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IDTechEx Analyzes Meta’s VR Optics Future

by Artem Alekseenko

Virtual Reality (VR) hecadsets are edging toward becoming commonplace. However, social acceptability is still some way off and the user experience is not entirely comfortable. Essential to solving these problems are the lenses that …

Tags:| IdTechEx| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 27th June 2022

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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple| ATSC| Desktop Monitors| DRM & Content Protection| DVB-T & T2| FCC| Foxconn (Honhai)| Hisense| Huawei| Poland| Samsung| Security| Smart TV| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality

Next Generation MicroLED Displays at DisplayWeek 2022

by Sweta Dash

Next Generation microLED displays were showcased and discussed at DisplayWeek 2022 through exhibitions, the Business Conference, symposiums and seminars. MicroLED provides the best features of LCD and OLED display and has the potential to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AUO| | Forecasts| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Nanosys| Production Technology| Quantum Dots| The Metaverse

Samsung to supply 5 million automotive AMOLED displays to BMW

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ET News in Korea reported that Samsung Display has been chosen to supply OLEDs to BMW for a ‘high end sedan’ from 2024 with volumes reaching 4 million units over …

Tags:Automotive| Forecasts| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung Display

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Bloomberg: Apple planning A14 Apple TV

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple watcher, Mark Gurman, said that the firm is about to “embark on one of the most ambitious periods of new products in its history” between the autumn of this …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Notebooks| Smartphones| STBs| tablets

KAIST is Developing a White OLED Device Based on Fiber Substrates

by Arthur Berman

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Republic of Korea) or KAIST are developing a white OLED (WOLED) on a thin fiber substrate. Such fibers have the potential for use …

Tags:Fabric & Textile Displays| Korea| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)

Sony & Samsung QD-OLED Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTVTest has had a look at the Sony A95K Master series TV, which, like the Samsung S95B, uses a QD OLED panel. He goes through a number of …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

TCL CSoT Promotes Advanced OLED Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese website Weixin.qq.com reporter that TCL Huaxing has said that it has developed LTPO technology that can cover a range of 1 to 144Hz refresh. It has also developed MLP (Micro …

Tags:China| CSOT| OLED Fabs| TCL

Apple Takes 62% of Premium Market in Q1 2022

by Artem Alekseenko

The global premium (US$400 and above wholesale ASP) smartphone market sales volume declined 8% YoY during the quarter, but it still performed better than the overall smartphone market, which declined by 10%, according to …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Apple| Smartphone Market

Laptop Mag Looks at M2 MacBook Pro 13

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Laptop Magazine had a good look at the new M2 MacBook Pro 13 notebook from Apple. It lamented that the LCD display on the unit has wide bezels but liked that …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks| Testing

New XR Experience in Canada “Uncontained” is Contained

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A firm called XR Immersive Tech Inc. has said that it will launch a new immersive XR experience in Canada at the Playland Amusement park in British Columbia and the PNE …

Tags:Canada| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Virtual Set Makers Promoting More than RGB for LED Walls

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Broadcast Bridge reported on a big new virtual production facility being built in LA by Orbital Virtual Productions. There are two stages – one that is 50′ x 25′ and 15′ …

Tags:Movies & Content| Multi-Primary| USA| Virtual Sets