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ETH Zurich Explains VR as Enabler of Asynchronous Work

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ETH Zurich in Switzerland made a ten minute video that showed its concept of how intellectual working life could be made more efficient by managing actual and virtual events that …

Tags:R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported a talk by Meta Reality Labs’ Chief Scientist Michael Abrash where he said that to get to the kind of technology that tech companies envision is going to take …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Semiconductors

AUO shows a new 7.9-inch reflective cholesteric LCD display prototype and a MicroLED Dome!

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Touch Taiwan, AUO showed a ‘simulation dome’ based on microLED at the Touch Taiwan show recently. The unit was made by Brogent Technologies and is shown in the image below. …

Tags:AUO| Dome Projection| MicroLED| Touch Taiwan 2022

LG Announces First-Quarter 2022 Financial Results

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Electronics reported record sales of $17.53 billion in Q1, with profits positive at $1.56 billion. Sales were up by 18.5% from last year, but profits were only up by 6.4% …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Electronics (LGE)

Samsung’s W-OLED TV launch schedule to be determined within May

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung’s TV business will decide this month where to go with its discussions with LG Display over the purchase of WOLED panels for TVs. The firms have …

Dodging Bullets in London at IT²EC 2022

by Bob Raikes

I had a chance last week to go to the IT²EC 2022 event at the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands area. It was less busy than the BETT a couple of months ago, but …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Simulation| Virtual Reality

Nintendo Switch Sales Set to Drop

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Nintendo expects to sell around 10% fewer of its Switch consoles this year compared to fiscal 2021, so it expects a total around 20 million. Sales peaked in …

Tags:Nintendo Consoles| Supply Chain

DSCC Shows Large Drop in 2023 Display Equipment Spending

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC reported that it has seen a number of fab expansion projects delayed and a few cancelled. The firm has revised its forecast for 2023 spending down 57% to $5.3 billion. …

iPhone leak Indicates ‘Hole & Pill’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An apparent leak from China shows how Apple’s iPhone 14 displays may line up with the Pro models using ‘hole and pill’ configurations for the camera and sensors rather than a …

Tags:Apple| iPhone

Watch: Sony R&D Playing With Projected Light Field And Transparent Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has posted a video showing its development of Holographic Optical Elements in R&D. The material can be used to show apparently 3D images when illuminated by a projector. The firm …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Optics

Bob Simpson – 1940-1922

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Some sad news this morning. Electrosonic founder Bob Simpson has died at the age of 82. Electrosonic said: To complement his massive contributions to Electrosonic, Bob was an industry figure, publishing …

Strategy Analytics: Samsung, Amazon, Microsoft Lead on Tablet Market Growth in Q1 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Among the rush of quarterly market data on Q1, Strategy Analytics (SA) released its data on the tablet market, globally. A surprise was that Apple actually grew from Q4 2021 to …