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The Long View on LCDs vs OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

A couple of friends, well versed in the technology and graphics industries recently expressed surprise when I mentioned the withdrawal of Samsung from the LCD business. We had an email exchange and so I …

Looking Through Mojo Vision’s Newest AR Contact Lens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported some information about the demos that Mojo Vision has been giving. The first article we saw has been supplemented by more information in IEEE Spectrum, which also got to …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Samsung Enjoying 2022 Business So Far

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung released its guidance on its Q1 result and said that it expects to report a jump of 50% in operating profits for its best Q1 result since 2018, on the …

Tags:Financial Data| Samsung

Lumus Planning More Consumer Targeted Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check said that Lumus, the maker of high end waveguides for AR displays, is planning two lower resolution versions. The firm’s Maximus waveguide supports up to 2048 x …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Optics| Waveguide Display

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Reach $4.4 Trillion in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gartner issued a forecast for the IT market, which predicts that there will be overall growth of 9.5% in 2022 to $4.43 trillion and a further 5.5% in 2023 to $4.64 …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Trends to Help Save the Planet?

by Bob Raikes

For today’s Display Daily, I have combined a couple of topics that both looked interesting to me, but neither had worked its way to the top of my agenda. It occurred to me that …

Tags:Smartphone Market

Taste the TV: Invention sends flavors straight to lickable screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Homei Miyashita of Meiji University, has a system using 10 cartridges to create a taste sample that is like certain foods. To reproduce basic flavours, it uses sodium …

Tags:R&D (Research & Development)| Sensors

TrendForce Adds to Display Gloom

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TrendForce released its forecasts based on the global issues raised by the attack by Russia on Ukraine and the subsequent inflation. It sees TV demand as ‘challenging’ and pointed out that …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Forecasts| Market Data| Notebooks

Vizio Adds Jump Ads to SmartTVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio has a new feature in its smartTVs intended to allow a streamlined way to switch between linear and streaming content. The feature is called Jump Ads and relies on automated …

Tags:Advertising| Smart TV

Links Week Ending 8th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. VR has significant impact on agoraphobia …

BOE Plans for G8.6 OLED Fab Get Firmer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported (in Korean) that BOE of China has set a target of the end of 2024 to build a G8.6 (2250 x 2600mm) OLED fab at its B16 plant …

AUO to set up 8.5G panel line with low carbon emissions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that AUO has decided to set up a new 8.5G fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Taichung city that will be built to feature green buildings …