By Chris Chinnock Adoption of VR has been a rocky road. Early estimates of headset sales fell by the wayside, although they are respectable in the low millions range. The same can be said of the AR market where early consumer enthusiasm is giving way a belief that enterprise applications will lead the way in […]
Edgehog Offering Robust Anti-Reflection Technology using Nanostructures
Edgehog is a Montreal-based start-up that has developed a better mousetrap – i.e. a better anti-reflection technology that is robust and offers low reflectance over wide viewing angles and over the full visible spectrum. Their claims intrigued us, so we had a nice conversation with co-founder Calvin Cheng and Business Development Manager, Kris Manipon. As […]
HDRmaster 8K Tool Set Released
Innovative software for automated quality analysis and dynamic metadata adjustments in HDR video Munich, December 4, 2018 – FF Pictures launches HDRmaster 8K, a new standalone software toolset for Microsoft Windows 8 and 10 with several innovative features for performing quality analysis and essential metadata tasks in HDR productions with up to 8K (7680×4320 pixels) […]
New Standards Emerging to Reduce Complexity of Streaming Content
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has been actively developing a new streaming standard called CMAF (Common Media Application Format). With 60 participants and 3 years of effort, the group is nearly done with final specifications expected in early 2019. What it promises to do is to streamline how content is encoded and delivered and improve […]
Enterprise Survey: AR Adoption Coming Faster than you Think
I had a chance to speak with Geof Wheelwright, the Director of Marketing Communications at Atheer the other day regarding the results of an internal survey they did focusing on the use of Augmented Reality in the Enterprise market. There were a number of interesting results but here is one clear highlight: 70% believe that […]
Display Summit 2018 Proceedings Now Available
On October 2-4, Insight Media produced its annual Display Summit event at the Harman International facility in Northridge, California. The two main themes were Next Generation Cinema and Next Generation Displays (mostly focusing on the light Field ecosystem). Also, a third session on the morning of October 4th was added at the Winnetka Pacific Theaters […]
Surface Haptics Market Report Issued
October 26, 2018 – Insight Media is offering a new report titled: Surface Haptics Markets 2018-2027. The report predicts the market to surpass $11.5 billion (USD) in revenues in 2022 driven by widespread adoption of the technology within mobile electronics and the automotive sector. This report identifies the latest opportunities in the global surface haptics […]
Surface Haptics Market – More Info
The Surface Haptics Markets 2018-2027 report was published in August 2018 and provides a robust analysis of the emerging haptic technology along with an analysis of their applications and adoption forecasts in a number of key markets. Until recently the only widely used haptics effects have been vibration notifications and alarms in mobile electronics and the […]
Surface Haptic Markets – TOC
Executive Summary E.1 Surface Haptics: Lucrative Opportunity for Mass Markets: Mobile Electronics and Automotive Infotainment E.1.1 Opportunities for Surface Haptics in Consumer Electronics E.1.2 Opportunities for Surface Haptics in the Automotive and Aerospace Sectors E.1.3 Ten-year Forecast for Surface Haptics by Application E.2 Legacy Electromagnetic/Inertial Technologies will Dominate Initially, but Electrostatic and Ultrasonic Technologies will […]
Lumenari Developing Wide Color Gamut Phosphor Materials
One of the most popular ways to achieve a wide color gamut LCD display is with narrow-band red and green phosphors deposited directly on top of blue LEDs to create the LED backlight unit. Now, a new company, Lumenari, has developed a new and narrower green phosphor that can expand the LCD display’s color gamut […]