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Nio AR Glasses Designed for Automotive Use

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nio, a Chinese electric car start-up is developing custom AR glasses, made by Nreal for use in its vehicles. The company also said that it has developed VR glasses with Nolo, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| OLEDs| Virtual Reality

Nreal Glasses Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The BBC reviewed the latest Nreal Light AR glasses and found them a bit heavy and disliked the need to use a tethered Android smartphone. The reviewer found they sat quite …

Tags:Augmented Reality| BBC| Testing

Gurman wants an Apple ‘Echo Show 15’ and Calls for a New Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his subscription only Power On newsletter that he expects Apple to launch a new desktop monitor to go with new MacBook Pro systems that could be …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Desktop Monitors| Interactive Displays| tablets

Roku Says ITC Ruling Won’t Harm its Imports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on a release (Roku & UEI Slug it Out over Patents) by Universal Electronics last week that claimed success in a patent dispute with Roku and which, it said, …

Tags:Litigation| Patents| Roku

Links Week Commencing 20th December 2021

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. 5G Threatens Aviation According to Boeing and …

Tags:5G| Aviation| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| LED| Panasonic| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Sports and Stadiums| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Xiaomi

Links Week Ending 31st December 2021

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. A bit of fun with some interesting …

Tags:CES 2022| Digital Signage| Foldable Devices| Intel| Investment| Kopin| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones| Visual Ergonomics| Voice Input

Links 6th January 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 last day or so! As you can imagine with the ‘firehose of …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| Automotive| Cameras| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Investment| Manufacturing| Notebooks| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Remote Controls| Samsung Display| Testing| ViewSonic

Links 7th January 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 last day or so! As you can imagine with the ‘firehose of …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Google| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartphones| Testing| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Latency Free Hybrid Events Developed by Fraunhofer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 3it Institute in Berlin has worked with three Fraunhofer Institutes (Fraunhofer Fokus, Fraunhofer HHI and Fraunhofer IIS) to develop hybrid live and online music systems to allow musicians to collaborate …

Tags:360 Degree Video| audio| Streaming Video

LG Adds Two More OLED Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG has added two more OLED monitors, the 32BP95E and 27BP95E which are both UltraHD units with 99% of DCI P3, 99% of AdobeRGB and DisplayHDR400 True Black certification. They have …

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

Apple may be making standalone 4K monitors to match the iMac

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld quoted a previously accurate leaker who said that LG has developed two ‘unbranded enclosures’ for monitors that match the display specifications of the 24″ and 27″ iMac Displays. The 27″ …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors

Macroblock Talks Up Virtual Production and MiniLED

by Bob Raikes

Macroblock is always an interesting company to engage with as the firm has a dominant position in the supply of driver chips for LED direct view displays around the world. It also supplies drivers …

Tags:Display Drivers| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LCD Backlights| LED Drivers| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Sets