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Why AR Clothing Try-on is Nearly Here

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vogue Business (not a regular title for me!) published an article that suggests that trying on clothes using augmented reality might be getting close, with the possibility of showing clothing dynamically …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Retail

Google Uses a New Processor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google said a couple of days ago that it planned to move away from using Qualcomm processors and move to its own Tensor chip which has been designed in-house and is …

Tags:Google| Semiconductors| Smartphone Market

Sky Deutschland launches Sky Q over IP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky in Germany has said that it will support its Sky Q system over IP without subscribers needing satellite or cable subscriptions. The system provides more than 80 channels. Minimum one …

Tags:Germany| Pay TV| Sky| Streaming Video

Samsung Joins 200 Other Firms in Korea’s Metaverse Alliance

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily reported that Samsung has joined a Korean government initiative to coordinate activities to create a metaverse. A total of 202 firms are involved in the initiative which …

Tags:Korea| Samsung| The Metaverse

Innolux Enjoyed Life in Q2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux reported its second quarter 2021 result with sales of $3.35 billion with operating profits of $856 million, and net profits of $770 million. Area shipments were flat on Q1 and …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux

The 8K Monitor Talks to TVU Networks About Using 5G for 8K In China

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association interviewed Jeff Wu, TVU Networks, Vice President of Solutions about the development of 5G in China and its use in delivering 8K content. Wu said that 8K is …

Tags:China| LED| Outdoor Displays| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

LCD TV Panel Price Update Confirms Price Peak

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say DSCC put out its latest weekly data release that covered investment plans, boosted by LCD projects at BOE, HKC and CSOT. It also confirmed its view and forecast that LCD panel …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Pricing

The Best LG LCD TV So Far

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTV Test has reviewed the LG miniLED QNED99 8K TV set which has 1800 dimming zones (60 x 30). He found that despite the number of dimming zones, …

Tags:IPS| LG Electronics (LGE)| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Testing

Tencent Pioneers H.266/VVC Commercialization for Cloud Services

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tencent of China said that its transcoding and media processing apps can support the H266/VVC codec which is expected to reduce file sizes by a further 50% compared to H.265/HEVC. The …

Tags:China| Codecs| Game Playing

There’s a Lot Going on in Semiconductors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We don’t cover semiconductors in any real sense, but a few stories caught my eye over recent weeks and suggest a shift in the ‘tectonic plates’ of the industry. AMD had …

Tags:AMD| Intel| Semiconductors| TSMC

Links Week Commencing 2nd 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. Panasonic’s first OLED TVs with HDMI 2.1 …

IDC Chooses Three ‘AR Innovators’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ICD said that it has a special report that highlights “vendors with revenue <$100 million that have demonstrated either a groundbreaking business model or an innovative new technology — or both”. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IDC