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Xiaomi aims to overtake Samsung as top smartphone maker in 3 years

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei reports that Xiaomi, which has grown to be the second largest smartphone maker, passing Apple in volume, wants to get past Samsung in three years. The firm’s CEO set …

Tags:Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones| Xiaomi

Samsung’s new foldable phones draw strong preorders: reports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported that the new Galaxy foldable smartphones are hitting high numbers for pre-orders. The Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 are said to have reached 450,000 pre-orders by …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Korea| Samsung| Smartphones

Bloomberg Discusses Apple’s Touch ID

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg said in its Power On subscription newsletter that it believes that Apple is working on putting Face ID in (or under) the display, but will not put in-screen Touch ID …

Tags:Apple| face recognition| iPhone

Links Week Commencing 23rd August 2021

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. Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of …

Links Week Commencing 6th September 2021

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. Should you buy the Skyworth OLED TV? …

Near half of Korean display equipment makers report loss in Q2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that nearly half of South Korean equipment makers (13 or 30) have recorded operating losses in Q2 2021 because of conservative investment spending by Samsung Display and LG …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment| Korea| OLED Fabs

Stratacache Delayed on MicroLED Because of Covid

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-nine.net interviewed Chris Riegel, CEO of Stratacache. After getting through the general business content (which highlights the changes that Riegel has made in reducing the Scala channel to have fewer and …

Tags:Investment| MicroLED| Stratacache| USA

Holoride’s in-car VR gaming system leaves the track for the real world

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Engadget reported on the latest version of Holoride’s software for XR in moving vehicles. The system works by tapping into data from a vehicle and that data is used to drive …

Tags:Automotive| Game Playing| Virtual Reality

Quantum-secured VC Demonstrated

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Photonics World reported that two German Federal agencies have communicated via video over an optical link for the first time in a quantum-secure manner. The system did not use conventional methods …

Tags:Security| VideoConferencing

LG Electronics postpones 42-inch OLED Gaming TV launch to early 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily said that LG Electronics is planning a 42″ OLED TV for the 2022 TV range and that it will show the model at CES in January. The …

Tags:Game Playing| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs

The Metaverse is on the Menu

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there was lots of discussion on issues of the ‘Metaverse’, the idea that XR can allow interaction in a digital virtual world made up of immersive shared spaces, an …

Tags:Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Tobii introduces Tobii Spotlight for Foveated Transport for VR/AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Siggraph 2021, Tobii, the gaze specialist, introduced a a lightweight foveation codec for VR/AR/MR according to the VRAR Association, The codec performs image pre-reduction that can give a 5:1 reduction …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality