SID Display Week 2015

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4DD’s Refocus on SLM Business

by Steve Sechrist

4thDD’s Spatial Light Modulator components including the 2048 x 1536 pixel QXGA-3DM SLM shown at SID Display Week 2015At this year’s SID Display Week we took time to talk with ForthDD’s CEO Greg Truman …

Tags:Kopin| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

by Phillip Wright

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened …

Tags:Android| Android Wear| Flexible Displays| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Smartwatches| Transflective Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk

by Chris Chinnock

The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) was represented by Greg Niven at SID, where he provided an update on regulatory action regarding laser-based displays. While the organization has had success in Europe (IEC) and …

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

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3D in IZone at Display Week 2015

by Steve Sechrist

At Display Week 2015, in the prototype IZone booth, 3D display was alive and well. One such autostereoscopic (no glasses) technology came from a Shenzhen, China company, SuperD 3D technology, with its 3D mobile …

Tags:3D Content| 3D Content Creation| 3D display| 3D software| Autostereo 3D| Digital Signage| DOOH| Gesture Recognition| Holographic Displays| Holography| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Stereo 3D| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Ubiquitous Energy is Display Week IZone Prototype Winner

by Steve Sechrist

Winner of this year’s Best I-Zone Prototype at Display Week 2015 award was Ubiquitous Energy, an MIT start-up now based in Redwood City, CA that was showing a demo of “the world’s first truly …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Solar Panels| Steve Sechrist

ICDM Meets at SID: Mulls Next Steps

by Chris Chinnock

ICDM, or the International Committee on Display Metrology, met at SID to discuss updates to measurement procedures and to discuss other topics where metrology techniques are still in flux. One of these areas was …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour (Color)| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Tianma Focuses on Commercial Display Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Tianma, a joint Japanese-Chinese company, was at SID showing off a number of commercially-oriented display solutions. In automotive, the company showed a HUD display, for the first time, we believe. This is based upon …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Autostereo 3D| LCD displays| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Smartphones| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Do RGBW Pixel Architectures Compromise Color Performance?

by Chris Chinnock

One would think that the mixing of a white subpixel element in an RGBW LCD (or OLED) architecture might “pollute” the color gamut of the display leading to washed out color performance. However, we …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| RGBW| SID Display Week 2015| Sub-pixel Rendering| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Is the Rec. 2020 Blue Primary at the Right Wavelength?

by Chris Chinnock

The current specification for the blue primary in the 2020 gamut is 467nm, but there is much industry discussion as to whether this is the best wavelength, given commercial considerations. The main concerns are …

Tags:Colour Quality| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

3M Study Offers Tolerances for 2020 Color Gamut Specification

by Chris Chinnock

One of the big issues with the 2020 color gamut is that the specification calls for primaries that are located on the spectral locus without any tolerances. That means to be technically compliant, you …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour Quality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rec 2020| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Curved Images Can Improve Reading

by Chris Chinnock

This SID paper sounded quite interesting as I thought it might address some of the industry discussion around the benefits of a curved display. Alas, I was a bit disappointed as the paper described …

Tags:Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

My SID 2015 Impressions

by Chris Chinnock

First, let me confess that I did not hear every paper, attend every side conference or visit every booth at SID 2015 – far from it. As a result, I have to confine my …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SID Display Week 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 24