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by Bob Raikes
What They Say For the last 20 years, MIT Technology Review has compiled an annual selection of the year’s most important technologies. MIT unveiled this year’s list: Messenger RNA vaccines. GPT-3. TikTok recommendation algorithms. …
Tags:Big Data/AI
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Reuters reported that severe droughts in Taiwan are causing more problems for the semiconductor supply chain. Water levels are at just 20% of capacity after a typhoon-free summer with little rain. …
Tags:Production| Semiconductors| Taiwan
by Bob Raikes
What They Say 3M & Pegatron announced that they are working together to develop a new VR reference design based on 3M’s reflective polariser-based ‘folded optics’ lens. The lens is said to allow smaller …
Tags:3M (MMM)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Sixteen-nine.net has published the results of its survey about the need or desire for a replacement to the Digital Signage Expo (Let Dave Know your View). There is detail in the …
Tags:Digital Signage| Events| Market Data
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Stratacache, which has already bought a plant that will be used to make microLEDs, (Stratacache Pursuing GaN on Silicon in Oregon), said that it has bought a 100K sq. ft (9,300 …
Tags:Investment| Stratacache
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Nikkei reports that Honda will release a ‘Traffic Jam Pilot’ in its flagship Legend model in March this year – a move up to Level 3 automation, whereas Tesla’s AutoPilot and …
Tags:Automotive| Japan
by Bob Raikes
What They Say GSMArena reports that smartphone maker, Nubia, plans to release a Red Magic smartphone with more than 144Hz refresh. The site said that the Red Magic 5 was the first to offer …
Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Smartphones
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Venturebeat reported that AR headset maker, Nreal, is making a new mixed reality headset for enterprise use (due in 2021) and is also planning to sell its Nreal Light model outside …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say RoadToVR reported on a couple of videos (here and here) leaked by @WalkingCat that appear to be for smartglasses called ‘Samsung Glasses Lite’ and highlighting the use of AR glasses for …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Fry’s Electronics is going out of business, blaming the change in retail habits and the effects of the pandemic. What We Think “How the mighty are fallen”. Back in the ’90s, …
Tags:Reorganisation & Restructuring| Retailers| USA
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We’ve been reporting on the Snapdragon XR1 processor since May 2018 and it features in AR headsets from Microsoft and Vuzix, among others. Now Qualcomm has formally announced a reference design …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo| Qualcomm
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Sony has said that it is developing the next generation of its PlayStation VR systems which will use a single cable to connect to the host PS5 console. It will also …
Tags:Consoles| sony| Virtual Reality
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