Vol 23 – Issue 21 – Page 2

AR/VR/HUD News

by Chris Chinnock

We did not review the many papers on AR/VR at SID, so below is a summary of what was being shown on the exhibit floor. BOE showed a prototype panel that was 2.8” in …

Projection Advancements

by Chris Chinnock

Below is a summary of some of the projection-related news we saw on the exhibit floor at SID. Moxtek has supplied their Wire Grid Polarizer (WGP) for projection applications for a long time. This …

Fraunhofer’s Etches Glass to Combat Reflectance

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will present the results of its findings on the subject of anti-reflective coatings at ICCG 2016 (Braunschweig, Germany, June 13th-16th). Researchers at the organisation have tested a new way to create these …

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Canon is Ready for Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Canon will provide vistors to its Infocomm stand with the opportunity to go hands-on with its products, including its UltraHD reference displays, handheld wireless presenters and cameras. There will be several new demonstrations this …

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USA is Sony’s First Xperia X Market

by Tom Allen

Sony has said that the Xperia X smartphones, which it announced at MWC 2016 (Sony Focuses on Iteration, Not innovation), will be launched in the USA this summer. The Xperia X is available to …

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Mediatek Pumps Up Smartphone Charging

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm currently leads the fast charging market for smartphones, but Mediatek announced plans to dethrone its rival at Computex. Pump Express 3.0 is the company’s new charging technology, said to be able to power …

Jaguar Maps SUV to Celebrate Vivid Sydney

by Tom Allen

To celebrate Jaguar’s contribution to the Vivid Sydney 2016 event, the company has shown its F-Pace SUV (Wearables Battle the Hype Cycle at WTS 2016) using projection mapping and an LED video wall. TDC, …

TiVo Approaches 30% Growth

by Tom Allen

TiVo finished Q1’16 with more than 7.1 million subscribers, worldwide: a 28% (1 million) increase from last year. Net additions in Q1 were up by 312,000 and gross additions rose 8% YoY. Churn, at …

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NEP Chooses Leader to Head NTL Production

by Tom Allen

NEP Visions, an outside broadcast service provider, chose to use Leader’s LV5940 UltraHD waveform monitor at the Wyndham Theatre in London’s West End. The display was used as the master reference instrument, during the …

VR Spin-Off Rumoured for HTC

by Tom Allen

A Chinese-language report from the Commercial Times claims that HTC will spin off its VR unit in Q3 this year. The company will retain a 100% stake in the new business.

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IHS Flexible Wearable Business Conference – Market

by Steve Sechrist

In the IHS-organised Wearable-Flexible business conference at Display Week, highlights included a market survey of current conditions (where the market is) and a survey of trends portending where the technology is headed. To quote …

Fujifilm Discusses Novel Transparent Screen Design

by Chris Chinnock

Transparent screens for projection applications are not very common, but they can be quite effective for advertising, merchandising and increasingly, augmented reality applications such as Head Up Displays. At SID 2016, Fujifilm gave a …

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