VR/AR Webinars by Kopin
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Kopin’s CEO, John Fan, is giving a three part series of webinars about how the vision for AR/VR ‘is becoming real’. In part 1 he will cover how we got here. …
Tags:Events| Kopin
Will Micro-LED Displays be a Threat to OLED Displays?
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Technology researchers IDTechEx published an article about microLED and promoting its report on the topic. What We Think The article might be useful as a general guide for someone new to …
Tags:Market Data| MicroLED
Facebook Adds Subscriptions to Oculus – Google Developing Waveguides
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Protocol blog reported that a plan to enable in-app subscription billing to the Oculus platform is a first move to allow the Oculus platform for the Quest VR headsets to …
Tags:Augmented Reality| | Virtual Reality
IFA to Go Ahead as a Physical Event
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The organisers have said that they will hold an event over the ‘whole of the Messe’ from the 3rd to the 7th of September. There will also be a virtual component. …
Tags:Events| IFA 2020| IFA 2021
Gigabyte unveils a 48-inch OLED gaming monitor with HDMI 2.1
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Gigabyte launched three large UltraHD gaming monitors under the Aorus gaming sub-brand including a 48″ OLED, the Aorus FO48U. The others are the 32″ FI32U and 43″ FV43U. The former has …
Tags:Desktop Monitors| | OLEDs
Roku introduces new Express 4K+ box, voice remote & Roku OS 10
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Roku has a new Express4K+ device that supports the latest Roku OS 10. It has an optional rechargeable voice remote and supports HDR10+ (a first for a Roku device) and costs …
Tags:Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)
Apple removes claim that its Pro Display XDR goes ‘far beyond HDR’ in the UK
by Bob Raikes
What They Say DPReview (my favourite photography technology site) reports that Apple in the UK has been forced by the ASA (advertising authority) to withdraw a claim that the display goes ‘Far Beyond HDR’ …
Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Litigation| Measurement| UK (United Kingdom)
TCL Shows Fold AND Roll Concept
by Bob Raikes
What They Say TCL has shown a new smartphone concept that combines foldability and rollability. The condensed version has a 6.87″ that unfolds (it’s outfolding) to 8.85″ – already quite large. However one side …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones| TCL
Dell Adds OLED Option to XPS 13 – Latest Version
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Dell has made available a new OLED display option for its flagship XPS 13 notebook. The display has 3456 x 2160 resolution (a bit squarer than UltraHD and 16:10 aspect ratio). …
Tags:Dell| Notebooks| OLEDs
Apple Headset May Have 15 Cameras
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Phone Arena reported that Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will use an under-display Face ID sensor in 2023, which will eliminate the ‘notch’ in Apple’s display. He has also …
Tags:Apple| Cameras| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality
Epic Games, developer of 3D engine Unreal, raised $1 Billion
by Bob Raikes
What They Say VentureBeat reports that Epic Games has raised $1 billion to help fund its development of a ‘metaverse’ and the round values the company at $28.7 billion. Among the investors was Sony …
Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Investment| | Virtual Reality
Oculus to Update Quest 2 Apps to 120Hz
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Oculus published a blog post saying that it would roll out new v28 software for Quest headsets that would enable 120Hz support on the Quest 2 headset and allowing the use …
Tags:Oculus Rift| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality
