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Economist Looks at XR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist published an article on XR and the Metaverse. The author tried Snap’s latest ‘Specs’ and he said: “The downside of their slender styling is a battery life of 30 …

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

E Ink Launches E Ink Kaleido 3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say E Ink announced the latest version of its Kaleido colour electrophoretic display technology. It is claimed to have ‘richer colours’ (4096) based on 16 greyscale levels and using black and white …

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Watching the Games in VR – The Sequel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Developer of 360° video technology company, TiledMedia, published an interesting blog post on changes in the testing of VR in sport between the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympics. The blog …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Olympics| Sports and Stadiums| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality

Belated News on SID Awards

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apologies, we missed the announcement by SID of the recipients of its Annual Awards a couple of weeks ago. Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize (outstanding technical achievement) – Wei Chen and John …

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Taiwanese Panel Makers down for Q1 and March

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux and AUO released their monthly data for March. Innolux was up 9.0% in revenue terms on February, but 22.8% down on last year to $822 million. Volumes were up to …

Tags:Financial Data| LCD Fabs| Taiwan

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LG Display considering both W-OLED and RGB-OLED as monitor tech

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported comments from an LG Display executive, Lee Hyun-hoo, at an event in Busan, Korea, run by UBI Research. He said that the firm is considering whether to make …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Monitors| OLEDs| WOLED (White OLED)

Research: 76% US homes have smart TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I spotted a report in Advanced TV about research from Hub Entertainment Research on the use of Smart TVs in the US based on a survey of 5,204 selected consumers. You …

Tags:5G| Market Data| Smart TV| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K

BT scores 8K first

by Bob Raikes

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The Long View on LCDs vs OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

A couple of friends, well versed in the technology and graphics industries recently expressed surprise when I mentioned the withdrawal of Samsung from the LCD business. We had an email exchange and so I …

Tags:LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| TVs (TV Sets)

Looking Through Mojo Vision’s Newest AR Contact Lens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported some information about the demos that Mojo Vision has been giving. The first article we saw has been supplemented by more information in IEEE Spectrum, which also got to …

Tags:Augmented Reality