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Meta Platforms Halts VR and AR Operating System Project

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although the Information reported that Meta was stopping development of a new O/S to support AR and VR, and would focus on modifying Android, but Bloomberg got a quote from Meta …

Tags:Android| Facebook/Meta| Operating Systems| The Metaverse

Sony Releases PS VR2 Specifications

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a blog post, Sony announced some details of its next (PlayStation VR2) VR headset in a blog post. The firm said that as well as the specification detailed below, the …

Mojo Vision Looks at Sport and Gets More Investment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mojo Vision said that it has done deals with a number of sports brands including Adidas Running (running/training), Trailforks (cycling, hiking/outdoors), Wearable X (yoga), Slopes (snow sports) and 18Birdies (golf) to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Contact Lens Display| Investment| Sports and Stadiums

CY Vision Works with BMW on AR Windscreens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say CY Vision said that it is working together with BMW on the development of holography-based windshield AR displays and was showing the technology at CES this week. The firm said that …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| CES 2022| Holography

Brelyon Debuts World’s First Headset-Free Virtual Monitor at CES 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Brelyon said that it was at CES to show its displays that use ‘monocular depth’ to produce desktop monitors that are intended to give a sense of immersion and depth without …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| CES 2022| Desktop Monitors

Microsoft & Qualcomm Collaborate on Lighter AR – Snap Buys Compound

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At CES, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon said that the firm is working with Microsoft to develop a chip for “power efficient, lightweight” AR glasses. That follows on from comments last summer by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Microsoft| Qualcomm

OK, QD-OLED Is Here… and the Difference Will be Apparent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday, I speculated that as Samsung was not announcing any QD-OLED TVs at CES, then Sony might be the first to announce such a set and that turned out to be …

BlackBerry Pulls the Plug on Older Devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BlackBerry announced that it would discontinue its service on its classic, non-Android phones. At one time the firm had 20% of the global smartphone market with sales of more than 50 …

Tags:BlackBerry| Smartphones

Acer Boosts Monitors & Adds Gaming OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer had plenty to talk about at CES. Display highlights included: The Predator X32 ($1,999/Feb) and X32 FP ($1,799/Q2) are UltraHD IPS gaming monitors which have VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certifications and …

DSCC Releases 10 Predictions for the Display Industry in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has released its 10 Predictions for the display industry in 2022. You can download the predictions here (registration required). The prediction topics are: LCD TV panel prices OLED TV panel …

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Samsung Freestyle is a TV projector, light and smart speaker

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung launched a new DLP projector that has a spotlight shape – or like a smart speaker (which it can also act as). The device can be run from external batteries …

Tags:Projectors| Samsung| Voice Input

TCL’s Biggest TV is not 8K

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I wrote my early news on CES quite early (Highlights of Early CES 2022 Display News) as some of the conferences were going on and my article didn’t mention the new …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL