Vol 25 - Issue 21

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IHS: Notched Smartphone Displays Estimated to Cost About 20% More

by Andrew Fenn

Notched smartphone displays are estimated to raise manufacturing costs of display panels by more than 20%, according to IHS Markit. The manufacturing cost of the 5.9″ OLED panel with notch design seen in the …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Small & Medium Displays| Small Medium LCDs| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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Innolux to Promote VP to Head of TV Product Business

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, Innolux president Robert Hsaio recently revealed, in a letter to the company’s clients, that it will soon promote its current VP Chu-Hsiang Yang to president of its TV product business unit, …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Acer will Continue to Push Its Gaming PC Business This Year

by Andrew Fenn

Acer CEO Jason Chen has gone on the record to say that the company will continue to grow its gaming PC sales, and that the sector has been instrumental in helping the firm become …

Tags:Acer| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 21

ABI Research: Mixed Reception for AR in Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

by Andrew Fenn

Augmented reality will see major adoption in the retail sector, but not in the way many have predicted. According to ABI Research, AR will struggle to take root among customers in bricks-and-mortar environments. Instead, …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

TCO Certified Announces “Conflicts and Violence” Webinar

by Andrew Fenn

TCO Certified has announced a new webinar called “Conflicts and violence when smartphones are manufactured” to take place on June 13th, with one session at 9 am CET and another at 5 pm CET. …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Light Polymers Crystallin Film is for Micro and Mini LED Applications

by Bob Raikes

Light Polymers of the US has announced Crystallin technology which is a phosphor-based down-conversion film for use with blue Micro and Mini LED’s. The colour gamut can reach 85% of DCI P3 for the …

Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 21

HTC Releases Major Update to Vive Focus Firmware

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has released firmware version 2.0 for its Vive Focus standalone VR headset. The device is currently only available in China, but releases in the US and other Western territories are planned for later …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Disruptive Technologies in the Classroom: Staying Ahead of the Ed Market

by Len Scrogan

Education always seems to be changing. We see new movements or redirection. Fresh experiments or retooling. Newfound priorities. Newfangled nomenclature. Staying on top of these changes is important. The constantly shifting environment in the …

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New Technology Enables 360° Video Capture from a Single Photograph

by Andrew Fenn

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which took place earlier this month, VR studio DVMobile demonstrated its new technology, VolumeCapture, which facilitates the capture of 2D and 3D models from real-time scene data with …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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ISTE 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Chicago. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and will offer more than 1,091 educational sessions to nearly thirty …

Tags:Augmented Reality| display technology| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Samsung Gear S4 Could Run Wear OS Instead of Tizen

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Gear S4, the company’s next smartwatch, could abandon its proprietary Tizen operating system and make a return to Google’s Wear OS platform (previously known as Android Wear) according to the rumour mill, including …

Tags:Android Wear| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Moji is Developing an Aftermarket Automotive HUD

by Arthur Berman

Moji, Inc. (Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan) is about to offer the latest model in the company’s NeoTokyo line of aftermarket HUDs for automotive applications. The OBD-X1 product does not use a high resolution graphic display …

Tags:Automotive| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 25 - Issue 21