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Let’s Keep the OLED Scientists Busy with More Colours

by Bob Raikes

The I-Zone is always an interesting feature of the Display Week Exhibition. The Committee that runs the area, which is populated by research efforts and start-ups, chooses a winner and an honouree. This year’s …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Multi-Primary| Projectors| R&D (Research & Development)| Video Quality| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Smartphone Sales Positive in Germany in Q1 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the global gloom in the smartphone market, Germany seems to still be seeing growth. The GfU said that the re-opening of specialist retail stores had helped the sales of smartphones …

Tags:Germany| Smartphone Market

Zato Connect Monitor is for Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Atomos has a new 5″ touchscreen device, the Zato Connect, that is intended to capture and manage video from HDMI or USB UVC cameras (USB UVC cameras send video in YUV …

Tags:Field Monitors| Streaming Video| Video Editing & Production

HoloLens Teams are Reorganised

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reports that HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman is to depart from Microsoft after allegations of misconduct. The hardware teams will be absorbed by the “Windows + Devices” organization …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Samsung

Guetskens Updates his HDR Ecosystem Tracker

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yoeri Geutskens has posted the latest version of his HDR ecosystem tracker on Twitter. He also said that he thinks (although it’s not certain) that the Apple TV 4K with tvOS …

Tags:Apple| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| STBs

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4: Everything we know so far

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Laptop Magazine had a look at the current state of rumours about the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4. It concludes that it will be released in August It is likely to …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Pricing| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

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Lumus Brings out its Latest AR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lumus, a waveguide specialist, has been showing its latest AR headset at AWE in Santa Clara. It is now using what it calls 2D expansion (which sounds like the same kind …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Micro Projectors| Microdisplays| Waveguide Display

Brompton Boosts Low Grey Level Accuracy

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Maker of high quality processing hardware for critical LED wall applications, Brompton Technology, has updated its Tessera software to V3.4 and added has added an extra 3.3 bits of additional precision …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Video Wall Processors| Video Walls| Virtual Sets| Visual Quality

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Apple Adds Some AR Functions, but no News on Delayed Headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was lots of speculation before this week’s Apple WWDC event about support for AR and any news or hints about the expected upcoming Apple AR/VR headset. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

EU Agrees USB-C as Universal Charger

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After a long period of thought (EU Wants to Standardise PSUs), the EU Parliament, Council and the European Commission have agreed that a single connector should be used for charging mobile …

Tags:Europe| Legislation| Power Supplies| Wireless Charging