 18