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Covid-19: Virus can survive on touchscreens for 28 days

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers in Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) have reported that Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces including touchscreens for up to 28 days. At 20°C, the virus was ‘extremely robust’, but …

Tags:Covid-19| Haptics| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch Market

SMPTE Publishes Study on WCG

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Dolby and RiT in New York have conducted a project, published in the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, that confirms that viewers had a preference for images that had an …

Tags:Colour Quality| DCI P3| Rec 2020| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

OLED TV sales topped 10 million since 2013

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pulse News in Korea reported that OLED TV sales have reached 10 million units, cumulatively. The paper also said that global OLED TV shipment will reach 1.2 million units in the …

Tags:Forecasts| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)

Apple unveils iPhone 12 series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After months of speculation, and slightly later in the year than before, Apple finally announced the iPhone 12 series. The 6.1″ iPhone 12 and the 5.4″ iPhone 12 mini get the …

Tags:Apple| Corning| Glass| iPhone| Smartphones

Reuters Presents HP’s Future Vision for VR (Free!)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters is holding a free webinar on the topic of the Future of VR with HP. Speakers are: Elias Stephan, Head of Global Virtual Reality Business Development, HP Jeff Marshall, CEO, …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Virtual Reality

Analysts Differ on PC Market Growth & Shares

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Gartner & IDC joined Canalys in putting out their Q3 PC results. (Lenovo, HP, and Dell led PCs to 10-year shipment high in Q3). Gartner saw a bigger market than Canalys …

Tags:Chromebooks| Market Data| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Commission accepts Broadcom commitments for set-top chips

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Commission has been taking action against Broadcom over issues of competition policy. In April the firm said it would not make new agreements with similar terms and the Commission …

Tags:Broadcom| Europe| SOCs| STBs

Reinvesting in the Entertainment Landscape

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report has an interesting update on a new category (to me) of VR location-based entertainment, ‘Arena-scale’ VR or ‘Free Roaming’ or ‘Walking Attractions’. Players have backpack PCs and VR …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Lenovo, HP, and Dell led PCs to 10-year shipment high in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Canalys has been in the news this week! The company put out its Q3 PC sales data and reported that the volume of notebooks (64 million) was close to the record …

Tags:Market Data| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)