Instead, it's taken considerably longer to get anywhere close, and the nearest to mass -
market wearable display approaches have either focused on delivering basic notifications, like Google Glass, or some sort of game arena, like Oculus Rift.
Not exact matches
The Vancouver maker of heads - up
displays needed scale, and Intel wanted in on the burgeoning
wearables market.
If the gadgets on
display at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show are any indicator, the
market for
wearable technology — smartwatches especially — is exploding.
Jennifer Colegrove, an analyst at
market researcher iSuppli Corp., identified several product categories in addition to e-book readers, including
displays for
wearable and carryable products like watch dials, cell phones, credit cards and security - system cards; instrumentation applications like the capacity meter on Lexar JumpDrive USB drives; and signage.
The technology will enable product designers to develop stylish, more ergonomically - friendly devices in several emerging industrial segments, including flexible AMOLED and other
displays for mobile and
Wearables and the Internet of Things, -
markets which are forecast to be worth $ 12Bn by 2020 (IHS 2013 report) and $ 1.9 trillion across all sectors in 2020 respectively.
He went on to say «here is our thinking, we can pretty much design a
display with any dpi that matches the underlying TFT but current
market demand for eSchoolbooks is 157 PPI (to keep the cost low) and less than 200 PPI for
Wearables, we will pretty much make the
displays to suit the application / customer need (assuming of course large enough volume).
E Ink and Canatu have just signed a long - term agreement to offer a line of flexible touch
displays for the
wearable market, with the first product ready for sampling to customers in July 2016.
STARTING IN 2010, when Apple made the Retina
display and
display - quality central themes for its product
marketing,
displays have experienced an unprecedented renaissance in new technologies for smartphones, tablets, TVs, and even new classes of products such as
wearable displays.
The
market for flex AMOLED
displays is set to grow to $ 23bn by 2023 (IHS 2014 report), fuelled by the pull for flexible
displays for
wearables and the Internet of Things.
According to IHS, the flexible
display market will grow to $ 15.5 billion in 2022 as the popularity of
wearable and mobile devices with flexible
displays increases.
According to IHS, the flexible
display market is expected to grow to $ 15.5 billion in 2022 as the popularity of
wearables with flexible
displays increase.
The survey suggests that while the
display and battery life of a device are considered the most important features for consumers, their needs and expectations are not being fully met by the
wearable products that are currently on the
market.
According to IHS, the flexible
display market will grow to $ 15.5 billion in 2022 as the popularity of
wearable and mobile devices with flexible
displays increase.
With integration on iOS, Android and Windows Phone, the Microsoft Band is one of the more versatile
wearables on then
market, and its touchscreen OLED
display makes it easy to navigate through the various menus.
You can even see Swarovski's contribution to the
wearables market with the likes of the Huawei Watch models that came out for women shortly after the original model, which were encrusted with jewels around the
display and watch case.
The FitRist is like the other fitness
wearable device available in the
market that can monitor your physical activities, it also comes with an OLED
display.
The emerging
wearable computing category is perhaps where the most intriguing possibilities lie, but smartphones will apparently be the first device category to see a mass -
market device launch featuring a new flexible
display.
Reuters notes that «curved
displays are in the early stages of development and allow bendable or foldable designs that could eventually allow mobile and
wearable gadgets to take new forms that could radically change the high - end smartphone
market,» although it's not clear just how radical the first models released by LG and Samsung will be.
According to our Phones,
Wearables and Tablets Writer James Peckham, the best tablet on the
market right now is the new iPad (2017), with its sharp 9.7 - inch
display, beautiful design, and A9 chip — and all for a price that isn't going to break the bank.
Samsung and LG have been working on flexible
displays for some time now, with applications in the smartphone and
wearables markets in mind.
«It's exciting to be working closely with Samsung on the launch of the Gear Live — with it's all - day battery and vibrant
display — to bring more smart
wearables to the
market.»