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Dell Adds OLED Option to XPS 13 – Latest Version

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has made available a new OLED display option for its flagship XPS 13 notebook. The display has 3456 x 2160 resolution (a bit squarer than UltraHD and 16:10 aspect ratio). …

Tags:Dell| Notebooks| OLEDs

Apple Headset May Have 15 Cameras

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Phone Arena reported that Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will use an under-display Face ID sensor in 2023, which will eliminate the ‘notch’ in Apple’s display. He has also …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Epic Games, developer of 3D engine Unreal, raised $1 Billion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat reports that Epic Games has raised $1 billion to help fund its development of a ‘metaverse’ and the round values the company at $28.7 billion. Among the investors was Sony …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Investment| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Oculus to Update Quest 2 Apps to 120Hz

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oculus published a blog post saying that it would roll out new v28 software for Quest headsets that would enable 120Hz support on the Quest 2 headset and allowing the use …

Tags:Oculus Rift| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality

Sigmaintell Sees Small LCD Pricing as Flat, TVs as Rising

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell put out its panel pricing reports for both small/medium and large panels for April 2021. Small medium prices are broadly stable, with a rise in one size of amorphous LCD …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply

TCL Moves IJP OLED TV Plans On

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechRadar reports that TCL had said that it plans to introduce inkjet printing for TV panels in 2023. DSCC had a lot more information on this that was published in its …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| TCL

Market launch for the world’s largest 8K display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that the Sharp 120″ 8K 8M-B120C LED display is now shipping in the German market. (Sharp Launches New 120 inch 8K Display) The set was first seen at IFA …

Tags:LCD Panels| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp

Dell Bullish on PC Market Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell held an investor call focusing on its Client Solutions Group and was very bullish about the future growth of the PC business. It quoted a forecast from IDC that put …

Tags:Dell| Forecasts| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Sony Updates Xperia Phones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony announced three new smartphones highlighting the firm’s technology in cameras and imaging. In the Xperia 1 III there are four focal lengths available from three cameras, and the ‘periscope’ camera …

Tags:Smartphones| sony

Nvidia Extends Foveated Rendering with Tobii

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a talk at the Nvidia GPU Developers’ Conference (GDC) this week, Nvidia said that it will make it easier for app developers to integrate foveated rendering (FR) into their applications. …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition