I recently had a chance to speak with executives from a new company, Taiwan-based INT Tech, which is short for Innovation and Transformation. They are a technology development house that has created AMOLED displays on glass with an industry-leading 2228 pixels per inch (ppi). That’s in the range of AMOLED on silicon substrates and 4-5X […]
Microsoft Scores with $480M Hololens Army Contract
Microsoft announced they have received a $480M contract from the U.S. Army to develop special versions of their Hololens device dubbed the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). The contract calls for the delivery of 2550 units in the next two years, but options could enable the Army to purchase up to 100K units, although this […]
Is Better Supply Chain Coordination the Key to AR/VR Adoption?
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]