SID Display Week 2015 – Page 4

Display Week Wearables Conference Revisits Head Mounted Displays (WF2)

by Phillip Wright

Margaret Kohin, SVP, Business Development, eMagin Corporation was invited to present a Special Wearables Address at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week. Kohin’s address was unique at …

Cima Updates on its ITO Replacement Material (IC11)

by Bob Raikes

John Brodd is CEO of Cima Nanotech which is making materials for ITO replacement. There are around 70 staff in the company, mostly in China. Procap touch technology is great, but runs out of …

Glo Aims to Exploit LCD Then Compete (BC17)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Fariba Danesh from glo, which is a VC-backed company developing LED products using nanotechnology. Although founded in Lund, Sweden, the company moved to Silicon Valley to further develop. Danesh said …

CBrite Looks for LTPS/IGZO Alternative (IC8)

by Bob Raikes

Boo Nilsson is from CBrite which develops new backplane technologies. The company is based in Santa Barbara and has offices in Taiwan and China. The company has technology that is competitive with IGZO and …

Vuzix Excited by HMD Opportunity (IC11)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix, which we have covered a lot in recent months. Vuzix started in 1997 and has been a partner for Kopin for a long …

Kopin Positive on New Applications (IC10)

by Bob Raikes

Dr John Fan is CEO of Kopin, which makes microdisplays. Fan said that the company is looking strongly at going into wearables. He said that the headset is the most important wearable device, but …

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

by Bob Raikes

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very …

Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch (IC6)

by Bob Raikes

Tactus is a developer of IP for creating raised areas on touch screens, which it calls “Phorm”. This can be used to create better keyboards and input systems. The company has its first product …

Prysm Continues its Pivots (IC5)

by Bob Raikes

Stuart Monks is from Prysm which has developed LPD laser phosphor displays. Monks came from Polycom to join the company and is looking at how collaboration occurs in an enterprise. Prysm, as we have …

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Haptics Have Lots of Growth Opportunities (IC4)

by Bob Raikes

The next section was entitled “Evolution of the Immersive Experience” and covered a range of technologies. Immersion is a company that is “about haptics” which it sees as the feedback for touch experiences. The …

Nanoco Sees QD Applications beyond Displays (IC3)

by Bob Raikes

Keith Wiggins is from Nanoco, the UK-based firm which has specialised in non-cadmium quantum dots. The company has 112 staff with more than 80 chemists. Wiggins believes that businesses that have a “sensory” impact …

Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) …