[Manufacturing World Japan 2016] VRコンテンツ・SW大挙発売…コミックも360°で製作

 

Informatix’s GyroEye, VR Software

Informatixがお披露目したVR用ソフトウェア「ジャイロ・アイ」

Tokyo = Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

 

6月22日から25日まで東京ビッグサイトで行われている世界最大規模の製造分野の展示会であるManufacturing World Japan 2016では、VR関連するコンテンツやソフトウェアの新製品が大挙公開された。

Transmediaは、VR用3Dコンテンツの保存および編集ソフトウェアである「Drop in VR」を披露した。使用者が3DモデリングをしたコンテンツをDrop in VRのサーバーにアップロードして、音楽、映像、機能などを追加して編集することができる。

このように編集されたコンテンツは、もう一度ダウンロードして、使用者のVR機器を通じて楽しむことができる。この会社は、今回の展示でDrop in VRで編集したコミックを360°で見ることができるVRコンテンツを試演した。会場で出会った同社関係者は、「今年9月のテストを経て、年末にはDrop in VRサービスを開始する予定」と述べた。

Informatixは、住宅やオフィスの建築などに活用できる3Dビューアソフト「ジャイロ・アイ(GyroEye)」を公開した。ジャイロ・アイを使用すると、VRを通じて仮想空間を、360°で建築前、建築後を比較して見ることができる。

会場で出会った同社関係者は、「8月にジャイロ・アイと、ドイツZeiss(ツァイス)のVR機器の新製品「VR one +」を同時発売する計画」と述べた。

ZENKEIは風景鑑賞などのためのVR用プラットフォームである「ステレオ6」サービスを22日から開始した。ステレオ6は、6つのカメラで撮影した映像を360°のコンテンツで製作し、これをVRを通じて鑑賞できるようにする総括システムである。

Dynamo Amusementは、独自製作したVR用コンテンツ「メガロドン」を披露した。同社は、展示場でサムスン電子の「ギアVR」と「Galaxy S6」を使用して、4D映画でこのコンテンツを試演した。Dynamo関係者によると、メガロドンは海の中の生き物の世界をCGで製作したコンテンツでランニングタイムは5分、今年夏に発売される予定である。

[Manufacturing World Japan 2016]ギアVR +Galaxy S6 4D映画体験してみると

 

Dynamo AmusementギアVRを利用してVRコンテンツ4D試演を行った

Dynamo AmusementギアVRを利用してVRコンテンツ4D試演を行った

Tokyo = Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

6月22日から25日まで東京ビッグサイトで開催されるManufacturing World Japan 2016展示場では、ギアVRによる4D映画試演が行われた。

コンテンツ業者であるDynamo Amusementは、自社製作したVR用コンテンツ「メガロドン」を披露し、試演機器にはサムスン電子の「ギアVR」と「Galaxy S6」を使用した。この機器だけで見ることができるコンテンツではないが、最も多く販売されている製品なので試演に用いたという。

Dynamoブースに設置された映画館用の椅子に座ってGalaxy S6を装着したギアVRを頭につけた。ギアVRの上部にあるホイールで焦点を調節することができた。

「メガロドン」は、深海に生息する水中の生き物の世界をCGで製作したコンテンツである。椅子が前後に揺れ、時には風が出てきたりするところは従来の4Dシアターと違うところはないが、VRで見る画面は、まるで海の中に直に入っていき、水中探査をしているような効果を与え、映画館のスクリーンよりも躍動感にあふれていた。巨大な肉食サメに飲み込まれる場面もかなりリアル感があった。

しかし、画質はやや物足りなさが残った。ホイール焦点の調節をしてみても完全に鮮明な画面は出てこなかった。これは、VR機器に装着されたスマートフォンの解像度によるもので、今回の試演に使用されたGalaxy S6は、2560×1440、577ppiの解像度を備えたAMOLEDを搭載している。

Manufacturing World Japan 2016、史上最大規模で22日に開幕…自動車、VR、医療機器など

Manufacturing World Japan 2016が6月22日〜24日まで、東京ビッグサイトで開催される。(出典= REED)

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

日本の大規模な製造業博覧会であるManufacturing World Japan 2016が、2016年6月22〜24日東京ビッグサイトで史上最大規模で行われたと、日本最大の博覧会組織委員会のReed Exhibitions Japanが発表した。

今回の行事には、世界2,350社が参加すると予想される。これは、歴史上最大規模で、昨年より5%増加した数値である。予想来場者数は8万3500人で、展覧会3日間展示場を埋め尽くすものと期待される。事前に申し込みをした観覧客を対象にした調査では、展示メーカーから購入したいという意思が非常に高かった。

