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Microsoft plans to develop a consumer HoloLens AR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an interview with the WSJ at at a WSJ event, Alex Kipman, described as a co-creator of the Microsoft Hololens headset said that to be a consumer product the current …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft

More Pico Neo 3 Details Announced

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported a link to news about new headsets from Pico, the Neo 3 Pro and the Neo 3 Pro Eye and now more details are available of the displays used. …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Global smartphone shipments to decline in 2Q21, says Digitimes Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes said that it expects Q2 to see smartphone shipments decline because of chip shortages. Overall the firm saw 47% year on year growth in Q1. Samsung was up 15.9% to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| SID Display Week 2021| Smartphones

Sigmaintell Research｜Mobile &Tablet Panel Price Trends in May 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell Research released a report on the trends in small/medium panel pricing in May which showed no change from last month. Smartphone demand has fallen in some countries, such as India, …

Tags:Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply

Sharp Has a Phone with an IGZO OLED and 1″ Camera Sensor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharpo announced a new Aquos R6 smartphone in the Japanese market. It has only a single back camera, but it has a 1″ sensor, the biggest ever on a smartphone and …

Tags:IGZO| OLEDs| sharp| Smartphones

LG Display Ramps Up Green Claims for OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea reported a claim from LG Display that pointed out that an OLED panel uses much less plastic than an LCD, with a 65″ panel using 0.43kg compared to 5.2kg …

Tags:Environment| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs

JDI Brings Dual Cell LCD to Monochrome for Mammography – Boosts LCD Transparency

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JDI has announced a new 21.3″ 5MP (2048 x 2560) IPS monochrome display panel that uses the idea of dual cell LCD technology to boost contrast. The firm said that it …

HDTV Test Looks at Apple’s Calibrator

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday I reported on the C|Net article that looked at Apple’s TV calibrator app. Just after publishing it, I spotted that HDTVTest’s Vincent Teoh had also looked at the system and …

Tags:Apple| Colour Management & Processing| iPhone| Testing

Japan’s Sharp reaps fruits of Apple ties in LCD business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei published an article looking at the way that Sharp’s profits have risen partly because of success in supplying LCDs to Apple after Sharp bought the Hakusan factory of JDI last …

Tags:iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Market Data| sharp| Small Medium Panel Supply

Google Pixel 6 might not have under-display camera, but Pixel 7 might

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lets Go Digital has spotted a patent application from Google for an under-display camera. The site said (in translation): The camera sensor and lens are placed under the screen. The second …

Tags:Cameras| Google| Smartphones

Links Week Commencing 17th May 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. Quest 2 will soon support “hardware bicubic …

Links Week Ending 14th April 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. We’ve been asked to help with this …