By Phil Wright DisplayDaily New product announcements and developments to be exhibited at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (International CES, Las Vegas, Jan. 7-10, 2014) may point the way to novel and improved consumer product user interface designs and implementations. As CES 2014 unfolds, I will be following user interface advancements and how they interact […]

By Phil Wright DisplayDaily Sony at CEDIA Expo 2013 introduced its latest home theater products for the custom install market. Foremost among the company’s three new front projector offerings is the VPL-VW1100ES 4K home theater projector (see photo). The latest Sony 4K Ultra HD projector delivers 2,000 lumens for use with screen sizes up to […]

By Phil Wright Hue, a new product from Philips that is just now reaching market in the Apple store, combines several of my interests including LED lighting, smartphones, tablets, displays, wireless networking and the Internet in intriguing fashion. The Hue lighting system allows the user to wirelessly and remotely control the lighting intensity and color of […]

By Phil Wright User Interface Prof. Takashi Ohta and his colleagues at Tokyo University of Technology have demonstrated a means for linking displays through a new user interface they call “Pinch.”  As shown in the images and video below, the Pinch interface allows users to wirelessly connect via Wi-Fi the displays of multiple touch screen devices. By placing one finger […]