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When Can LCD TV Panel Prices Stop Declining?

by Sweta Dash

LCD TV panel prices have been declining since July 2021 and the trend is expected to continue throughout Q2 2022. With an improvement in the Covid19 situation and a shift away from STH (Stay-at-home) …

Tags:Covid-19| Display Supply & Demand| LCD Fabs| Pricing| Russia| Supply Chain

Avoiding the Landfill, Part II: Great Beginnings

by Len Scrogan

Plato was squarely on center when he advised that “the beginning is the most important part of the work.” Poor [technology] implementation from the very outset of a project always spirals us towards the …

Tags:Education

BOE To Supply Microdisplays for Yuanshi

by Bob Raikes

What They Say XR Today reports that Shenzhen MetaVision Tech Co has announced a new VR device, the Particle, weighing just 250 gms and with the following specification: A lightweight form factor of just …

Tags:BOE| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Creative Content Production Tool Advances at NAB

by Andy Marken

Maybe it’s the fact that it’s been three years since folks could gather to see and talk about creative industry stuff. Maybe it’s because creators and deliverers want to discuss the important topics of …

Tags:NAB 2022| Piracy| Security| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Sets

Global Smartphone Market Declined by 7% YoY in Q1 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was a rush of releases with Q1 market data from firms including IDC and Counterpoint. Counterpoint said that he global smartphone market declined by 7% YoY and 12% QoQ to …

Tags:Apple| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Hololens IVAS System Future Still Unclear

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We previously reported on delays to the implementation of the US military’s plan for the use of IVAS, based on Microsoft’s Hololens, (IVAS US Defence Development Struggling? and US Army Delays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Training

Research Team Develop ‘Mouth Haptics’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from Carnegie Mellon University that looks at ‘Future Interfaces’ has developed a system that delivers ‘mouth-centred haptics’. The system uses beamed ultrasound to simulate various different sensations in the …

Tags:Haptics| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

Comcast and Charter Combine to Battle Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A joint venture between Comcast and Charter is intended to help the two US cable companies to better compete with dedicated streamers such as Roku, Google TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. …

Tags:Cable| OTT Video| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Zuckerberg and Leaks Add to Meta Cambria News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After Meta’s earnings call, there have been lots of reports about the firm’s XR plans, with an emphasis on the Project Cambria headset. There was also interest because it builds on …

Tags:| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality