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Plastic Logic’s Colour Display Revolutionises Smart Wearables

by Artem Alekseenko

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), has announced a new flexible 5.4in colour display that is set to revolutionise smart wearable devices. Smart wearables, such …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Plastic Logic| Wearables

HDR Adoption Accelerating in Broadcasting

by Bob Raikes

Harmonic Inc, the provider of video technology for broadcasters and streamers has been holding a series of webinars in a ‘Live Summit’ event. We sat in on an interesting panel session today on the …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| VOD

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Other Than Visual VR Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Well, by definition it’s not to do with displays, as the article is entitled “Is There VR for Senses Other Than Sight?”, but Gizmodo talked to academics working on other inputs …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Facebook plans to release an Oculus Quest “Pro”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook said in a Twitter dialogue that it expects to extend the life of the Quest 2 headset “for a long while” and will introduce a “Pro” version, but not this …

Tags:| Virtual Reality

23% of US Households Can Access VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A downloadable report from ARtillery Intelligence sets out the results from a survey of 46,000 adults in the US on the topic of AR and VR. The survey highlights the continuing …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Xiaomi Flash Sale Shows ‘Lust for Foldables’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi said that it had its first ‘flash sale’ of the Mi Mix Fold smartphone in China and sold $61 million worth of devices in one minute to sell out completely. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

Sony reverses decision to close PS3, Vita game stores

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony said that its decision to close its PlayStation Store on the PS3, Vita and PSP. The company received negative feedback from users, so has reversed the decision for the PS3 …

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Huawei To Release 3 New Foldable Smartphones in 2H21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Huawei, which launched the foldable Mate X2 a couple of months ago, is planning three new foldable devices in the second half of last year. Digitimes Research believes …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Market Data| Smartphones

Floating Point Opportunity For 4K HDR with IP

by Tony Orme

I’m back in the weeds of production and HDR today. I have been following a series of discussions in ‘The Broadcast Bridge’ about whether the traditional gamma curve is still needed. Last week I …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Video over IP (VIP)

Counterpoint Reports on US Smartphone Features

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research has released a free downloadable report on features popular in the US smartphone market. The report highlights the growth in the largest class of devices. Apple and Samsung are …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphones| USA

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AUO @ Touch Taiwan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Touch Taiwan kicked off this week with a physical as well as a virtual expo. We had been hoping to visit, but Covid put paid to that. Instead we had a …

Tags:AUO| Automotive| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Fingerprint Recognition| Flexible Displays| Game Playing| LED| Medical| MicroLED| MiniLED| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Retail| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Touch Taiwan 2021