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Qualcomm’s new AR glasses are thinner and wireless

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm has new platform for AR applications that is based on the Snapdragon XR2 and was developed with SeeYa of China. It uses dual 1920 x 1080 90Hz microOLEDs and dual …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Qualcomm

Due to Weak Demand and High Inventories, Only 17.5 Million Notebook Panels Shipped in April, Hitting a New Post-Pandemic Low, Says TrendForce

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TrendForce, the Taiwanese analyst firm, said that because of Chinese lockdowns, April shipments of notebooks were only 17.5 million, down 21.5% YoY. The firm is forecasting Q2 sales of 55.1 million …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Notebooks

New Version Of Hardened LED Displays Touted As Improving Visuals By Only Coating The LED Lights

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen-nine.net for digging out some interesting ‘techie details’ on a new version of what he calls ‘Glue on Board’ (GOB) technology that encapsulates an LED in …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

VESA Improves Things for Gamers and Media Consumers

by Bob Raikes

VESA has just announced a new logo programme for gaming displays and video displays that should make life much better for gamers, content creators and consumers and set makers (although not those that may …

Tags:Game Playing| Streaming Video| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| VESA| Video Quality

Bringing Greater Reality to VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers at Stanford University have published a paper describing how it used a client (VR headset)/server system that fed details on the user’s gaze to the server to allow frame-based foveated …

Tags:Codecs| Foveated Rendering| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Video Encoders & Decoders

World’s largest LED virtual production stage named

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AV Interactive reported that Guinness World Records has said that a new 2,200 m² 310° virtual production set in Vancouver, Canada, is the biggest in the world. The LED area is …

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

Acer Will Add S3D Monitors in the Summer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported last week on an Acer notebook with an AS3D display using LC lenses (Acer Introduces Gaming Notebook with Switchable AS3D). However, the firm also added a couple of AS3D …

Tags:Acer| Autostereo 3D| USB Monitors

Acer Introduces Gaming Notebook with Switchable AS3D

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to graphics guru Dr Jon Peddie for pointing me to a new Acer notebook, the Predator Helios 300, that features a 15.6″ autostereo switchable LC lenticular lens on top …

Tags:Acer| Autostereo 3D| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Notebooks

Apple Developing a Smartphone with E Ink Display?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is rumoured to be developing a foldable iPhone that uses an E Ink panel for the external display to minimise the power consumption. Some sources have also suggested that the …

Tags:Apple| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| iPhone

Links mid-Week Week Ending 27th May 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 middle and end of this week. AR Insider looks at a survey …

Links Week Ending 20th May 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 middle and end of this week. LG Display to nurture its own …

Links – Mid-week – Week Ending 20th May 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 middle of this week. (We’re still catching up with the SID/ISE overload!) …