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Photonics West 2021: ‘Immersive’ 8K TV is here (in Japan)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported a talk by Kohji Mitani of NHK who is described as a leader in the development of 8K technology at Japan’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL), when he …

Tags:NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

DSCC Interviews Compound Photonics & GF

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published the release from Compound Photonics about its deal with GlobalFoundries (GF) (Interview: Compound Photonics Partners with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Manufacture Microdisplay Chip) and we subsequently spotted that DSCC had gone …

Tags:Microdisplays| MicroLED| Semiconductors

Polarizer supply to improve in 2H21, says BenQ Materials chairman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported a comment from the chairman of BenQ Materials that suggested that the ramp-up of new capacity from Chinese makers would ease the current tight supply of polariser film, although …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Polarisers

Sony, Nokia and More Pull Out Of #MWC2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After the demise of the full ISE event in June (there will be a series of two day ‘local events’ including 2 days in Barcelona, and after Ericsson pulled out of …

Tags:Covid-19| Events

Vive Face Tracker Now Being Offered

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has made available a face tracking option for its Vive Pro headset for $129.99. There are 60p dual cameras that are said to track 38 facial movements in the lips, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| face recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

ViewSonic Will Extend Use of ToF Sensor (but not much)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a press release from ViewSonic recently that highlighted the use of a Time of Flight sensor on its projectors to set the autofocus. We contacted the firm and conducted …

Tags:Projectors| ViewSonic

Omdia Publishes LED Display Area

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Since NPD bought Displaysearch, then IHS bought the business from NPD and Omdia now runs it, the amount of press data coming from the organisation has declined, so we end up …

Tags:China| LED

Epeat Starts Display and TV Testing Round

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Epeat, which coordinates the testing and approval of products for the Green Electronics Council in the US, said that it is starting a round of ‘continuous monitoring for, among other categories, …

Tags:Environment| EPEAT| Testing

Links Week Ending 12th March 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. The Nikon Z9 is confirmed to be …

Links Week Ending 26th March 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. Philips 2021 TV line-up Movies Anywhere now …

Links Week Ending 19th March 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. AMC Theatres to Have 98% of Its …

Links Week Ending 2nd 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 first part of this week. Sigmaintell Research｜Summary and forecast of the Chinese …