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LG has launched a pre-reveal attack on Samsung’s favorite phone and tablet technology, AMOLED, hammering home the idea that its Optimus G display will be thinner, brighter, and more power-efficient. Announced last month, the Optimus G uses a new True HD IPS+ screen based on LCD not OLED technologies, and LG is keen to make clear why that’s a specific advantage over Samsung’s current Android flagship smartphone.

LG is using a suspiciously Galaxy S III-shaped wireframe to illustrate its AMOLED opposition, and though there’s no branding to confirm the Samsung slap, if Apple can patent rectangles with rounded corners then we can probably safely assume that it’s the 20m-selling smartphone the Optimus G is being compared to. Even if that’s too great a leap, the fact that Samsung is pushing the market in AMOLED technologies makes it the obvious opposition.

According to LG, the 320ppi True IPS+ panel gives 1.6x clearer images than AMOLED – great for reading text on webpages and in ebooks – while its greater power efficiency when showing white pages (LG namechecks the backgrounds on websites as a good example) is another advantage over the rival tech. Overall thickness is 27-percent down on previous panels.

Slim screens aren’t the only thing LG is relying on to differentiate the Optimus G, though. The company apparently spent 15 months developing and patenting the “Crystal Reflection” process which decorates the back of the smartphone, with a polarized 3D pattern sparkling and glistening in the light.

Whether that will be enough to convince would-be owners to give LG a try despite its less-than-impressive record in delivering Android updates remains to be seen. The LG Optimus G is expected to be officially shown off at the end of September.

LG brings screen smackdown to Samsung over Optimus G is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Announced just a few weeks ago at IFA, Sony’s 2nd generation of personal 3D Viewer the HMZ-T2 has now been made official in Japan with a launch schedule for October thirteen. This HMZ-T2 will feature as well as a pair of 1280×720 Organic EL panels.
Proposed at around 70,000 Yen, the HMZ-T2 is comes with many little improvement over its predecessor with now the support of 24p True Cinema, a new Panel Drive Mode (Std/Clear), a new Game Video mode, improved lens interval adjustment (independent …

Wearables competition for Google’s Glass continues to surface, with a UK-based research team revealing its more discrete take on the head-mounted augmented reality display. The Technology Partnership (TTP) has embedded a micro-projector in one arm of a pair of ostensibly normal-looking glasses, the Guardian reports, beaming an image via a mirror onto a special reflective pattern etched into the lenses and straight into the wearer’s eye.

The end result is a digital picture directly overlaid on top of the real-world view, a different approach to Google’s strategy with Project Glass, where the floating display is set up slightly, and out of the wearer’s usual eye-line. TTP’s version promises a more persistent integration, and requires no change of gaze by the user themselves.

Or, at least, that’s what the end result will be when the prototype gets its next upgrade. Right now, the headset can only show a monochrome, 640 x 480 image, not a moving video, but the hardware to do that is expected to be ready within the next “few weeks.”

While overlaying content onto the surrounding environment potentially looks more impressive, it does open the door to more complex issues for whatever software is driving the headset. Precisely lining up computer-generated graphics with the real-world becomes essential, for instance, a problem Google’s first-gen Glass seemingly bypasses.

Arguably more useful is TTP’s approach to head-mounted display control. Google has been experimenting with a combination of side-mounted touchpad controls and voice-recognition, as well as flirting with object recognition, but TTP has opted for a more straightforward system which tracks eye movement.

Rather than existing pupil-tracking approaches, however, which were discounted for being “relatively computationally expensive,” their implementation relies on electrodes mounted at the temples of the headset, and which measures eye-movement in the muscles there. The electrical signals in those muscles can be crunched to figure out which way the eyes are looking, and that translated into UI interaction.

Project-based systems aren’t new – Lumus has a similar approach with its AR eyepiece – but no single company has managed to corner the fledgling wearables market so far. TTP will not be manufacturing its display or eye-tracking technology, but instead hopes to license it to third-parties; the company is apparently “talking to at least one California-based company” though no names have been mentioned.

TTP augmented reality glasses prototype takes on Google Glass is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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LG and Samsung have had to live with each other as cornerstones of the South Korean economy, but that uncomfortable balance might just have been knocked off-kilter through an escalating legal battle. Samsung has filed for an injunction against LG for supposedly coercing 11 Samsung researchers (already indicted in July) into leaking the secrets behind its OLED screens, including 18 pieces of technology and 21 related documents. The accuser wants 1 billion won (about $879,771) in compensation for every piece of technology that might have slipped out. Suffice it to say that LG isn’t happy with being labeled as a thief — it notes that LG screens use white OLEDs instead of Samsung’s RGB technique, reducing its incentive to swipe anything Samsung makes. LG even contends that Samsung is just trying to hide its embarrassment at losing OLED TV demo units that were headed to IFA 2012. Without a clear resolution in sight, there’s every indication the legal dispute could become very ugly.

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NEC has announced a new desktop display with a modest screen size promising to be eco-friendly. According to NEC, the display is falls into its high-end IT desktop line and is part of the MultiSync EA Series. The display measures 22-inches wide and is model EA224WMi aimed at corporate, financial, healthcare, and government markets.

The display uses an IPS panel with wide viewing angles and high-quality color consistency and image accuracy. Using LED backlighting technology lets the screen be thinner and lighter while being more power efficient as well. The display has touch-sensitive controls with simple display adjustments made through an on-screen display.

The screen also features an ambient light sensor and human sensors allowing it to automatically set the proper brightness and detect conditions in the work environment to reduce power consumption. The screen also supports NEC ControlSync technology for multiple screen setups with up to six EA series displays used.

The screen is actually 21.5-inches wide and has a 16:9 aspect ratio. Viewing angles are 178° horizontally and vertically with a dynamic contrast ratio of 25,000:1. The static contrast is 1000:1 and the screen has a resolution of 1920 x 1080. The display stand is adjustable through 130 mm of height and can tilt, swivel, and pivot. Connectivity includes DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI-D, and VGA. The screen also has a four port USB hub built-in and integrated dual 1 W speakers. The display will ship in September for $279.

NEC launches new 22-inch LED backlit eco-friendly display is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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