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ScioTeq Launches Next Generation Radar Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

ScioTeq, the leading manufacturer of advanced visualization solutions in the Air Traffic Control, Defense & Security and Avionics market, launches its next generation ATC main radar displays at World ATM in Madrid at booth …

Tags:Air Traffic Control (ATC)| Aviation| Avionics

MMD Brings Designed for XBox to Smaller Sets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MMD has launched two new monitors under the Philips Momentum Designed for Xbox branding and designed for up to 120Hz operation with the Microsoft console. There are 31.5″ (329M1RV and 27″ …

Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| MMD (AOC Philips)| xBox

Advances in MicroLED to be Presented at the AR/VR Display Forum

by Artem Alekseenko

MicroLED is a disruptive display technology that promises high brightness and high contrast while keeping power consumption low. These features are particularly relevant for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications to deliver …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Virtual Reality

Panasonic To Stop TV Production in Pilsen, Czech Rep.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic has been reported as stopping its in-house production of TVs in Pilsen, Czech Rep. The factory is expected to close by the end of March 2022 with the loss of …

Tags:Europe| Panasonic| TV Production

Gurman Likes the MacBook Pro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who produces the influential ‘Power On’ subscription newsletter, has summarised his view that the new MacBook Pro is a good step forward for genuinely Pro users of Apple’s …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| MiniLED| Notebooks

Links Week Commencing 25th October 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Nvidia’s GeForce Now gets an RTX 3080 …

Tags:Apple| Cloud Gaming| CPUs| Game Playing| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Medical| MiniLED| Nvidia| Virtual Reality

Krugman on China’s Bubble

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Renowned economist, in a New York Times subscription newsletter has pointed out that in his view, the Chinese economy has a high risk of hitting problems as growth in recent years …

Tags:Financial Data| Macroeconomics

Pitted Metalens is More Robust

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Up to now, most metalens architectures have been based on building raised pillars to create nanosurfaces that can influence light to create metalenses. Now Optics.org reports that a group at Harvard …

Tags:Metasurfaces| Optics| R&D (Research & Development)

Micro Projector Developer TriLite raises €8M to Boost ARVR Glasses aims

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TriLite, a maker of microprojectors for AR & VR based in Vienna, Austria, has raised €8 million in investment from VCs including Apex Ventures, B&C Innovation Investments, Hermann Hauser Investment, TEC …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser Projectors| MEMS| Microdisplays| Virtual Reality

Badger by Satellite Displays is live on StartEngine

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on Badger, a start-up that is developing ‘smart badges’ based on EPD displays. The firm aims to use the technology to provide ‘real time close captioning’ (Badger Adds Subtitles …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Investment| Medical