今年の展示に参加するグローバル企業数は365社と予想されており、昨年に比べて14%増加した。これも過去最大規模である。Manufacturing Worldの藤原武史展示監督は、「これはManufacturing World Japanが今後世界の展示会として成長したという意味であり、国際展示企業が日本のメーカーと新しいビジネスを開発しようとする要求が高いという意味である」とし、「国際展示企業と日本人観覧客の間で多くの会議が実現され、より良い自動車や家電製品、列車、航空機などを生産することができるイノベーションにつながることを願う」と述べた。

このイベントは、世界最高品質の製品、技術、ソリューションが一堂に集まる展示会として認識されており、金属処理、微細製造の超精密技術を観覧することができる良い機会である。

このイベントへ無料で入場するには、公式ウェブサイトを訪問し、招待状請求を申し込まなければならない。 展示会招待券の申し込みはhttp://www.japan-mfg.jp/en/inv/にアクセスする。VIP招待券の申し込みは、マネージャークラス以上のみ申し込みが可能で、http://www.japan-mfg.jp/en/vip/で申し込む。団体観覧の申し込みは6人以上となっており、http://www.japan-mfg.jp/en/To-Visit_Tokyo/Group-Visit/で申し込む。

 

内部イベントは次の通りである。

・20th機械要素技術展[M-Tech]
・27th設計・製造ソリューション展[DMS]
・7th医療機器・開発・製造展[MEDIX]
・24th3D&バーチャルリアリティ展[IVR]

 

Manufacturing World Japan 2016の詳細については、http://www.japan-mfg.jp/en/で見ることができる。

AMOLED Growing in Chinese Wearable Market

GEAK Watch 3rd at SID 2016

GEAK Watch 3rd at SID 2016

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com
While most of wearable products including VR (virtual reality) device and smartwatch within Chinese market are equipped with LCD display, AMOLED’s presence is growing. Although the quantity is still low, several Chinese companies are presenting AMOLED equipped new wearable products such as VR and smartwatch, fast joining the general trend.
GEAK, a Chinese smartwatch company, is expected to release new GEAK Watch which is equipped with both AMOLED and e-ink. GEAK exhibited GEAK Watch in the CES Asia 2016 which was recently held in Shanghai, China. In CES Asia 2016, GEAK explained that the new GEAK Watch is the 3rd generation product that utilizes AMOLED in dark and e-ink display such as Kindle in bright conditions. According to the personnel the AMOLED used for the product is produced by Truly, and the release date has not yet been confirmed.
An expert of Chinese key AMOLED panel company told OLEDNET that while there were PMOLED equipped smartwatch products in China, not many used AMOLED. It was explained that this is due to higher price of AMOLED compared to PMOLED.
DeePoon`s New VR Device 'M2'

DeePoon`s New VR Device ‘M2’

DeePoon, Chinese VR market leader, is expected to release new AMOLED based VR M2 soon. M2 was presented in CES Asia 2016. At the event, DeePoon explained that the company is the only one to release AMOLED VR and AMOLED can actualize higher Hz figure compared to LED installed LCD panel, and has better visual experience when playing games etc.
Chinese key mobile AMOLED company EverDisplay (EDO) is also releasing AMOLED panel for VR from this year. This company is planning to increase ppi of VR panel each year, and produce flexible AMOLED panel for VR with over 800 ppi before 2020.
An industry expert explained that although Korea is leading the wearable AMOLED sector, Chinese market is also recognizing that compared to LCD, AMOLED has many advantages such as faster response time and better for human eye due to lack of backlight and blue light.

Not Only Samsung and LG, but BOE and JDI Also Shows OLED Surge in SID

a Flexible OLED Panel at BOE Booth(San Francisco = OLEDNET)

a Flexible OLED Display at BOE Booth (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

During the SID 2016, not only Samsung Display and LG Display, but other companies including BOE, Japan Display (JDI), and Tianma also presented OLED. The extent of OLED by Korea, China, and Japan drew much attention.

In SID 2016 (22-27 May), these companies exhibited many new OLED panels for diverse devices such as smartphone, VR, and TV.

Samsung Display revealed rollable panel, diverse 5 inch level OLED panel products such as VR panel with 806 ppi, the highest value within the industry, and Bio Blue, a VR panel which minimized harmful blue light.

LG Display showed 77 inch UHD OLED panel for TV, 55 inch dual side panel for signage, 65 inch concave OLED, and demonstrated their strength as the leader in large size OLED panel.

a Flexible OLED Display at JDI Booth (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

a Flexible OLED Display at JDI Booth (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

At this exhibition, BOE revealed flexible OLED display for mobile device. Particularly, the 4.35 inch foldable panel is BOE’s first. The product’s bending radius of 5 mm and has the brightness of 350 nits.  

Tianma displayed 55 inch on-cell touch equipped TFT-HD AMOLED panel. The flexible display has 270 ppi and bending radius of 20 mm.

