2021 – Page 34 – Display Daily

Tablets May be Down Globally, but Germany is Positive

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite reports of a weak global tablet market, the GFU said that sales of tablets in Germany for the year to the end of September are positive with 3.8 million units …

Tags:Germany| Market Data| tablets

Will your next TV really be a $1 AR app?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol Next Up newsletter picked up on a comment by Mark Zuckerberg last week that “Lots of things that are physical today, like screens, will just be holograms in the …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| The Metaverse| TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)

iPhone Fold could be one step closer to reality

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Phone Arena spotted a patent (“Electronic devices with fiber composite friction hinges”). Most of the rest of the article is speculation and quotes from the the patent application. What We Think …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Patents

Tech can’t fix the problem of cars

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York Times looked at the barriers to a quick introduction of self-driving vehicles after the release of a book that pointed out that car makers have been promising to …

Tags:Automotive

Microsoft plans to debut Mesh for Teams for mixed-reality work experiences

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft, the most valuable company in the world when I last looked (and that’s not often!) has responded to Meta’s talk of the Facebookverse by talking up its plans to add …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

New Approaches to High Mobility IGZO (> 70 cm²/Vs) Using Spatial ALD

by Ian Hendy

In my earlier article about six months ago, I summarised the six main categories of technical driver of higher performance IGZO and the rationales for higher performing (oxide) semiconductor materials in displays. Higher performance …

MSI is planning AmLED display and 4K OLED monitors for gamers

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Prad.de reported that MSI has talked about a new MEG Artymis 341 gaming monitor that is a 34″ unit with miniLED backlight, based on AUO AmLED technology. The dynamic optimisation of …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| OLEDs

Research: US streamers leaving VoD

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Kantar has reported on the US SVOD market and Advanced Television had details. Entertainment on Demand, the solution measuring streaming service subscription levels, reveals the following subscriber behaviours in the US …

Tags:Market Data| SVOD

eGlass to Debut World’s First Transparent Lightboard with Built-in Camera at InfoComm 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

Pathway Innovations, Inc., an innovative technology leader in the education and enterprise markets, announced that its revolutionary eGlass illuminated glass writing board will be making its long-awaited InfoComm debut. An all-in-one communications tool featuring …

Tags:Glass| Infocomm 2021| Transparent Displays

ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces the ROG Phone 5s Series

by Artem Alekseenko

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced the new ROG Phone 5s and ROG Phone 5s Pro gaming smartphones, the latest and most powerful additions to the game-changing ROG Phone 5 family. The ROG Phone …

Tags:Asus| Smartphones

Sky addresses Sky Glass flickering screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say broadbandtvnews.com reports that a number of Sky Glass customers (When is a TV not a TV?) have complained about issues with the new TVs about ‘distracting flicker’. There are also complaints …

Tags:Sky| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

Nintendo Cuts Back Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Following the news of cut backs in iPad production, the Nikkei reports that Nintendo has cut back its production plan for Switch consoles this quarter from 30 million to 24 million. …

Tags:Nintendo| Supply Chain

Year: 2021