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Magic Leap Raises More Money

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap has raised $500 million on a valuation of $2 billion (down from the $6.4 billion valuation in 2019). CNBC interviewed CEO, Peggy Johnson, during which the new headset was …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Investment

AMD USB4 DisplayPort Tunneling Driver is Coming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Future AMD processors are expected to come with integrated for support and DisplayPort tunneling in the future. The tunelling mode allows multiple protocols, including USB, DisplayPort and PCIe, to all operate …

Tags:DisplayPort| Interfaces| USB

Special headset of STEM

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DPVR based in Shanghai, China, is a maker of VR headsets and has done a deal with Veative, a specialist in immersive education to provide professional VR solutions for education intended …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality

Sky Glass Update – It Does Have an Emergency Tuner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It took three days after I contacted them for Sky’s media department to get back to me with an answer to my question, “Can you confirm whether the Sky Glass TV …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

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Acer Enjoyed Q3 Growth

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Acer reported its best Q3 for seven years with 19.5% growth from last year. Features of the quarter were: Notebook revenue grew by 29.8% YoY Desktop revenue grew by 11.6% YoY …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data

PPDS Still Going to Infocomm

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After a lot of consultations, Philips Professional Display Systems (PPDS) said that it would be attending the Infocomm event. There will be a number of new products as well as announcements …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| Infocomm 2021| Philips

Apple Wins Rollable Patent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AppleInsider reported that a patent has been granted to Apple for what it calls ‘Electronic devices having sliding expandable displays’ and which covers a phone or tablet that unrolls rather than …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| iPhone| Rollable Displays

Reviewer Sees Cracking on Z Flip 3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A reviewer at 9to5Google has had a problem with his Galaxy Z Flip 3, with the glass apparently cracking although it was not use at the time. The reviewer could not …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Samsung| warranty

Slowdown in TV Market Driving LCD Oversupply

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Highlighting the reasons for the sharp drop in TV LCD panel pricing in recent months, DSCC quoted Digitimes which reported TV brands lowering their sales targets. Samsung: from 48M TVs to …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data