SID Display Week 2015 – Page 3

SeeFront Sees Success with Eye-Track 3D Display

by Chris Chinnock

SeeFront is a German company we have tracked for a number of years. The company develops eye-tracked autostereoscopic 3D displays for commercial applications. At SID 2015, we had a chance to catch up again …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

DLP Prism Design with Higher Contrast

by Chris Chinnock

The 1-chip DLP engine design uses two back-to-back prisms to allow light to couple light in and out of the DMD chip. The design is quite mature but it has an inherent contrast limitation. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

University of Waterloo Investigates Pixel Shifting for Projection

by Chris Chinnock

One of the technologies that JVC has focused on is its e-Shift technology. This uses an optical element to project one image and then shift the optical path a half pixel in the diagonal …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pixel Processing| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update (WF10)

by Phillip Wright

Following the session and panel discussion with five speakers moderated by Jack Kent of IHS titled What are Wearables for Anyway, the Display Week 2015 Market Focus Conference – Wearables-Flexible proceeded to an overview …

Incom Shows Innovations with Polymer Fiber Optic Faceplates

by Chris Chinnock

Last October I had a chance to visit with Incom, and write about this manufacturer of fused fiber optic faceplates. The faceplates are composed of thousands of tiny fiber optics densely packed together – …

Tags:Fused Fibre Optics| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Sony Describes New Laser Phosphor Projector Improvements

by Chris Chinnock

In paper 25.2 (High-Brightness Solid-State Source for 4K Ultra-Short Throw Projector), Sony described improvements they have made to the laser phosphor material that will improve projector brightness and lifetime. This is destined for their …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Wavien Proposes Liquid Suspension of Laser Phosphor for High Power Applications

by Chris Chinnock

For high lumen projectors using laser phosphor, the phosphor material will typically run too hot and burn if exposed to too much blue light. To address this issue, Wavien has proposed a mixture that …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

What are Wearables for Anyway – Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update (WF7)

by Phillip Wright

The Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week included a presentation by IHS analysts that touched on What are Wearables for Anyway and a Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update. Coming …

Via Supplys Optical Bonding Materials & Processes (IC14)

by Bob Raikes

Juergen Eichner is from Via Optronics which started as a display enhancement company that quickly started to focus on optical bonding materials, technologies and processes. As a result it has become a supplier of …

Automotive Displays Come of Age at SID Display Week

by Steve Sechrist

New at this years SID Display Week was the special coverage of vehicle displays. Long a niche market for LCD fabs, the space is still dominated by the top automotive component integrators like Continental, …

UniPixel Updates on X-Sense Acquisition (IC14)

by Bob Raikes

Jeff Hawthorne is CEO of UniPixel which makes engineered films and hard coat resins for displays. The firm has just acquired the X-Sense flexible touch film product line from Atmel. The firm’s touch sensor …

Innova Adds Touch to Films (IC14)

by Bob Raikes

Dr Dan Button is from Innova Dynamics and the company effectively used SID to make announcements and come more into public view. It has announced new products with Dai Nippon Printing. Innova is an …