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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (40347)	11/13/2003 2:34:36 AM
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Futuristic displays are coming into focus Last modified: November 12, 2003, 4:37 PM PST By Ed Frauenheim Staff Writer, CNET News.com Several three-dimensional display technologies are in the works, and organic light-emitting displays are poised to grow quickly, research firm iSuppli/Stanford Resources said Wednesday. The market for organic light-emitting displays (OLEDs) will rise from $219 million this year to more than $3 billion in 2009, according to the firm. In a Web presentation on emerging displays, iSuppli analyst Kimberly Allen said 3D display efforts under way include using a different screen for each eye and the parallax technology Sharp has used in a recently announced product, which sends pixel images to two separate regions in front of the display. Allen also called attention to IO2 Technology--which is developing a display that illuminates air to create an image that appears 3D--and technology from Actuality Systems. Actuality's Perspecta Spatial 3D Display technology uses a rotating projection lens to create an image that appears to occupy 3D space in a transparent dome. "3D innovators are laughing in the face of the current recession," Allen said. Allen's presentation focused largely on display types that haven't become mainstream yet. A major display battle today centers on the way liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are displacing more traditional cathode ray tubes (CRTs) in computer monitors and televisions. For example, worldwide shipments of LCD televisions hit 734,000 in the first quarter, up 223 percent from the first quarter of last year, according to market research firm DisplaySearch. And despite a general downturn in shipments of desktop monitors, shipments of LCD monitors surged in the first quarter of the year, DisplaySearch found.