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Location-based VR studios are growing in popularity.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Forbes magazine spoke to the CEO of an LBE VR company, Spree Interactive at AWE in Santa Clara. The firm makes ‘free roam’ attractions and others such as VR Bumper Car …

Tags:Covid-19| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 3rd 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 second part of this week. Vodafone TV launches on LG smart TVs …

Gizmodo Spots a Strange Shaped Desktop Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gizmodo spotted an 8.8″ diagonal ‘stretch’ desktop LCD display that has a resolution of 420 x 1920 and connects via HDMI. It is powered by USB Type-C The Elsonic EK-MD088 will …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Japan| USB

Creating an 8K Channel “Not That Hard” Says TCL

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association followed up the release by TCL about its 8K channel for its Roku-based Series 6 sets (Links Week Ending 19th November 2021). The organisation got Ben Schwarz to …

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

Seamless Tiled Displays – A Bit of a Challenge

by Bob Raikes

I think it’s one of those synchronicity moments. A few days ago, I put a note in my reminder box to follow up on a company that is working on joining LTPS substrates together …

Meeting Room Entry Gets Serious Upgrade With Transparent OLED Sliding Doors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Sixteen-Nine.net for spotting an intriguing use for transparent OLEDs – sliding doors installed in Dubai and developed by Assa Abloy. You can see a video of the installation …

Tags:Digital Signage| OLEDs| Transparent Displays

Samsung Requests AUO to Develop 12.7-inch TFT for MicroLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was a very interesting article in The Elec today that highlighted Samsung’s plans to try to use 12.7″ LTPS modules from AUO for its 89″, 101″ and 114″ microLED TVs …

Tags:AUO| MicroLED| Samsung| Tiled Displays

E Walk Retail Complex Unveils NYC LED Spectacular

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Daily Dooh has reported on a new installation in New York that is said to to be the largest in the city outside the Times Square district on the E …

Tags:Digital Signage| Outdoor Displays| USA

Sony Integrates More HD+

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has added support for the HD+ service in Germany following a deal with the German TV platform earlier this year. The support will be on all XR 8K LED, 4K …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| sony| Streaming Video

Samsung ranks No. 1 in US high-end projector market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported that, based on data from NPD, Samsung has reached the top market share of 27.8% of the US high end projection market for the period from January …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Market Data| Samsung| USA

Apple Wins US Lenticular Display Patent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple reported that the USPTO has awarded a patent to the Cupertino company that allows the use of a display with lenticular lenses to show different content to different users. …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Lenses| Optics| Patents

VR/AR Technopark Established in India

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The VR/AR Association reported that a Techno Park has been set up in Hyderabad in India by Cymax Infotainment Pvt Ltd. Cymax is developing VR content and tools for VR production …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cinema| India| Virtual Reality