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Sky sheds 200,000 subs in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the report on Q4 from parent company, Comcast, Sky is reported to have lost 198K subscribers in the UK, Germany and Italy. Revenue was down in Q4 by 2.4% to …

Tags:Comcast| Europe| Financial Data| Sky

Schott’s High-index AR Wafer Halves Waveguide Weight

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Photonics West, Schott highlighted its high refractive index glass RealView 1.9 lightweight ultra which it said allows ‘up to 50% lighter’ waveguides without reducing image quality. It also said that …

Tags:AR Glasses| Glass| LED| MEMs Displays

7-Eleven Japan Tests Touchless Checkouts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that 7-Eleven Japan is experimenting in six stores in Tokyo with ‘holographic’ touch screens that feature a virtual touch screen but do not use physical touch. The terminals cannot …

Tags:Japan| Touchless Touch

Apple Enjoys the Holiday Quarter

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple published its Q4 and full year results and the firm hit a new record of $123.9 billion in Q4, up 11%, with $34.6 billion in profit. In a call, Tim …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| PCs

Philips: 4K TVs with OLED EX panel and FreeSync Premium

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display made a lot of noise around CES about its OLED EX panels but TV makers have been less enthusiastic about trumpeting the use of the technology. However, the Philips …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Philips

Links Week Starting 31st January 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. Ricoh’s new Theta X 360º camera features …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Optics| Samsung| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)

Former Samsung Executive in Patent Suit against the Company

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just a bit of industry gossip, but Ahn Seung-ho, who was a Samsung Electronics vice president and headed its IP centre for 10 years and who headed the Samsung negotiations to …

Tags:Litigation| Patents| Samsung

New Epson Projectors Boast High Output – Low Size

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Epson launched some new high brightness LCD projectors using 1.03″ 1920 x 1200 3LCD engines and from 13K to 20K Ansi Lumens (and CLO, of course). The units have laser light …

Tags:Epson| Laser Projectors| LCD Projectors (3LCD)

Tooz & JBD Demonstrate new RGB Glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported that at the Photonics West last week, JBD said that it has teamed up with Tooz Technologies and made a public demo using RGB 0.13″ panels in a 5mm …

Tags:Cameras| Germany| Microdisplays| MicroLED| SmartGlasses

Magic Leap Details Disclosed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap was at Photonics West and gave some new information and a ‘sneak peek’ at its new headsets. The headset is said to have a weight down from 316g to …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Corning Optimises Glass for Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Corning has a new glass formulation that has a refractive index of 2.0 and is intended to be used in waveguides for XR applications (up from 1.8 and 1.9 in previous …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Corning| Glass| Optics| Virtual Reality