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Is There Really “No Moore’s Law for Optics”?

by Bob Raikes

I’m going to start today’s Display Daily, but getting out, up-front, that I am no expert in optics. However, the topic has been getting more and more interesting recently and because of the critical …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenses| Metasurfaces| Optics| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

New Study Projects VR Revenue to Reach $22.4 Billion by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ARTillery Intelligence released its forecast for VR and expects that VR revenue to grow from $4.49 billion in 2020 to $22.4 billion in 2025, a 37.9% CAGR. Consumer spending is $5.67 …

Tags:| Forecasts| Virtual Reality

Nreal ready-to-wear AR glasses prepare for US debut

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nreal is starting to sell its Nreal Light AR glasses in 20 Verizon stores in the US from the end of November (online from 2nd December) after starting sales in Korea …

Tags:Augmented Reality| USA

ExpressPlay announces integration with Hisense Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vidaa and Intertrust ExpressPlay announced that Hisense SmartTVs based on Vidaa can be preloaded with Intertrust’s ExpressPlay XCATM content security for broadcast TV protection. This allows SmartTVs to protect content without …

Tags:Broadcast| DRM & Content Protection| Piracy| Security| Smart TV

Omdia: “8K TV ownership slow, but OTT will boom”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced Television reported comments by María Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director/Media & Entertainment at Omdia from the4 K/HDR Summit in Malaga that 8K television ownership will be extremely modest. “8K will …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

Vlogger Publishes 4K video of Varjo Aero

by Bob Raikes

What They Say YouTuber Sebastien Ang has got hold of a Varjo Aero headset and has uploaded a ‘through the lens’ 4K video to demonstrate the quality of the display produced. The video follows …

Tags:UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality

Sky Glass Gets a Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What HiFi in the UK has reviewed the Sky Glass streaming TV from Sky. The review starts out by pointing out that because of the extra costs for the service cost, …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

HDTVTest Shootout Looks for Best TV in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTVTest had a shootout among five TVs to decide on ‘the best TV in 2021’. He was one judge and two other professional calibrators joined him in the …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Panasonic| Samsung| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

ActiveLook announced its new “NexT” technology platform.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The French component maker, Microoled, has announced new sports eyewear technology through its ‘NexT’ technology for AR. The technology is based on a 304 x 256 monochrome microOLED that consumes less …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Sports and Stadiums

Apple Open to User Repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been following the Apple repair topic and now the firm has said that it will have a ‘Self Service Repair’ programme that will allow some repairs to devices at …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair