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Mojo Vision is Shown on YouTube

by Bob Raikes

What They Say YouTube channel, Adam Savage’s Tested, has visited Mojo Vision to have a look at its latest prototype contact lenses. What We Think To be honest, I wasn’t sure whether to bother …

Tags:Contact Lens Display| MicroLED

Gamers on Smart TVs Difficult To Reach With Traditional Ads: Samsung Study

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report by Samsung Ads said that it is harder to get to gamers using traditional linear media. NextTV said that compared to all Samsung smart TV users, gamers spend 42% …

Tags:Advertising| Game Playing| SVOD| USA

IPOs in the USA Way Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It’s not a display story, but there are plenty of start-ups in the industry, so I was interested to see this chart that highlights that raising funds via IPOs is very …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment

US Smartphone Inventory at Manageable Levels; Resilient Demand Despite Inflationary Pressures

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research posted a blog post that highlighted that despite worry about weak demand, the US smartphone market has shown resilience through Q2 2022. Data from the Counterpoint US Monthly Smartphone …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Smartphone Market| USA

The “René” is a new AR device for Theatre-goers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from South Korean Hongik University have developed a concept based on opera glasses that are designed to provide magnification of what is on stage as well as information such …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)

Gensler integrates LG transparent OLED into partitions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display has worked with a maker called Maars Living Walls to develop a digital modular partition wall system that includes a transparent OLED. What We Think Although there is a …

Tags:Architectural LED| LG Displays (LGD)| Transparent Displays

Ampere Gives its Thoughts on Gaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ampere Analysis is giving a pdf with some background data on the world of game play. The firm agrees with the comment by Paul Gray of Omdia that cloud gaming is …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| The Metaverse

Global TV panel makers start the largest production cut in history

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a press release from Sigmaintell on the site today. To summarise the long release: Whereas Q1 and Q2 of the year are usually less than 50% of the total …

Samsung Buying Fewer TV panels from BOE due to Royalty Issue

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung and BOE have fallen out on the supply of TV LCD panels after Samsung is said to have demanded a royalty payment in return for BOE …

Tags:BOE| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

Brompton Amplifies on Extended Bit Depth Advantages for Virtual Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported briefly on the improvement in bit depth that the maker of LED video processors, Brompton, has achieved in its latest firmware. (Brompton Boosts Low Grey Level Accuracy) Now the …

Tags:Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Processors| Virtual Sets

Netflix to partner with Microsoft on new ad supported subscription plan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Netflix put an end to speculation when it said that it would work with Microsoft to develop a new tier of subscription that is supported by advertising. The firm highlighted Microsoft’s …

Tags:AVOD| Microsoft| Netflix| Streaming Video

Guttag Explains the Challenges of Occlusion and Passthrough AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Of course, I wondered if Karl Guttag had posted recently when I saw this news, but I ended up tracking down an interesting talk he gave on the challenges of Optical …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality