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Facebook plans to release an Oculus Quest “Pro”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook said in a Twitter dialogue that it expects to extend the life of the Quest 2 headset “for a long while” and will introduce a “Pro” version, but not this …

Tags:| Virtual Reality

23% of US Households Can Access VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A downloadable report from ARtillery Intelligence sets out the results from a survey of 46,000 adults in the US on the topic of AR and VR. The survey highlights the continuing …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Xiaomi Flash Sale Shows ‘Lust for Foldables’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi said that it had its first ‘flash sale’ of the Mi Mix Fold smartphone in China and sold $61 million worth of devices in one minute to sell out completely. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

Sony reverses decision to close PS3, Vita game stores

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony said that its decision to close its PlayStation Store on the PS3, Vita and PSP. The company received negative feedback from users, so has reversed the decision for the PS3 …

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Huawei To Release 3 New Foldable Smartphones in 2H21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Huawei, which launched the foldable Mate X2 a couple of months ago, is planning three new foldable devices in the second half of last year. Digitimes Research believes …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Market Data| Smartphones

Counterpoint Reports on US Smartphone Features

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research has released a free downloadable report on features popular in the US smartphone market. The report highlights the growth in the largest class of devices. Apple and Samsung are …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphones| USA

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AUO @ Touch Taiwan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Touch Taiwan kicked off this week with a physical as well as a virtual expo. We had been hoping to visit, but Covid put paid to that. Instead we had a …

Tags:AUO| Automotive| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Fingerprint Recognition| Flexible Displays| Game Playing| LED| Medical| MicroLED| MiniLED| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Retail| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Touch Taiwan 2021

VESA Reacts to Illegitimate DisplayHDR 2000 Logo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VESA sent us an email to highlight that in the past week, the Chinese retail website Taobao has listed two display products that have a VESA certified “DisplayHDR 2000” logo — …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Testing| VESA

Renesas to resume full production next month

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Renesas said that it had now made a “cautious restart to output” at its factory in Naka, Japan, that had been damaged by a fire in March. Renesas …

Tags:Japan| Production| Renesas| Semiconductors

Sony Pro Updates Home Cinema Projectors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony Pro announced two new Native DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) SXRD-based projectors. The new VPL-VW890ES model and VPL-VW290ES model will replace the VPL-VW870ES and VPL-VW270ES respectively. Both have the Sony …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Home Cinema| LCOS| Projectors| sony

DPI Labs install OLED TV displays on a VVIP Boeing 767

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DPI Labs of the US said that it has developed 55″ and 65″ lightweight OLEDs and installed them in a Boeing 767 in January of this year. The installation included a …

Tags:Aviation| OLEDs

Panel Makers Set for Great Operating Profits in Q1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung’s Display business as well as LG Display should report record sales and operating profits at $6.6 billion/$358 million and $6.19 billion/$457 million respectively. Both will be …

Tags:BOE| Financial Data| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung Display