JDI exhibited flexible plastic OLED (POLED). The 5.2 inch product has 423 ppi with the resolution of 1080 x 1920.

an OLED Display for Mobile at Tianma Booth (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

an OLED Display for Mobile at Tianma Booth (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

Quantum dot sector also presented a strong front against OLED in SID 2016. Nanosys and QD Vision exhibited OLED TV and quantum dot TV next to each other and presented merits of quantum dot.

According to QD Vision, quantum dot could consume 50% less power compared to OLED. Nanosys explained that while white OLED panel TV shows brightness of only up to 500 nits, their own quantum dot TV can actualize 1,200 nits of brightness.

[SID 2016] Samsung Reveals 806 ppi VR Panel, Highest Resolution in Industry

SDC Showcasting an 806ppi OLED Panel for VR (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

SDC Showcasing an 806ppi OLED Panel for VR ( San Francisco = OLEDNET )

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

Samsung Display is drawing attention with 5 inch level VR (virtual Reality) device display with the highest resolution in the industry. The company also displayed Bio Blue, which minimized blue wavelength harmful to human eye.

At Society for Information Display 2016 ( SID 2016, 22-27 May), Samsung Display drew visitors’ attention with their new panel products such as OLED for VR and rollable OLED. At the exhibition booth, Samsung Display presented new 5.5 inch panel. The panel’s resolution, 806 ppi, is the highest pixel density of the 5 inch level VR panels published so far. The resolution is 3840 x 2160 with 306 nit brightness and 97% color gamut.

SDC`s 'Bioblue' (Sanfrancisco = OLEDNET)

SDC`s ‘Bioblue’ (Sanfrancisco = OLEDNET)

Additionally, Samsung Display revealed another OLED panel for VR named Bio Blue. Bio Blue minimized harmful blue light by adding light blue to the existing RGB pixel structure. Displaying Bio Blue, the company emphasized that OLED is better for eye health compared to LCD. Of the total blue spectrum, the proportion of blue light harmful to human eye is 66% for LCD and 32% for AMOLED. Samsung Display added that AMOLED will be able to reduce this figure to 6% in future.

Samsung Display exhibited diverse OLED panels including 5.7 inch rollable and panel for notebook use.

 

[SID 2016] JDI CTO “LCD isn`t Suitable for Flexible”…Emphasizes ‘Human Friendly’

a Slide from JDI Hiroyuki Ohshima CTO`s Keynote (San Francisco =OLEDNET)

a Slide from JDI Hiroyuki Ohshima CTO`s Keynote (San Francisco =OLEDNET)

 

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

CTO of  JDI , Hiroyuki Ohshima, estimated that the display will evolve to flexible and human friendly, and emphasized that LCD is not suitable for flexible

During his keynote session in SID 2016 (22-27 May), Ohshima discussed the future of display. He explained that the display will evolve to System Integrated Display that combines different technologies and toward flexible.

Display is expected to become more interactive with human body. Beyond touching the screen with fingers, biological signals will be recognized such as heartbeat, eye gaze, fingerprint, and palm print. Through these, display will evolve into an input device that moves deeper into people’s lives.

For these to become a reality, Ohshima explained that diverse technologies such as touch, recognition, security, health care function, pen input need to be applied to the display. He stressed that display is heading toward flexible and noted LCD’s limitation regarding this issue.

Ohshima told the attendees that as LCD requires backlight and glass substrate is used, it is not suitable to actualize flexible panel. For OLED, it is expected to move forward to flexible and foldable exceeding ultra-thin and curved. However, he added that OLED still has several issues that need to solved including not being able to follow LCD in terms of pixel density.

[SID 2016] Samsung Display ’s EVP “The Future of Car, Window and Mirror is AMOLED”

the slide from SDC CTO`s Keynote at SID 2016 (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

a Slide from Samsung Display EVP`s Keynote at SID 2016 (San Francisco = OLEDNET)

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

As a keynote speaker for SID 2016, Samsung Display ’s Executive VP and Chief of Research Center, Dr. Sung-Chul Kim explained that display will expand human life experiences through application to automotive, window, mirror, etc. and emphasized that AMOLED will become a key solution for this.

During his keynote session in SID 2016, Kim explained display related technological issues and AMOLED’s advantages. In particular, he highlighted AMOLED’s characteristics suitable for flexible.

Displays that can turn from a wall or window into an information display simultaneously require flexibility and hardness. Kim also explained curved display is suitable for automotive uses. In terms of mirror display, AMOLED is suitable as superior color gamut is required.

Kim added that for realistic image required by VR (virtual reality) and others requires ‘driving tech’. He explained that foldable, rollable, deformable, and stretchable displays will produce more attractive devices, and provide new experiences through VR, automotive, digital signage, etc.

