Year: 2022

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Clarification of Material Properties for Clearly Better Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

A new material is set to provide us with faster and higher resolution displays. Hokkaido University researchers could explain what makes this material so special, opening the door to its application and further development. …

Tags:Materials

Microsoft Hololens causes US army nausea and headaches

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘more than 80%’ of US soldiers that used the IVAS customised Microsoft Hololens headset experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments” such as eye strain within three hours. The information was …

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

TCL is About Ready to Launch the NXTWEAR S XR Glasses

by Arthur Berman

A new extended reality glasses product called NXTWEAR S is about to be launched by TCL Electronics Holdings Limited (Hong Kong).  A video introducing the NXTWEAR S is appended to the end of this article. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| TCL

Apple Cuts Production of iPhone 14 Plus

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is reported to have asked its suppliers to dramatically reduce the production of some models of the iPhone 14. The iPhone 14 Plus seems to be the most affected with …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain

Sky Upgrades Glass Backlight Firmware

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What Hi-Fi in the UK attended a press event held by Sky about the new streaming puck, but Sky also showe a demonstration of improvements to the backlights in the recently …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Sky| TVs (TV Sets)

USB-IF Announces Publication of New USB4 Specification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The USB-IF said a few weeks ago that it would introduce a new USB4 V2.0 to double the speed of the interface to 80Gbps using existing hardware, but with few details. …

Tags:DisplayPort| Interfaces| Standards| USB

Barco Trading Update for Q3 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bellwether A/V stock Barco updated on its results for the third calendar quarter of the year and saw a continuing post-Covid recovery. Orders were up 8% on Q3 2021 to €242 …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data

Apple Announces New iPads, AppleTV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say To nobody’s surprise, after all the rumours and speculation, Apple announced a new Apple TV streaming video box and new iPads. The iPad Pro has been updated to use the M2 …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Streaming Dongles| tablets