Vol 24 - Issue 46

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LGD Will Boost OLED TV Module Capacity

by Milos Pavlovic

The Korea Herald has reported that LG Display will make a significant investment of around $1.1 billion over the next four years, in several phases, to expand its production capacity for OLED TV modules …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 46

JOLED Starts Commercial Shipments Printable OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

JOled, the Japanese maker of OLED panels has started commercial shipments of inkjet printed OLED panels and has confirmed that the first units will be shipped to Sony for use in medical applications. The …

Tags:JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 46

ZED Mini Camera Brings Mixed Reality to VR Headsets

by Andrew Fenn

Stereolabs’ ZED Mini mixed-reality camera will start shipping on December 18th. The device attaches to existing Oculus or Vive VR headsets, adding AR functions. The ZED mini features high-resolution and frame-rate 3D video capture, …

Tags:AR/VR| Cameras| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Huawei Daydream VR Controller Revealed

by Andrew Fenn

The controller for Huawei’s new Google Daydream VR headset has been revealed via documents submitted to the FCC. According to the documents, the new controller is called the Virtual Reality Handle and features a …

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Zurich To Add 25 New DOOH Sites

by Milos Pavlovic

The city of Zurich, which has ten DOOH areas in operation, has decided to replace 75 poster sites with a further 25 digital sites over the next two years according to Invidis. Zurich has …

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IHS: EU Cable Industry Hits €23.5 Billion

by Andrew Fenn

The European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, increasing 4% from the prior year, to €23.5 billion ($27.7 billion), according to the latest findings from the European Broadband Cable …

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FPD capacity dedicated to production of large are applications

59% CAGR for G10+ Fabs

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS said that the majority of all new incremental capacity for producing FPD televisions and other large area applications will be added at G10.5 in the future. With BOE, China Star, LG Display and …

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VW Shows Moia Ride-sharing Concept

by Bob Raikes

Volkswagen has shown the Moia concept vehicle, which has been designed to support ride sharing services where a number of individual travellers may be in a single vehicle. The seats are mainly individual and …

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Dell Monitor Bargain Continues After Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

Dell set very competitive pricing for its U2718Q 27″ UltraHD HDR-compatible IPS monitor (which we saw at IFA – Dell Boosts its IFA Presence in Displays) on Black Friday, with pricing coming down in …

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Digital TV Research: Pay TV and OTT to Make $283 Billion by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Covering 138 countries, pay TV and OTT revenue combined will reach $283 billion by 2022, up 18% from $239 billion in 2016, according to Digital TV News’ OTT and Pay TV Forecasts report. OTT’s …

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Glass/Ceramic Phosphor for Backlight and Projection Applications

by Kenneth Li

From the development of red LED in the early 60’s to the blue LED in the early 90’s, there had been tremendous amount of progress in LED’s developments providing numerous innovations in both the …

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Apple Buys VRVana

by Bob Raikes

Apple is reported to have bought an AR start-up called VRVana which has apparently developed an AR headset, called the Totem, but had not shipped it. Reports put the value of the deal at …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46