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DSCC Downgrades Display Capacity Growth

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said that for the fourth consecutive quarter it has downgraded it display capacity forecast as more delays and cancellations are recognised in the face of weak demand and poor pricing. …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Supply Chain

Huawei Vision Glass: New Micro OLED smart glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has a new HMD that is being sold in China (only for now) as the Vision Glass. The glasses use microOLEDs to create an image equvalent to a 120″ image …

Tags:China| Huawei| SmartGlasses

Barco Direct View LED Certified by DCI

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just to prove that we haven’t changed to AR/VR daily, we spotted an announcement from DCI that is has certified a Barco D-Cinema Direct View Display CL4K-40 with IMS3000 for use.  …

Tags:Barco| Cinema| DCI Compliance

Virtual cockpit shows future of air combat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Times visited BAE in Warton, Lancashire, in the UK and was shown the latest simulator that the company has for the Tempest fighter aircraft, due to enter service in 2035 …

Tags:Aviation| Military & Defence| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch| UK (United Kingdom)

 BOE Shows 600Hz Notebook Display in China

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Toms Hardware reports based on a Chinese language newspaper report that BOE showed a 16″ 600Hz notebook panel at an industry event in Chengdu, China. It also had a 17.3″ foldable OLED …

Tags:BOE| China| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| HFR - High Frame Rate| IPS| LCD displays| MiniLED| Notebooks

Ganvix signs epitaxy deal to develop green VCSELs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A company called Ganvix is working with an equipment maker from Australia called BluGlass to try to develop a new way of making vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser| Laser Projectors| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 5th December 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.  Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know …

Tags:AVOD| Desktop Monitors| DVB| | Game Playing| Market Data| MMD (AOC Philips)| Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD| Taiwan| Thunderbolt| Virtual Reality

8KAssociation Updates on the State of the Art

by Bob Raikes

One of the speakers at the recent 4KHDR Summit in Malaga was our own Chris Chinnock, who is the Executive Director of the 8K Association (8KA). Given the mixed messaging about 8K this year, …

Tags:Events| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Mediatek Moving Ahead on All Fronts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research reported on the Mediatek annual Executive Summit in Sonoma, California and highlighted the key announcements at the event. It also pointed out that the firm’s chips address markets with a …

Tags:Mediatek| Semiconductor Market| Semiconductors

Varjo Modifies XR-3 to add ‘Retooled’ option

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Varjo has a new version of its XR-3 which boosts the clarity of the headset’s passthrough cameras when viewing objects between 30cm and 90cm (1′ to 3′) away. This makes the …

Tags:Cameras| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Insight Media Highlights Swave Holographic Imagers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a release from Swave, a spin-out from Imec in Belgium, that highlighted a fund raising round earlier this year (Swave, a New Imec and VUB Spin-off, Raises €7M to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Semiconductors

Links – Week Ending 2nd December 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 later part of this week. Samsung Lights up Swiss Life Arena With …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Digital Photography| LED| Market Data| OLEDs| Production Equipment| Samsung| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| TCL| Transparent Displays| TVs (TV Sets)