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Reasonance Can Power a Wireless TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reasonance of Russia announced at CES that it had developed a system to allow wireless power to be transmitted with enough capacity to power a 40″ TV using 120W at a …

Tags:CES 2021| TVs (TV Sets)| Wireless Charging

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KDH Says it has a Waveguide Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The KDH Design of Taiwan talked about its “transparent AR film” that is designed for headsets and other devices. Few details were give, but the firm was started by the previous …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Film materials| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Waveguide Display

Ganzin’s Eye Tracking Developed with Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ganzin Technology from Taiwan said at the virtual CES that it has developed eye-tracking technology in collaboration with Qualcomm. The software is available to run on the XR2 platform and will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| Qualcomm| Virtual Reality

China’s Smartphone Shipments Fall Nearly 13% in December

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported the smartphone market in China dropped nearly 13% in December to 25.2 million units, although the number of new models released rose to 48 for the month. For the …

Tags:China| Smartphone Market

Lenovo Shows ThinkReality A3 Smartglasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo showed new AR smartglasses at the Virtual CES, the ThinkReality A4 which are designed to connect to a smartphone or PC using USB Type-C. The glasses have two 1080p displays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo| SmartGlasses

LG Rollable sneak peek makes waves at CES 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At the virtual CES, LG Electronics sneaked a peek at its rollable smartphone. The display rolls out to 7.4″ with a resolution reported to be 2428 x 1080 (although that is …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones

Panasonic Headset Moves on

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic revealed more about its work on VR glasses, with a revised version which now includes “optical technologies used in Lumix digital cameras”. The glasses use Kopin’s 2560 x 2560 ‘Lightning’ …

Tags:Kopin| Microdisplays| Panasonic| Virtual Reality

LG takes OLED mainstream with new 48-77″ A1 OLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FlatPanelsHD made a useful table of the specifications of the OLED TVs that is quite useful. The blog also said that the A1 range is expected to be ‘more accessible’ in …

Tags:CES 2021| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

AUO, Innolux see January revenues on growth track

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Large panel shipment continue to be positive for the Taiwanese makers who saw their best sales for the year. Small panels, on the other hand continue to be weak as the …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan

HP at CES 2021: The Future of PC Innovation is Now

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HP released details of its new products at CES. The mobile devices were not especially interesting from a display point of view, although the HP Elite Folio convertible uses a Qualcomm …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| HP Inc| Privacy

Well that Was a Surprise!

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I reported a few days ago on a new monitor from LG Electronics, announced at CES that uses a 31.5″ UltraHD OLED (LG Electronics Moves OLEDs into Monitors). That was one …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| JOLED| OLEDs