Acer Debuts External Monitors With Stereoscopic 3D

[…] Two products revealed today, the SpatialLabs View and SpatialLabs View Pro, are standalone external monitors with 15.6-inch, 4K displays with glasses-free stereoscopic 3D technology. We’ve seen this tech from Acer before when it debuted in ConceptD notebooks where it was meant for designers, but never in this format. Acer SpartialLabs View Image: Acer Distinguishing Read more about Acer Debuts External Monitors With Stereoscopic 3D[…]

Changing touchscreen friction and rendering of virtual shapes through change in surface temperature

In this work, we show a large modulation of finger friction by locally changing surface temperature. Experiments showed that finger friction can be increased by ~50% with a surface temperature increase from 23° to 42°C, which was attributed to the temperature dependence of the viscoelasticity and the moisture level of human skin. Rendering virtual features, Read more about Changing touchscreen friction and rendering of virtual shapes through change in surface temperature[…]

LG’s Next-Gen OLED EX Tech Promises Major Improvements

[…] OLED EX (the EX stands for Evolution and eXperience, unfortunately) promises to boost maximum brightness, enhance picture quality, and allow for smaller display bezels. The underlying technology—millions of individual self-lit pixels—hasn’t changed, but the use of an isotope called deuterium combined with algorithmic image processing can increase brightness by up to 30% over conventional Read more about LG’s Next-Gen OLED EX Tech Promises Major Improvements[…]

Don’t Buy an HDMI 2.1 TV Before You Read the Fine Print

[…]If deciphering every version of HDMI wasn’t already tedious enough, we now know that the latest and greatest HDMI 2.1 standard, well, isn’t very standardized. A TFTCentral investigation revealed that the TV or monitor you purchase with “HDMI 2.1″ might not support any of the latest features. TFTCentral smelled something fishy when it saw that Read more about Don’t Buy an HDMI 2.1 TV Before You Read the Fine Print[…]

Samsung’s has larger, stretchier OLED display that looks a bit like a rubber sheet

Hot on the heels of LG’s “Real Folding Window” showcase, Samsung is taking its moment to shine with a new stretchable OLED display demo. At this week’s Global Tech Korea 2021, Samsung presented an impressive 13-inch OLED panel that appears to stretch at varying degrees. The panel displayed a video of lava flowing while different Read more about Samsung’s has larger, stretchier OLED display that looks a bit like a rubber sheet[…]

Another Neuro Study Proves Changing DOOH content Boosts Long Term Memory

Leading Australian digital outdoor media company QMS, has unveiled its latest neuroscience study that demonstrates the relative impact of different Out of Home creative approaches and their overall effectiveness for brands. In partnership with Neuro-Insight, this research study captured real-life, continuous digital and static OOH panels over consecutive days, to accurately measure how the human Read more about Another Neuro Study Proves Changing DOOH content Boosts Long Term Memory[…]

Normal Touchscreens Can Also Detect Contaminated Water

We take for granted that the water coming out of the kitchen faucet is safe to drink, but that’s not always the case in other parts of the world. So researchers at the University of Cambridge are developing a new approach to testing for contaminants using a device that billions of people already use every Read more about Normal Touchscreens Can Also Detect Contaminated Water[…]

This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles

Augmented reality systems are on the verge of making a huge impact on how America’s military fights and trains. When it comes to the latter, one company, aptly named Red 6, has identified an inflection point where cost and existing capabilities become problematic for America’s tactical aircraft communities—training for air-to-air combat. While contractor aggressor services Read more about This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles[…]

BYU hologram experts can now create real-life tiny images that move in the air

  They may be tiny weapons, but BYU’s holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them. Inspired by the displays of science fiction, the researchers have also engineered battles between equally small versions of the Read more about BYU hologram experts can now create real-life tiny images that move in the air[…]

Volumetric OLED Display Shows Bladerunner Vibe, Curious Screen Tech

Sean Hodgins] is out with his latest video and it’s a piece of art in itself. Beyond a traditional project show and tell, he’s spun together a cyberpunk vibe to premiere the volumetric display he built from an OLED stackup. The trick of a volumetric display is the ability to add a third dimension for Read more about Volumetric OLED Display Shows Bladerunner Vibe, Curious Screen Tech[…]

Turn a Touch Interface Touchless with Intel RealSense TCS

Today, Intel announced Intel® RealSense™ Touchless Control Software (TCS), a simple solution for converting a touch-based kiosk or digital sign into a safer, touchless one while maintaining a familiar and intuitive user experience. With the pandemic affecting people worldwide, pay and check-in stations, automated teller machines and ordering kiosks could use the Intel RealSense software Read more about Turn a Touch Interface Touchless with Intel RealSense TCS[…]

