Anyone who has recently looked around at the booths of the Chinese electronics company TCL has almost always found display glasses somewhere. As part of the exclusively digital CES, the group has now announced the market launch of the wearable display for this year. The group also wants to make offers for tablet fans.

Cinema on the nose The wearable display is not a smart pair of glasses, but rather a cinematic experience to take with you. TCL has transplanted two mini OLED displays onto the inside of the glasses, each showing full HD. According to TCL, this corresponds to the viewing experience one has when viewing a film on one 65 four inch screen Meters away. TCL specifies the pixel density with 49 pixels per degree (PPD).

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The glasses themselves only house the two displays and are dependent on an external player to play media – even games can be displayed on them. This can be a laptop or a smartphone that outputs display signals via USB-C. According to Stefan Streit, General Manager of Global Marketing at TCL, the transmission works exclusively via cable. When asked, he did not provide any specific information on prices and availability. However, the market launch “in a bundle” should be this year. The US startup Avegant had already shown its Glyph video glasses at CES 2017. Royole also pursued the concept of mobile cinema with the Moon.

LCD panel like paper? TCL

The also presented Nxtpaper tablet is supposed to combine the advantages of IPS and e-ink displays. In contrast to conventional LCD displays, TCL does not have a backlight on the 8-inch Nxtpaper. Instead, a special layer below the pixel level should reflect the ambient light and thus enable a representation almost as if it were printed. The display does not suffer from the slow image build-up that is typical for e-inks, so that films can also be played on it. According to TCL, the display should be up to 24 percent more contrast than E-Inks and 65 Consume percent less electricity than conventional LCD displays. Unlike this, however, the Nxtpaper display depends on ambient light. According to TCL, the display can also handle pen input.

TCL equips the tablet with a 5500 – mAh battery off, which should allow 10 hours of continuous use. The Android – – Tablet comes with a MediaTek MT 8768 E, which is usually found in entry-level devices. The 64 GByte memory can be expanded. The market launch is announced for April, TCL calls for the device 140 Euro.

(rbr)