Bob Raikes

subscribe

Are Z Flip 4 and Z Fold 4 Volumes Coming Down vs. Expectations? Q4 Looks Soft

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC quotes a report from Hyundai Securities that suggests that Samsung’s sales of foldable smartphones may be just 10 million down from previous estimates of 15 million. DSCC said that Flip …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

LG Display to Extend WOLED Panels Down in Size

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HankookI in Korea reports that LG Display is looking to push the size range of its WOLED panels further down to 27″ diagonal from as early as next month to support …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)

OQmented has a Great Story on LBS

by Bob Raikes

The first invited speaker to the DSCC AR & VR forum (DSCC AR & VR Virtual Event – Chansin Looks at the Big Picture) was Ulrich Hofmann of OQmented, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser| Waveguide Display

DSCC AR & VR Virtual Event – Chansin Looks at the Big Picture

by Bob Raikes

DSCC recently ran a virtual forum on the AR & VR industry and developments. The recordings were available for 30 days from 20th September – so you could still register and listen if you …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Microdisplays| MicroLED| OLEDs| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Display Daily Acquired by Jon Peddie Research

by Bob Raikes

Just a small note to let customers know that back in August, Display Daily was acquired by our good friend and occasional Display Daily contributor Jon Peddie and his firm, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions

IPValue Making the Most of Display IP

by Bob Raikes

Unusually, I was contacted recently by the representatives of IPValue, an IP licensing company which wanted to talk about why such a company might be interested in display-related IP. I signed up and met …

Tags:Litigation| Patents

Sony Planning Two Million VR2 Headsets by March

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg said that Sony is planning to make two million units of its PlayStation VR2 headsets by March 2023 as mass production started in September and is not facing supply chain …

Tags:PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 3rd October 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 first part of this week – only a few as I have …

Tags:Advertising| Augmented Reality| Desktop Monitors| GPUs| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Power Consumption| Projectors| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| SVOD| tablets

Samsung 98″ Neo QLED Ups Peak Output to 5,000 cd/m²

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Cedia in the US (the show for home cinema and high end TV), Samsung introduced its latest 98″ diagonal QN100B Neo QLED (miniLED) TV with an amazing peak brightness of …

Tags:MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

Tim Cook Believes in AR and the Metaverse

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple’s Tim Cook has been on a European tour and in an interview said that he doesn’t use the term ‘Metaverse’ as he is not sure that most people can tell …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality

MEMS Sensor Production Aided by LTPS Approach

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported on some intriguing technology research by several Fraunhofer establishments in Germany that allows the creation, effectively, of LTPS silicon layers on top of CMOS silicon wafers and circuits.  The …

Tags:LTPS TFT| R&D (Research & Development)| Semiconductors

MiniLEDs with Yole Part 3 – direct view

by Bob Raikes

Eric Li of Silicon Core took the floor in the Yole webinar to talk about direct view miniLED displays. He is a developer of some of the best looking narrow pitch direct view displays …

Tags:LED Drivers| MicroLED| MiniLED