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Special Report Volume 22 No 24b June 12th 2014

and the first speaker was Brian Krzanich, CEO he talked about at IFA called Curie, but didn’t of Intel who spoke about the Intel Realsense give more detail. technology. Displays have evolved, and our interactions He said he would cover three things - how with those displays have evolved from com- interactions with devices have evolved - up mand lines to GUI data entry, but he sees to now it has been a two dimensional world current interactions as minimal. Even with a and Intel wants to make it more interactive. 3D display, the interaction is basically 2D. He promised to show what is in the lab. Touch displays have changed things, and How have devices evolved over the years, once you get used to one, you don’t want to he asked? This is the fiftieth birthday of go back, but the interaction is still two di- Moore’s Law - an astonishing period of de- mensional. How can you make the compu- velopment. Computing has become smaller, ter see and hear more like a human, he Intel Concentrates on RealSense more personal and connected. Those three asked? Humans always interact in 3D - even trends are the key drivers of this period. Com- your hearing understands space and posi- The keynotes took place on the first morn- puting is now at a very personal level. tion. Devices should be able to see and hear ing of the opening day of the symposium Kraznich showed the computing button that and adding that capability should start a new phase in computing. Contents Contents Intel Concentrates on RealSense ...... 1 AGC Highlights its Uniqueness (BC19)15 Innova Adds Touch to Films ...... 26 TCL Growing with CSOT Supply ...... 3 Applied Materials Highlights Scaling UniPixel Updates on X-Sense Acquisition LG Display Warns of “Depressing Challenges for LCD & OLED Making 16 26 Overcapacity” ...... 4 Panel Session Looks at Display Improve- Special Wearables Address on Android Business Conference Kicks Off Display ment Implications ...... 17 Wear and Google’s Wish List ...... 27 Week ...... 5 3M Points to Battery Life and Efficiency Display Week Wearables Conference Hsieh Outlines TV and Mobile Panel for Profit (BC23) ...... 17 Revisits Head Mounted Displays .... 27 Developments ...... 6 Dolby Claims to Improve Low Cost A Developer’s View on Profitable TV Panel Session - Sharp to Hardware (BC26) ...... 17 Wearables ...... 28 launch Android TV ...... 8 QDVision Believes Colour is About Trust What are Wearables for Anyway – BC Panel Session Asks “Is Good Enough, 18 Wearable- Market Good Enough”? ...... 8 Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market19 Update...... 29 US Consumers Want More Resolution9 Nanoco Sees QD Applications beyond Wearables: Enabling Human Augmenta- Huawei Explains Phone Size Dynamics9 Displays ...... 20 tion ...... 31 Dell Also Looks at the User Experience10 Haptics Have Lots of Growth Opportuni- Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update Gagnon Identifies Profit Opportunities11 ties ...... 21 31 Why Do VCs Invest in Displays, Intel Prysm Continues its Pivots ...... 22 For Wearables, Power is The Elephant in Asks? ...... 11 Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch ...... 22 the Room ...... 32 The LCD Industry is Like a “Slinky” - Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Wearable Software Ecosystem: Diversity Really! ...... 12 Large TVs ...... 23 or Monoculture (FW17) ...... 34 LC Materials Are Still Improving, Says CBrite Looks for LTPS/IGZO Alternative23 3M Study Offers Tolerances for 2020 Merck ...... 12 Kopin Positive on New Applications . 24 Color Gamut Specification ...... 35 Dow Updates on Quantum Dots ..... 14 Cima Updates on its ITO Replacement 4DD’s Refocus on SLM Business .... 35 Glo Aims to Exploit LCD Then Compete Material ...... 24 AUO Wins Award and Impresses ..... 36 14 Excited by HMD Opportunity ... 25 GM Likes HUDs and Free Form Displays Via Supplies Optical Bonding Materials & Contents continue on pg 68. But Not ...... 15 Processes ...... 25

