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Get ready for future tech: Goertek’s global R&D headquarters opened

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Goertek of China said that it has opened a new global R&D headquarters in Qingdao, China. The firm said that it invests 6%-8% of its revenues in R&D and it has …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

EnnoStar to see mini LED taking up 20-30% of 2021 revenues, says Epistar chairman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that EnnoStar, a J/V between Epistar and Lextar, belives that 20%-30% of its business will come from miniLED technology this year. The site also reports that Epistar will start …

Tags:MiniLED

A closer look at DXOMARK Display testing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DXOMark released more details of the testing procedure for its DXOMark for smartphone displays. What We Think I have used the DXO software for raw conversion of digital photography for some …

Tags:Smartphones| Testing

Links Week Ending 1st Jan 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 this week. Matthew Mancinelli puts 4KUniverse up for sale, wants $75m for 51% …

Tags:Game Playing| Outdoor Displays| Projectors| UltraHD & 4K

Thanks to all our Subscribers!

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to all our subscribers that have supported our move to a ‘freemium’ model. We’d still like to boost the number of subscribers, so if you have colleagues that you think might find our …

Movistar, Samsung TV Integration Deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung Iberia has done a deal with Movistar, the TV and mobile operator in Spain and South America (and which owns the O2 brand in the UK), to show content from …

Tags:Samsung| Smart TV| Spain

Tianma aims to ship 20 million flexible OLED panels in 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Korean sources report that Tianma of China would like to ship 40 million OLED panels in 2021, with 50% being flexible. The sources quote Stone Partners as reporting that Tianma shipped …

Tags:Market Data| OLED Fabs| Tianma

Taiwan’s TSMC begins hiring blitz for $12bn US plant

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that TSMC is aggressively recruiting over 600 engineers and executives for what will be its first U.S. plant in 20 years. The company plans to invest $12 billion in …

Tags:Semiconductor Market| TSMC

Transparent Electronics: $20 Billion Market Comes into Sight

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDTechEx has a new report looking at the market for transparent electronics materials and thinks the market will be over $20 billion in value, but not until 2041! There will be …

Tags:Glass| Solar Panels| Transparent Displays

‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ VR Support Comes to SteamVR Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft has released a free patch for Flight Simulator that allows support for VR headsets that support OpenXR, which includes the Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Windows MR headsets like HP …

Tags:Game Playing| Microsoft| Virtual Displays

Visionox Expands Flexible OLED Production Capacity Again

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea, quoting Chinese sources, said that Visionox has started operations at its flexible OLED fab in Guangzhou. Visionox’s 6th-generation flexible OLED line, V3, at Hefei, Anhui Province began …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| OLED Fabs

BT Sport brings fans closer to the action with multi-camera 8K VR360

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tiledmedia (which develops 360° video technology) reported on developments at BT Sport in the UK in delivering a 360° service in 8K using the firm’s ClearVR technology. Tiledmedia claims the following …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UK (United Kingdom)