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Links Week Starting 6th June 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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Arm| Desktop Monitors| Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Displays (LGD)| Microsoft| Museums & Exhibitions| OLED Monitors| OLED TVs| Samsung| Testing| Transparent Displays| UltraHD

EdgeVR has opened its first VR location

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EdgeVR in New York has opened a new location that uses ‘magnetic, full-body tracking technology’ to locate other players within virtual space. The operators said that the advantage of magnetic tracking …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Metasurfaces| Optics| USA| Virtual Reality

Pimax Crystal At Lower (but not low) Price Revealed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported that Pimax has a new headset intended to compete with Varjo’s ‘ultra-enthusiast’ Aero headset. The headset should sell for around $1900, a lower price than a previously announced ’12K’ …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Display Week Pick & Mix

by Bob Raikes

Some of the things I saw at Display Week didn’t look as though they were enough for a full Display Daily article, but are worth a mention, so here’s a ‘Pick & Mix’ round-up …

Tags:Anti Glare| Automotive| Film materials| Head Up Displays HUDs| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Nanosys| QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| WOLED (White OLED)

A Slow, Not Very Colourful, Small Display Impresses at Display Week

by Bob Raikes

The Display Week exhibition was absolutely full of stunningly bright, colourful, high refresh images showing motion video. But one of the displays that made the most impact on me was a static one. E …

Tags:Digital Signage| E Ink| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| EPD (Electrophoretic)| SID Display Week 2022

PS VR2 Soon to Go into MP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ming-Chi Kuo, a supply chain analyst with a history of good leaks on product developments, has posted that Sony will start mass production of its PS VR2 headset in the second …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Apple Looking at Always On Lock Screen for iOS 16

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the next version of iOS (16) will include functions to enhance the lock screen by adding support for ‘widget-like capabilities’. It will also have support for …

Tags:Apple| LTPO TFT| Operating Systems

Links Week Ending 3rd June 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 end of this week. Smartphones will kill off the DSLR within three …

Tags:Acer| Cameras| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Itochu Alteric Note On Sale in Japan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Trading company Itochu has developed an ‘e-note’ device based on a 13.3″ E Ink with 206 dpi and supporting pen input with 4096 pressure levels. It has 32GB of storage and …

Tags:E Ink| Japan| Notebooks

HP & Dell Report February to April Results

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HP Inc and Dell published their results. Revenues for HP’s fiscal quarter to the end of April saw revenues up 3.9% to $16.5 billion, although operating margin dropped from 8.6% to …

Tags:Dell| Financial Data| HP Inc