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New HDMI revision adds HDMI Cable Power for longer cables

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HDMI 2.1a Amendment 1 has been announced with a new feature, HDMI Cable Power that can be used to support active cables if the source device can provide that power. HDMI …

Tags:Cables| HDMI| Interfaces

New York Passes Right to Repair Law

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York State legislature has passed a “Right to Repair’ bill that means that from mid-2023 brands that sell digital electronic products in the stat will have to make parts, …

Tags:Legislation| Right to Repair| USA| warranty

Links Week Starting 6th June 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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Samsung Display likely to build Gen 8.5 OLED line with 15,000 substrate capacity first

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Display is planning to build its first G8.5 fab for IT OLEDs in its now unused L8-1-2 production line which was previously used for LCD production. …

Tags:OLED Fabs| QD OLEDs| QNED| Samsung

China-based StepVR has launched an “omnidirectional motion system” for VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say StepVR of China has a new headset and a complete ‘omnidirectional motion system’ for VR. It includes an omnidirectional treadmill, haptics, VR displays, and motion capture gloves in a 3 m² …

Tags:China| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

EdgeVR has opened its first VR location

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EdgeVR in New York has opened a new location that uses ‘magnetic, full-body tracking technology’ to locate other players within virtual space. The operators said that the advantage of magnetic tracking …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Metasurfaces| Optics| USA| Virtual Reality

Pimax Crystal At Lower (but not low) Price Revealed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported that Pimax has a new headset intended to compete with Varjo’s ‘ultra-enthusiast’ Aero headset. The headset should sell for around $1900, a lower price than a previously announced ’12K’ …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Apple to shift iPad capacity to Vietnam amid China supply chain woes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Apple is moving some iPad production out of China to Vietnam, a move that has been considered for a while, but was delayed by a surge of Covid …

Tags:Apple| China| Covid-19| iPad

PS VR2 Soon to Go into MP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ming-Chi Kuo, a supply chain analyst with a history of good leaks on product developments, has posted that Sony will start mass production of its PS VR2 headset in the second …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Apple Looking at Always On Lock Screen for iOS 16

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the next version of iOS (16) will include functions to enhance the lock screen by adding support for ‘widget-like capabilities’. It will also have support for …

Tags:Apple| LTPO TFT| Operating Systems

Links Week Ending 3rd June 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 end of this week. Smartphones will kill off the DSLR within three …

Itochu Alteric Note On Sale in Japan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Trading company Itochu has developed an ‘e-note’ device based on a 13.3″ E Ink with 206 dpi and supporting pen input with 4096 pressure levels. It has 32GB of storage and …

Tags:E Ink| Japan| Notebooks