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TCL Google TVs Pulled from Shelves in the US Due to Software Issues

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Best Buy in the US has withdrawn TCL TVs based on Google TV (TCL Introduces Award-Winning 5-Series and 6-Series TV Lines with Google TV) from its stores and TCL confirmed to …

Tags:Best Buy| Google| Operating Systems| Roku| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

Compal Partners with Nvidia to Construct Enterprise Metaverse

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Digitimes reported that Compal is partnering with Nvidia to build a ‘metaverse for enterprises’. The metaverse will be built using Compal’s XR Cube solution, which supports a variety of VR/AR devices …

Tags:Compal| Nvidia| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Hisense Debuts its First 8K Roku TV, the 75-inch U800GR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense has a new Roku-based 75″ 8K TV, the U800GR, that will be promoted at CES, but has already started shipping from Best Buy in the US and Amazon at $2,700. …

Tags:Hisense| Roku| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USA

Dark Slope Studios pushes Virtual Production to its Limits

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dark Slope Studios based in Toronto has developed what it calls its Hyperreality Initiative that allows the virtual production to be integrated with live action and games engines to allow unscripted …

Tags:Game Playing| TV Production| Virtual Sets

Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported that Chinese flexible OLED maker, Royole Corp, has been delaying paying staff salaries after withdrawing its IPO planned for earlier this year. Staff were told that the pay due …

Tags:China| Financial Data| OLEDs

Karl Guttag Digs Out Interesting Meta VR Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AR specialist has been digging around the developments of the Meta Cambria headset. In doing so, he looked at related patents for pancake optics, he found a frame from a Meta …

Tags:| Virtual Reality

AUO & Innolux Both Up on October

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AUO and Innolux released their monthly data. AUO said that is revenue was up by 1.6% on October, and up by 19% year over year to $1.114 billion. Panel shipment area …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux

 8K Association Reports on 8K in Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association has published a free to download report on the state of play in the use of 8K technologies in the production environment. 8K in production includes HDR, WCG …

Tags:Broadcast| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Insight Adds to HMDmd AR News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HMDmd has used a Kopin display in its new glasses (HMDmd Introduces Pre-Clinical Prototypes of Head-Worn Display System for Surgery). Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock has dug a bit deeper into the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Medical| Microdisplays| OLEDs

LG 4K IJP OLED Still not Here for Christmas

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We first reported on the LG 27EP950 IJP OLED monitor some 10 months ago (LG’s 27″ OLED monitor, the 27EP950, to cost $2,999). We’ve been keeping an eye on availability and …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| InkJet Deposition| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs

Samsung & Microsoft Collaborating on AR/MR with Hololens?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in The Elec said that Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a project related to the Hololens display system. The project is reported to involve Samsung Display, Electro-Mechanics, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Samsung| Waveguide Display