www.meko.co.uk Special Report - SID 2015 for monitors up to 28", based on QDs from for a reflective display. The company calls it moment, most are analogue). The technique Nanosys. “color movie ” as it can support video eliminates the DAC and reduces the cost of Mitsubishi was showing a 15" 1024 x 768 frame rates. the backplane as well as increasing the pos- LCD with 1000 cd/m² of brightness and us- Sun Innovations was showing a 1280 x sible density and allowing for aging ing IPS technology. It also had rugged dis- 800 transparent rear projection glass that is compensation. It reduces power consump- plays that can survive 6.8G of impact. said to support transmission of more than tion. Novaled did not have any specific news at 90% and more than 95% with A/R coatings. Last year, VP-Dynamics had a low-cost the show, but this was our first chance to Haze level is <2%. The company also sup- 28" UltraHD monitor at the show. We asked catch up since the takeover by , so plies the projectors which are DLP-based. why we had never seen it on the market and we were able to catch up with changes. First, Toppan was showing how it can use cop- were told that because there were almost Gerd Günther, CEO of the company, told us per to make touch panels for automotive no controllers available, and those that were that despite the takeover, there is no prob- applications that allow curved surfaces with available were expensive. This year, the com- lem with working directly with others and high performance and high noise immunity. pany was showing a 5.5" UltraHD LCD using the firm is working with companies includ- The touch is sensitive enough to be used an RGBW pixel structure and will sample in ing China and “other” Korean companies. underneath a thick cover, even up to Q3. There will be a 10.1" version too. The development focus is now heavily on 2mm. You can also make Wi-Fi antennas doping and ETL layers and it is working hard around the edge of the display. to try to solve problems of temperature sen- The University of Saarland was on the Videos sitivity to help OLED develop in automotive German pavilion and was showing its dy- applications. namic backlight driving technology for mo- We have a number of video interviews on Ortustech had new “superfast” LCD us- bile applications. It has IP in analysis and is line at www.displaydaily.com with Sharp, 3M, ing a new LC material (and not “IPS” we interested in licensing it to companies. It can Nanosys, Polar, Ostendo, QDVision, Jasper heard”). Also being discussed was new re- save up to 30% of power, depending on the and Kwangwoon University. Don’t miss flective LCD technology that has quite good content being displayed. The group also has them! reflectivity and reasonably saturated colours, IP in the digital driving of (at the

Contents (Continued)

Automotive Displays Come of Age at SID Incom Shows Innovations with Polymer SeeReal Shows Electronic Week ...... 36 Fiber Optic Faceplates ...... 47 Display ...... 56 BOE Has Impressively Wide Range .. 38 Is the Rec. 2020 Blue Primary at the Right SEL Shows 'Seamless' OLED Video Wall CSOT Concentrates on LCD & OLED TV Wavelength? ...... 48 57 39 ITRI and Orbotech Sign Flexible Display Sharp Highlights Free Form Concepts58 Curved Images Can Improve Reading40 Agreement ...... 49 Describes New Laser Phosphor Display Glass at SID Display Week 2015 - JDI Amazes with Range of Solutions 49 Projector Improvements...... 59 Du Pont/Kateeva to Print OLEDs? .... 40 Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at Tianma Focuses on Commercial Display DLP Prism Design with Higher Contrast their Own Risk ...... 51 Applications ...... 59 42 Luminit Shows Waveguide Solution and Touch and Haptics Innovations in 2015 Do RGBW Pixel Architectures Compro- More...... 51 SID iZone ...... 60 mise Color Performance? ...... 42 Next Gen Microdisplay Discussed at SID - Transparent Flexible Conductors Prolifer- E Upgrades Colour Announces Shelf AM LEDs...... 52 ate at Display Week ...... 61 Label Partnership ...... 43 Putting Your Eyeglasses in Your Mobile Ubiquitous Energy is Display Week iZone EDO Warns of Blue Light Danger with Device ...... 52 Prototype Winner ...... 62 LCD (BC24) ...... 44 Quantum Dots: The Plot Thickens ... 53 Wavien Proposes Liquid Suspension of Fraunhofer Shows Bidirectional SVGA RealD Finds Big Problem with 6p 3D Laser Phosphor for High Power Applica- Microdisplay at SID ...... 44 Glasses for PLF Laser Projection ..... 55 tions ...... 62 Full-Colour OLED Patterned With Rockwell Collins Does Optical Bonding – University of Waterloo Investigates Pixel Photoresist Technology ...... 45 with a Curve ...... 55 Shifting for Projection ...... 63 ICDM Meets at SID: Mulls Next Steps45 SeeFront See Success with Eye-Track 3D 3D in IZone at Display Week 2015 ... 64 ImagineOptix Shows Polarization-Based Display ...... 56 SID 2015 Round-Up ...... 67 Waveguide for AR Headsets ...... 46

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