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Magic Leap Files Patent for AR Glasses That Can Monitor Vital Signs

by Andrew Fenn

A patent filed by Magic Leap, dating back to November 2017, details a new AR glasses product that can monitor vital signs including body temperature, heart rate, respiration, sweating and glucose levels, with built-in …

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

Samsung Opens Its First Experience Centre in Latin America

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has opened its first experience centre in Latin America with a new location in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two storey, 400 m² location is built into a historic mansion. The ground floor features …

IHS: Gap in LCD TV Set and Panel Shipments Expected to Hit 10-Year-High

by Andrew Fenn

Despite better-than-expected first-quarter demand for TFT-LCD TV sets and panels, market players would be well-advised to adopt a more conservative outlook in demand growth for the coming quarters, according to IHS Markit. Earlier market …

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Foxconn Acquires Additional Shares in US TV Maker

by Andrew Fenn

Two subsidiaries of Foxconn have acquired shares in US TV brand Vizio. Innolux will purchase a 4.1% share of the company, priced at NT$1.35 billion ($44.5 million), while AFE will acquire a 3.1% stake …

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Progress Reported in Video Rate Electronic Paper Technology

by Arthur Berman

At Display Week 2018, a team led by Professor Guofu Zhou of the Electronic Paper Display Institute within the South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics at the South China Normal University (Guangzhou, China) demonstrated …

Tags:China| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Strategy Analytics: One in Three India Smartphone Owners Will Consider 4G Feature Phone

by Andrew Fenn

According to Strategy Analytics, 4G feature phones will be hugely disruptive to the already intensely competitive Indian smartphone market. Half of India smartphone owners are familiar with 4G feature phones and 1 in 3 …

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HDMI Forum Demonstrates VRR at Computex

by Bob Raikes

At the recent Computex event, the HDMI Forum is reported to have demonstrated the use of variable refresh rates (VRR) using an XBox One X and exploiting the VRR features in HDMI V2.1 and …

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Will I Ever Buy a microLED TV?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Do you remember the world largest Plasma TV? The 152” monster released in 2010 was made to show the supremacy of PDP over LCD in the large screen TV market segment. As it turned …

Tags:MicroLED| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 25

SID Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

Well, we created a very big SID report, but it seems we still missed some things. Irish company, Solas OLED said that it has a number of patents relating to OLED structures, display design …

RPO and the Future of Education

by Len Scrogan

People in the education industry always seem interested in the future of schooling. Perhaps that’s because the future of schools is the future of display technologies. I could easily envision it the other way …

Tags:display technology| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25

Kopin Golden-I is Light

by Bob Raikes

Kopin introduced its Golden-I display at the event. The display is designed to work with a smartphone that has USB Type-C to connect to the controlling system and the display supports the DisplayPort Alt …

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