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Tekle Holographics Claims Holographic Display Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Dutch company, Tekle Holographics said that it was going to CES 2022 to show a ‘metaverse portal’ that showed images in ‘real size and without a headset’. The company claims …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D software| CES 2022| Holographic Displays

JVC Aims to Widen its Market Access

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At CES 2022, JVC announced a new ‘entry level’ D-ILA projector built around an LCOS device that has a wire grid polariser and achieving a native contrast of 40,000:1 and dynamic …

Tags:CES 2022| JVC| LCOS| Projectors

QD-OLED vs miniLED – The Challenge of Positioning

by Bob Raikes

Back before I became an analyst, editor and writer, I spent a lot of time in display and brand marketing. One of the topics that I tried to bear in mind the concept of …

Tags:CES 2022| MiniLED| OLEDs| Pricing| QD OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

Lenovo Introduces a Dual Display Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo has shown the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 which has a 17.3″ 120Hz 21:10 aspect ratio panel with 3072 x 1440 resolution as the main display but also a secondary ‘tablet …

Tags:CES 2022| Lenovo| Notebooks

BMW Covers a Car with E Ink

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BMW showed a demonstration of a car wrapped in E Ink film. The film was laser cut to be applied to the car. There are static images (using no power after …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2022| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)

Vuzix Upgrades the Shield Safety Glasses and Updates M-Series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix introduced its newest Vuzix Shield Smart Glasses that are intended for enterprise customers. The headset is based on a Snapdragon XR1 platform and used dual monochrome green microLED stereo displays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Health and Safety| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Vuzix

The Xtal 3 Uses Dual 4K Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have reported on Vrgineers and their high quality VR headsets and Chris tried the previous QuadHD version at CES in 2019. (VR I Didn’t See at CES) At CES this …

Tags:Aviation| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display Shows Asymmetric Folding Smartphone Privatel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald described a concept smartphone shown privately by Samsung Display at CES. The concept uses asymmetric display sizes so that when folded, one part of the display is still …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung Display

 Odyssey Ark Samsung is 55″ and Curved

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has a new monitor that has a 55″ diagonal very curved (1000R) Odyssey Ark display which is reported to have ‘4K’ QD miniLED display and has pivoting facilities as well …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Samsung

Kopin & Panasonic Subsidiary show VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been reporting on Kopin’s microOLEDs and its developments of all plastic ‘pancake optics’. At CES 2022, Shiftall, a fully owned subsidiary of Panasonic, showed a headset based on the …

Tags:CES 2022| Kopin| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Optics| Panasonic| Virtual Reality