Flexible color ePaper displays could soon adorn your clothes | Engadget

Whenever the runways of Paris, London, Milan and New York open back up, designers might be showing off looks adorned with flexible color ePaper displays. E Ink has teamed up with Plastic Logic to make the first such panels based on its Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP) tech. The glass-free organic Thin Film Transistor (oTFT) displays Read more about Flexible color ePaper displays could soon adorn your clothes | Engadget[…]

Defeat COVID-19: put positive spin to a grim 2020 by showing global covid recoveries on screen

The campaign was conceived by DOOH firm Orb Screen, produced by Creative Conscience and L&CO, developed by Voodooh and Nicole Yershon, and designed by advertising graduate Megan Williams. It has now made its way to Asia, with Location Media Xchange (LMX), the supply-focused arm of Moving Walls Group, amplifying the creatives on partner screens across Read more about Defeat COVID-19: put positive spin to a grim 2020 by showing global covid recoveries on screen[…]

Samsung, Stanford make a 10,000PPI display that could lead to ‘flawless’ VR

Ask VR fans about their gripes and they’ll likely mention the “screen door” effect, or the gaps between pixels that you notice when looking at a display so close to your eyes. That annoyance might disappear entirely if Samsung and Stanford University have their way. They’ve developed (via IEEE Spectrum) OLED technology that supports resolutions Read more about Samsung, Stanford make a 10,000PPI display that could lead to ‘flawless’ VR[…]

Leap Motion brings out TouchFree software – Add Touchless Gesture Control

Touchless, hygienic interaction TouchFree is a software application that runs on an interactive kiosk or advertising totem. It detects a user’s hand in mid-air and converts it to an on-screen cursor. Easy to integrate, deploy, and use • Runs invisibly on top of existing user interfaces • Add touchless interaction without writing a single line Read more about Leap Motion brings out TouchFree software – Add Touchless Gesture Control[…]

TCL’s new paper-like display can also play videos

NXTPAPER today — a new type of display that’s meant to offer better eye protection by reducing flicker, blue light and light output. The company said the effect is similar to E Ink, calling it a “combination of screen and paper.” TCL also said it has received eye protection certifications from the German Rhine laboratory, Read more about TCL’s new paper-like display can also play videos[…]

TCL Announces E Ink Color Display That Can Handle Video

Known for its tablets, TVs, and phones, TCL has this week announced a new technology, NXTPAPER, that could totally change how you think about e ink. E ink displays are known for being great to stare at for hours and perfect for reading books (and sometimes even comics), but the latest color displays from E Read more about TCL Announces E Ink Color Display That Can Handle Video[…]

Fraunhofer releases H.266/VVC which encodes video 50% smaller

Fraunhofer HHI (together with partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Intel, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Sony) is celebrating the release and official adoption of the new global video coding standard H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC). This new standard offers improved compression, which reduces data requirements by around 50% of the bit rate relative to the previous Read more about Fraunhofer releases H.266/VVC which encodes video 50% smaller[…]

Google’s Autoflip Can Intelligently Crop Videos

Google has released an open-source tool, Autoflip, that could make bad cropping a thing of the past by intelligently reframing video to correctly fit alternate aspect ratios. In a blog post, Google’s AI team wrote that footage shot for television and desktop computers normally comes in a 16:9 or 4:3 format, but with mobile devices Read more about Google’s Autoflip Can Intelligently Crop Videos[…]

Delta and Misapplied Sciences introduce parallel reality – a display that shows different content to different people at the same time without augmentation

In a ritual I’ve undertaken at least a thousand times, I lift my head to consult an airport display and determine which gate my plane will depart from. Normally, that involves skimming through a sprawling list of flights to places I’m not going. This time, however, all I see is information meant just for me: Read more about Delta and Misapplied Sciences introduce parallel reality – a display that shows different content to different people at the same time without augmentation[…]

LEDs in routers, power strips, and more, can ship data to the LightAnchors AR smartphone app

A pentad of bit boffins have devised a way to integrate electronic objects into augmented reality applications using their existing visible light sources, like power lights and signal strength indicators, to transmit data. In a recent research paper, “LightAnchors: Appropriating Point Lights for Spatially-Anchored Augmented Reality Interfaces,” Carnegie Mellon computer scientists Karan Ahuja, Sujeath Pareddy, Read more about LEDs in routers, power strips, and more, can ship data to the LightAnchors AR smartphone app[…]