Vol 22 – Issue 33 – Display Daily

IMDs and PIDs are More Positive than DTMs in Europe

by Bob Raikes

This week, while creating this issue of the newsletter, I was also involved with the finalising of our quarterly data for desktop monitors, public displays and interactive meeting room displays. The markets are very …

OASIS aims to develop Standards for the use of Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

The OASIS group has stated that it is working on standards for using augmented reality content in information products. OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards …

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Gloom in the European Monitor Market

by Bob Raikes

The Desktop Monitor market in Europe was down in Q2 with sales down 14% on last year as the market in Russia failed to recover after a terrible Q1. Germany was also down and …

Siggraph 2015 Roundup 009

by Steve Sechrist

KIST hand gesture recognition softwareThe Korean Institute of Science and Technology‘s (KIST) Imaging Media Research Centre was showing off its latest generation of hand gesture recognition. This used a 3D sculpting system to create …

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Computer Vision With SMI

by Steve Sechrist

Epson’s AR Glasses at Siggraph with integrated eye-tracking from SMI. Note the (rather) large brick required to process the data. It’s fine for industry but the company will have to migrate this to a …

Empowerment Informatics 007

by Steve Sechrist

“Childhood” simulation display VR creates the child’s view of the world, from Augmented Human Technologies Design group at U of Tsukuba JapanOn the application side, one of the more unique discoveries at the show …

Qualcomm Has a Mixed Reality Engine

by Steve Sechrist

Mattel’s new version of Viewmaster will crack open to allow a smart phone to be put inside and viewed in stereo 3D with a unique twist, support for Vuforia object recognition, triggering events by …

New in Digital Projection – High Contrast HDR

by Steve Sechrist

MTT showed its High Contrast HDR projection prototype at Siggraph that truly was an impressive demonstration, The group said the technology is about 18 months out and works with existing projector heads.On the digital …

Nvidia ‘Fills in Gaps’ in TV Industry

by Steve Sechrist

We found a display milestone in the Nvidia booth, where the chip company is first to support 4k resolution content at 60fps in its new Shield Android TV Box (and offering so much more …

VR Village is a Success

by Steve Sechrist

This was year one for the VR Village at Siggraph, but based on attendance and interest level you can bet your boot they will be back in 2016New milestones were demonstrated at Siggraph, including …

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Siggraph 2015 – Milestones in VR, AR and More

by Steve Sechrist

It was all things VR and AR at this year’s 42nd annual Siggraph, the Special Interest Group Graphics international conference sponsored by the ACM Association for Computer Machinery. The 2015 show was held in …

Trying to Make Portable Devices Exciting Again

by Ken Werner

Makers of eReaders, especially Amazon, are still selling a lot of eReaders; and makers of tablet PCs are still selling a lot of tablet PCs. But sales of eReaders have been stable for years …

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