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Panasonic, IBM, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are also canceling

by Bob Raikes

What They Say More companies have dropped out from CES in the last day or two including IBM, Panasonic, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, OnePlus, Proctor & Gamble and AMD. I also heard that Nanosys has dropped …

Tags:CES 2022

Somalytics Bullish on Capacitive Gaze Recognition

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An intriguing press release came through in advance from CES that is from a company that we don’t know called Somalytics. The firm has a new touch system based on capacitive …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Gesture Recognition| Touch

Mike Nesmith – A Technology Pioneer as Well

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Digital Cinema Society spotted an article by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees who died just before Christmas that was published in ‘Videography’ in 1990. The article is an intriguing forecast …

Tags:Forecasts| Virtual Reality

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LG Display Claims 30% Boost in OLEDs from Deuterium

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display put out a press release that said that it has improved its OLED technology which it is boosted in brightness by ‘up to 30%’ by using deuterium to improve …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials

HDR On-Set Monitoring: Considerations & Best Practices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Netflix has published a guide for its content partners on the advantages and considerations for HDR monitoring on-set, although such monitoring is not a requirement for the firm. The firm sees …

Tags:ACES| Colour Management & Processing| HDR - High Dynamic Range

LG 27″ OLED Comes into Stock

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been tracking the availability (or lack thereof) of the LG 27″ 27EP950-B IJP OLED monitor by tracking B&H Photo in the US, which has an inventory tracking service. We …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs

Bit rates

The Future of 3D display and the Emergence of Holographic TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A paper in Light:Advanced Manufacturing that looked at the development of different communication and display technologies based on their bit rates. The article highlights the challenges that need to be overcome …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| Stereo 3D| Stereopsis

The Shape of (Monitor) Things to Come (Part 2)

by Bob Raikes

Yesterday, I looked at the ergonomics of desktop monitors and why they are shaped the way they are (The Shape of (Monitor) Things to Come (Part 1)). Today, I’m going to dig a bit …

Tags:Aspect Ratios| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large LCD Supply

Tasty TV: Japanese Professor Creates Flavourful Screen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that a Japanese academic has developed a system to use a transparent rollable film over a display to create a ‘lickable display’. The system uses 10 flavour canisters that …

Tags:Japan| R&D (Research & Development)