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Google Will Shut Down Tango AR Development Kit on March 1st

by Andrew Fenn

Following the launch of ARCore, Google will cease support for Tango, its original AR development kit, on March 1st, 2018. Tango uses a depth sensor in conjunction with a camera and proprietary software that …

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Flexible OLED To Lead the OLED Panel Market from 2019

by Bob Raikes

Ubi Research said that it expects flexible OLED volumes to go past rigid OLEDs in 2019 as the market becomes 54% flexible with a total shipment at time of 480 million units. The company …

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LG to Add Low End Phone at CES

by Bob Raikes

According to the ET News in Korea, LG will have a new low end smartphone at CES. The 2018 K10 will have a 5.3″ FullHD LCD display and 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

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Africa’s Smartphone Market Enters Early Stages of Recovery

by Bob Raikes

Africa’s smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 4.4% in Q3 2017, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments for the quarter reached 21.7 million units, spurred by ongoing …

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Samsung S9 Display to be Like S8

by Bob Raikes

The specification and design of the Samsung S9 has now been leaked via normally reliable including MobileFun (described as ‘ever reliable’) and SlashLeaks. The new phones will have displays that are very close to …

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Amazon Launches Cloud-Based VR/AR App Builder

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon Web Services has announced Sumerian, a new service for building VR, AR and 3D applications for mobile devices, head-mounted displays, digital signage or web browsers. With Amazon Sumerian’s editor, developers can build virtual …

MMG Getting More Interest

by Bob Raikes

For the last few weeks, I have been threatening to look at a technique of LCD manufacturing, known as MMG – although I have seen many different versions of what this acronym stands for! …

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Leeds United FC to Deploy Virtual Hybrid Perimeter Technology

by Bob Raikes

Leeds United a soccer team from the EFL Championship, the second level in the UK , has installed a new Virtual Hybrid perimeter LED display. (ADI and Supponor Win at 2017 Football Business Awards) …

Samsung Claims First VESA HDR Label

by Bob Raikes

Samsung said that its CHG90 49″ 32:9 QD LCD monitor is the first monitor that has been certified as DisplayHDR 600 compliant. (VESA Releases Open Standard and Test Methodology for HDR in Monitors and …

Top Display Technology Trends for 2018

by Sweta Dash

As this is my last Display Daily of the year, I thought I’d take the opportunity to set out where I think the industry will be going in the next year. Strong growth for …

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HP’s $6.5M Defective Laptop Settlement Close

by Bob Raikes

Athough close to a resolution, a California judge has blocked a settlement to a long running class action against HP over defective displays. The displays were installed in Pavillion notebook computers that had a …

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YouTube VR Now Available on Steam Early Access

by Andrew Fenn

YouTube VR is now available for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows VR for free, via Steam Early Access. The app previously launched exclusively for Google Daydream last year, and for PlayStation VR in …

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