Wearables – Page 22 – Display Daily

Cellphones that can Reconfigure into a Bracelet Format

by Arthur Berman

During this past week, there was patent activity that indicates a continuing interest on the part of major cellphone makers in devices that can be mechanically switched from a conventional flat form to a …

Seene Moves From 3D to VR

by Tom Allen

Seene is a company specialising in 3D image capture on iOS and Android, and has now turned its attention to VR. The Seene app has now been updated, and can be used to shoot, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wearables

Tobii Glasses 2 – Faster, Stronger, Better

by Tom Allen

Tobii has added two improvements to its Pro Glasses 2 wearable (Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses): 50Hz sampling and MEMS components. Tobii has combined the headset’s slippage compensation technology with a 50Hz sampling rate …

Korean Team Puts Static Electricity to Good Use

by Tom Allen

A team at Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University is working on a wearable, portable charging solution with a difference. Rather than tapping into excess kinetic energy or solar power, the researchers have developed a new fabric …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wearables

Apple Watch Delayed

by Tom Allen

Shipments of the Apple Watch have been delayed from late April to the summer. Originally set to be launched on 24th April, the Watch is now listed as shipping in June or July – …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 16

by Tom Allen

UK and US customers can now pre-order Apple‘s new 12″ Macbook (Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches), which features a single USB-C port. The waiting time is drastically …

AUO Debuts Circular OLED at CITE

by Tom Allen

AUO recently showed a range of new products at the China Information Technology Expo 2015, in Shenzen. As well as its existing range of UltraHD quantum dot LCD TVs (55″ – 85″), AUO debuted …

Sammobile Uncovers Round Samsung Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Sammobile claims that Samsung is to release a new smartwatch with a round face. The device will be called the Gear A or Orbis. Two models will be launched: one requiring a Bluetooth connection …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Wearables

Augmented Reality – Hype and Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

There is not a day goes by where we or other analysts report on the latest development in the smartglass market. New devices and new software are released quite frequently. While there is no …

Trends from MWC

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have posted a review of trends and developments at MWC by Norbert Hildebrand. He covers wearables and smartwatches as well as automotive and other technology developments.

Tags:Automotive| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Wearables

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 15

by Tom Allen

Promising to allow a user to ‘dive in’ to the action, Sony’s new wearable – Playstation Flow – completely re-imagines what a swimming level means to gamers. Now, console owners can head to the …

Blu Kickstarter is Cancelled

by Tom Allen

Blu, a high-concept ‘wearable smartphone’ – which would literally curve around the wrist, and uses a 5.3″ flexible OLED display – was due to have its first products shipping in May. This seemed very …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wearables