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Consumers Open to VR Restaurants

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ePos Hybrid reported research in the UK that suggests that consumers are open to visiting bars and restaurants that have VR and multi-sensory experiences with headsets. 44% of consumers would likely …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)

Facebook’s next product launch will be its Ray-Ban smart glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said on the Facebook earnings call that its next hardware launch will be Ray-Ban branded smart glasses developed with EssilorLuxottica. “The glasses have their iconic form factor, and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | The Metaverse

OOH Growing in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis has reported data from Nielsen Research that highlights that DOOH revenues are growing again in Germany, with June up 44% on 2020. The article reported that June 2021 was 9% …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Market Data

Smaller TVs Decline but IT LCD Panels Still Rising

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes released data from Sigmaintell that follows on from the data that follows on from data we got from the firm a few days ago. (Sigmaintell Issues July 2021 (early) TV …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing

Links Week Ending 30th July 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 second part of this week. Take A Deep Look At The Incredible …

Tags:BenQ| Broadcast| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Environment| Game Playing| Germany| HP Inc| Italy| Mergers & Acquisitions| Outdoor Displays| PCs| Philips| PlayStation| Pricing| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Xiaomi

QNED Backgrounder from UBI Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UBI Research has issued a press release that gives some background on the QNED technology being developed by Samsung Display as the next step after QDOLED. The device consists of a …

Tags:QD OLEDs| QNED| Samsung Display

Nanosys Is in Talks to Go Public Via GigInternational1 SPAC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nanosys is planning to go for an IPO via a SPAC, GigInternational1 Inc according to a report by Bloomberg, unconfirmed by either company at press time. Gigainternational1 was set up in …

Tags:Investment| Nanosys

AUO Reports & LGD Update

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AUO has reported its Q2 result with revenues of $3.44 billion, up 15.3% from Q1 and net profit was $691 million (operating profit of $726 million). Gross margin was 28.7% and …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| LG Displays (LGD)

Samsung and Apple Thriving

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Key device makers, Samsung and Apple reported their results. Sales for Samsung were $55.55 billion in Q2, up 20%, with profits of $10.96 billion. Semiconductors, displays, mobile and CE were all …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung

AOC: New FreeSync Premium Monitors with 1000 R

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AOC has two new VA monitors the C27G3U (27″ ) and C32G2AE (31.5″) that support 165Hz refresh but just FullHD resolution. However, the curved monitors have a radius of 1000mm (1000R). …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| MMD (AOC Philips)

TCL Kicks Off 8K Smart TV Price War

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has made 8K TVs more affordable, by bringing 8K panels to its 6-Series TVs, with 65″ now available for pre-order in the US at $2,199 and 75″ at $2,999. That …

Tags:Pricing| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA