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Accenture Invests in Hologram Company Looking Glass

by Omid Rahmat

 Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Looking Glass Factory, a Brooklyn, New York hologram company. Looking Glass has developed an end-to-end holographic platform, with a lineup of displays that can show content in 3D, …

Tags:Accenture| Holographic Displays| Looking Glass

Samsung Taking Pre-Orders for End of Month Shipping of 77″ OLED S95C TVs

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung’s announced pre-order availability for the 2023 Samsung 77” OLED S95C TV for $4,449.99. Samsung Display‘s QD displays at CES 2023 were already raising eyebrows. The pre-order through Samsung.com, or participating retailers, will get $250 worth of professional installation for …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Samsung

Rounding Up TV Pricing, LCD Panel Pricing, and Automotive OLED

by Omid Rahmat

The Super Bowl is driving all lows in TV prices, LCD makers’ production capacity outstrips demand, automotive OLEDs are going to be a bright spot, and Apple is keeping its suppliers on their toes …

Tags:Automotive| DSCC| iPhone| LCD TV| OLED| smartphone

Vedanta and Foxconn $20 Billion Gujarat Fab Gets Tech Leadership

by Omid Rahmat

Vedanta has hired a Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductor vet, David Reed, as CEO of is semiconductor business. Last year, Vedanta and Foxconn announced a joint venture to build a $20 billion fab for …

Tags:Foxconn| India| Manufacturing| OLED Fabs| Vedanta

Foldables, 3D, AR: The Display Choice of the Future

by Omid Rahmat

There’s a strong case to be made for one of these display formats needing to break out and help define where the most eyeballs are going to end up. Sure, it could be a …

Tags:3D TV| Augmented Reality| ChatGPT| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

ISE 2023 Breaks Attendance Records

by Omid Rahmat

Like we said, trade shows are back. ISE 2023 had 58,107 attendees, a jump of 33% over 2022’s audience of 43,691. It had a visit from a king and a mayor (Felipe VI of …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Epic Games| ISE 2023| Unreal Engine

Is Apple Reducing the Role of Industrial Design?

by Omid Rahmat

Bloomberg is reporting on changes at Apple’s with the departure of Evans Hankey, the company’s VP of industrial design, who will not be replaced. Instead, the company’s core group of about 20 industrial designers …

Tags:Apple| Manufacturing

Chipmaking Equipment: Putting the Squeeze on China

by Omid Rahmat

The deal is deemed crucial to recent US efforts to restrict chip manufacturing and development in China. This is because the global market for chipmaking equipment is dominated by US company Applied Materials, Dutch …

Tags:Applied Materials| ASML| Manufacturing| Tokyo Electron

After NAB Asking the FCC to Recommit to ATSC 3.0, What Next?

by Omid Rahmat

Characterizing the transition as “stalled,” the association asked the FCC last week to recommit itself to promoting the standard to the public and take steps to advance the development of peripherals that consumers could use to …

Tags:ATSC 3.0

TriLite’s Trixel 3 Projection Display Wins 2023 Prism Award

by Omid Rahmat

Peter Weigand, CEO at TriLite, said: “We’re delighted to be honored by SPIE, with this recognition of Trixel 3 as a breakthrough innovation for AR displays. Our latest product evolution, Trixel 3, sets a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| projector| Trilite| Trixel

Osram Gets the Better of Apple Adopting MicroLEDs

by Omid Rahmat

Whether Micro LED is incorporated into smartwatches, AR headsets, or smartphones, two major factors will determine the market competitiveness of this technology. The first factor involves lowering the costs of Micro LED chips. A …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| MicroLED| Osram| TrendForce