Kim told the attendees that display is a window to communicate with the world and expands lives. He emphasized that AMOLED is the key solution for future display, and will bring more opportunities than expected.

 

 

[ SID 2016 ]Samsung Rollable vs. LG 77“…Collision of OLED

Rollable AMOLED at SID 2016 Samsung`s Booth (Source = Samsung Display)

Rollable AMOLED at SID 2016 Samsung`s Booth (Source = Samsung Display)

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

Samsung Display and LG Display will showcase the technologies for next-generation displays at the 2016 Society for Information Display( SID 2016 ) conference, which is being held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco from May 22 to 27.
LG Display’s next-generation technologies including OLED TVs and automotive displays will be on show at the company’s booth from May 24 to 26 At this year’s SID 2016 , LG Display is placing its emphasis on the advantages of OLED and in particular the superior picture quality it offers along with its unlimited potential in application and design. The company will present its 77-inch Ultra HD OLED TV panel which provides the same level of color gamut in displays used by film-editing professionals.
It boasts unbeatable picture performance with perfect black expression and improved brightness by applying the High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology. LG Display will also showcase future concept displays such as 55-inch double-sided and 65-inch concave OLED displays for signage to meeting customers’ expectation for what’s coming next.
For customers in the rapidly rising automotive display market, LG Display will showcase its automotive display product line-ups from cluster displays to the Center Information Display (CID), including a 12.3-inch curved plastic OLED display and a 12.3-inch LCD panel realizing over 1,000 nit of brightness.
LG Display will also highlight its lifelike picture quality 31.5-inch 8K4K monitor and 14-inch Ultra HD resolution notebook panel embedded with high resolution and touch functions. In addition, the company will showcase a range of displays featuring its exclusive touch embedded technology, Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT), from the 6-inch mobile display, and 9.2-inch and 10.3-inch automotive displays that feature touch response even with a gloved hand, to the world’s first touch-enabled 15.6-inch notebook panel and 23-inch monitor panel.

Samsung Display will present latest displays from 5.7 inch rollable AMOLED, AMOLED for laptop, VR, and automotive to hologram at the company’s booth At this year’s SID 2016 .
The 5.7 inch flexible OLED that will be shown at Samsung booth has the highest industry resolution of QHD (2560×1440), and it is ultra-thin with 0.3 mm thickness.
The 5.7 inch rollable AMOLED that can be rolled to the width of a finger weighs 5g. With resolution of FHD (1920×1080) and curvature radius of 10R, the company explains that this has the best specs in terms of resolution and curvature radius of rollable products.
The 13.3 inch and 14 inch QHD AMOLED for laptop used on-cell touch technology. By internalizing the touch censor within the AMOLED panel, the thickness was reduced by 45% compared to LCD to 1.01 mm and weight by 33% to 120 g (13.3 inch). Samsung Display will also show 5.5 inch UHD (3840×2160, 806 ppi) prototype for VR. The number of pixels increased by approximately 2.3 times compared to QHD which is mainly used at present.
Samsung’s 65 inch UHD LCD product increased contrast ratio to 6,000:1 and reduced reflectance level to 2.3%, and HDR actualization is possible in mainstream products. The company will also display 65 inch UHD curved slim product with 5.9 mm thickness.
Samsung will also present Light Field technology related to 3D dimensional video that often appears in science fiction. The technology actualizes an object that looks different from different viewing angles on display and produces 3D film with high degree of completion. The digital hologram technology that allows 3D images to be projected will also be shown. These technologies could be applied to 3D pop-up book, 3D game, VR, AR, HUD, etc. in future.
Additionally, the company will show diverse lineup from Central Information Display to Cluster including 12.3 inch curved display equipped with automotive POLED and 12.3 inch product with high resolution and high brightness of over 1,000 nit.

 

UBI Research to Hold Consultation on OLED Reports and Consulting at SID 2016

(Source = SID)

(Source = SID)

Hyunjoo Kang / jjoo@olednet.com

In May 24-26, during the SID Display Week 2016 in Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, UBI Research will be operating a booth, open for business consultation.

At the exhibition booth, UBI Research will carry out meetings regarding their OLED Reports and consulting service. Visitors will be able to receive detailed information on reports published by UBI Research and consultation. The company will be introducing their methodology on investigating latest news in OLED industry and customer benefits.

UBI Research invites the interested parties to their booth at SID 2016. The company added that this will be an excellent opportunity to obtain important insights on OLED industry, and everyone is invited to visit their booth.

Interested visitors will be able to meet UBI Research at booth #409 in SID 2016 exhibition at Moscone Convention Center. Booth will be in operation for 3 days in May 24-26. Pre-arranged meetings are welcome.

For more details, please contact marketing team manager Hana Oh (hanaoh@ubiresearch.co.kr, + 82 2 577 4940).