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NeuroDigital Counters IMU Drift for Haptic Tracking

by Tom Allen

Road to VR got some hands-on (pardon the pun) time with the latest Gloveone prototype at E3 this week. It is a haptic motion input glove, designed for VR users, from Spain’s NeuroDigital. The …

Tags:Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Vol 23 - Issue 23| Wearables

IDC: Watches Will Take Share From Wrist Bands

by Tom Allen

Wearable shipments will grow 29% this year compared to 2015, says IDC, reaching 101.9 million units. With a CAGR of 20.3%, wearable shipments will reach 213.6 million units in 2020. The wearables market is …

Wearable Technology Market – Devices Revenue of $13 Billion+ for Mobile Operators by 2020

by Isaac Oburu

This research covers elaborate case studies of wearable technology market deployments, company profiles and strategies for over 440 wearable technology ecosystem players. Market research report “The Wearable Technology Ecosystem: 2016 – 2030 – Opportunities, …

Tags:Wearable Market| Wearables

Tech Data Takes Microsoft Band

by Tom Allen

Tech Data has become the exclusive B2B distributor for Microsoft’s Band 2 activity tracker in the UK.

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| TechData| Vol 23 - Issue 22| Wearables

ClearInk is a Clear Highlight of SID 2016

by Bob Raikes

Several weeks ago, Ken wrote a Display Daily on a start-up called ClearInk (CLEARink Brings New Wrinkle to Electrophoretic Displays). I was travelling at the time and, unusually, I didn’t edit it – the …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| EPD (Electrophoretic)| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 21| Wearables

Canatu and E Ink Work on Wearables

by Tom Allen

Canatu and E Ink are working together to produce flexible touch displays for wearables. The first product, combining a 6.3″ E Ink EPD with Canatu’s One-Plastic (OPS) Touch, will be available in July. The …

Canatu Integrates with E Ink

by Bob Raikes

When we met Canatu at CES, the company expressed frustration at the number of design wins that it has achieved, but that which it cannot publicise for contractual reasons. However, at SID, the company …

Kyocera Highlights Touch and Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera explained its expanded Procap line of products for industrial and automotive applications, which are now available optically bonded up to 12.1″. The company has also upgraded its wide viewing angle technology from AWV …

IC12 Microsoft Summarises AR & VR Developments

by Bob Raikes

The final talk was by Dr Bernard Kress from the Microsoft Hololens Team. He gave a very, very ‘high bandwidth’ overview of what is happening in VR and AR. There were 175 slides! Before …

eMagin Working on 4k Microdisplay

by Tom Allen

eMagin is working on displays for VR applications. Although it is a long-term project, the company has said that it may start to ship such displays this year. CEO Andrew Sculley said that eMagin …

SkinTrack Turns a User’s Skin into an Auxiliary Smartwatch Touchscreen

by Arthur Berman

If you own a smartwatch, it is quite possible that there have been occasions when you encountered difficulty in using touch to manipulate the physically small items on the display screen. A team at …

Tags:Smartwatches| Touch Interfaces| Vol 23 - Issue 19| Wearables

Market Focus Conference on Wearable-Flexible to Stand Out at Display Week 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The Society for Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS, today announced the final program for its Market Focus Conference on Wearable-Flexible, part of the Business Track being held during Display Week 2016 at …

Tags:IHS Markit| SID Display Week 2016| Wearables