But from the outset it seems Microsoft is going to have to educate consumers to help them differentiate between tablet PCs and smart displays.
ViewSonic has decided to give Android-powered "smart displays" a second go-round.
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Fresh off the launch of the Tablet PC that has dominated his Comdex speeches for the last two years, Gates turned attention toward smart displays.
Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.
From another perspective, the resolution format of the newly-developed display is nearly twice the resolution of today's high-resolution smart phone displays.
The smart map displays a visual representation of the home network and all of the connected devices to give users valuable information about network connectivity and current bandwidth usage so they can easily resolve any possible connectivity issues and get the most out of their home network.
That should sound familiar to fans of Google Glass, but by using Epson's binocular displays, these smart glasses can convey depth in a way Mountain View's monocle cannot. (Not to mention that Glass doesn't even do AR apps... yet).
Television manufacturers are drifting toward enhanced smart TVs, super-thin displays, and 4K resolution, all of which are more useful to consumers than 3D.
In the next two years the most common place to see eye-control technology will be in interactive public displays, tablets, laptops and smart phones, and perhaps in video games, believes Hung.
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While much of the current buzz in tech is focused on small high definition displays found in tablets, smartphones and smart watches, one analyst believes there is untapped demand for the tech giant's vision - not least because of all the data generated by the other gadgets.
The features people are used to on a smart phone are increasingly going to be on their dashboard displays as well.
If you ask us, the smart money is on multi-purpose devices running hybrid displays from Pixel Qi (or similar) like Notion Ink's Adam.
It fears that without visual displays householders will find it harder to benefit from the smart meters and save power.
Focus group research presented in the report, The Smart Way to Display, shows a consumer preference for simplicity in visual displays of energy use.
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductors for the digital multimedia market, from portable devices such as smart phones to high-end graphics cards and large, high-definition displays.
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The news app will initially be available free of charge on Samsung Smart TVs through their apps store and later it will be accessible on a variety of connected devices and displays, including an international version.
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