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Links Week Starting 2nd 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 first part of this week. AOC: New gaming display with 280 Hz …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Power Supplies| R&D (Research & Development)| Robotics| Russia| Satellite| Semiconductors| USB| USB Monitors| Virtual Reality

Huawei MatePad Paper Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GSMArena had a look at the Huawei Mate Pad which is a 10.3″ device using a bluetooth pen-supporting Carta HD E Ink display with 1872 x 1404 resolution (227ppi). It is …

Tags:E Ink| Huawei| Pen Input| tablets

Samsung Unhappy About Apple Order Drops?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting the Korean IT Home as source, Patently Apple reported that Samsung Display’s CEO, Joo-Sun Choi has met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and asked him not to reduce the firm’s …

Tags:Apple| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Supply Chain

BOE To Supply Microdisplays for Yuanshi

by Bob Raikes

What They Say XR Today reports that Shenzhen MetaVision Tech Co has announced a new VR device, the Particle, weighing just 250 gms and with the following specification: A lightweight form factor of just …

Tags:BOE| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Global Smartphone Market Declined by 7% YoY in Q1 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was a rush of releases with Q1 market data from firms including IDC and Counterpoint. Counterpoint said that he global smartphone market declined by 7% YoY and 12% QoQ to …

Tags:Apple| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Hololens IVAS System Future Still Unclear

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We previously reported on delays to the implementation of the US military’s plan for the use of IVAS, based on Microsoft’s Hololens, (IVAS US Defence Development Struggling? and US Army Delays …

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

Research Team Develop ‘Mouth Haptics’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from Carnegie Mellon University that looks at ‘Future Interfaces’ has developed a system that delivers ‘mouth-centred haptics’. The system uses beamed ultrasound to simulate various different sensations in the …

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

Comcast and Charter Combine to Battle Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A joint venture between Comcast and Charter is intended to help the two US cable companies to better compete with dedicated streamers such as Roku, Google TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. …

Tags:Cable| OTT Video| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

Zuckerberg and Leaks Add to Meta Cambria News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After Meta’s earnings call, there have been lots of reports about the firm’s XR plans, with an emphasis on the Project Cambria headset. There was also interest because it builds on …

Tags:| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Philips: Business display with 4K, OLED and KVM switch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Prad.de reported on a new Philips ‘Business Monitor’ with 27″ and UltraHD that is available in China. So far, so ‘meh’. However, this 27″ monitor has an OLED panel with certification …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| MMD (AOC Philips)| OLED Monitors

PlayNitride showcasing micro LED technology at Touch Taiwan 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that PlayNitride showed three different technologies of microLED backplanes at Touch Taiwan 2022 based on PCBs, TFTs and silicon (for microLEDs). A large display was based on PCBs and …

Tags:Microdisplays| MicroLED| Touch Taiwan 2022

New Low Latency Touch System Under Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We were approached by a researcher who alerted us to a new acoustic-assisted touch system that is said to solve some issues of latency seen in other touch technologies. Arthur will …

Tags:Acoustic| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch