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Superhexa Glasses Use Sony MicroOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SuperHexa, a 2020 startup based in Beijing, has new Vision smartglasses with integrated wide (50 megapixel) and telephoto (8 megapixel) cameras. The glasses are available through a funded Indiegogo project and should ship …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| OLEDs| sony

Optoma Introduces Super-bright WUXGA Projectors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optoma has three new very high brightness 1920 x 1200 DLP projectors, the ZU1700, ZU1900 and ZU2200 with 17,000 (14,500 Ansi), 19,000 (16,000 Ansi) and 22,000 (18,500 Ansi) lumens of output, …

Tags:Installation Projectors| Optoma| Projectors

Sony DSCs up – although TV & Smartphones Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony posted its financials for its fiscal Q2 to the end of September with a boost in sales and income over last year. The presentation included segmental analysis and forecasts that …

Tags:Cameras| Financial Data| sony| TV Set Market

Holoride wants you to use VR in your Audi

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Holoride of Germany has done a deal to supply an HTC Vive Flow VR headset, a game controller, and an additional safety strap, as well as one year of access to Holoride’s …

Tags:Automotive| Germany| Virtual Reality

Apple TV with Samsung Sets Gets HDR10+ Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Up to now, the Apple TV box and the Apple TV+ service have not supported the HDR10+ dynamic metadata protocol developed by Samsung. Apple has tended to support Dolby Vision, which …

Tags:Apple| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Samsung

UBI: the OLED for IT Market is Set to Grow

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Olednet.com published a forecast for IT OLEDs from UBI Research and said that volume would rise to 48.8 million units by 2027 from 9.5 million this year. The OLED market for IT …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Notebooks| OLEDs| tablets

China Plans to Export 25 Million VR Headsets by 2026

by Bob Raikes

 What They Say Reuters reports that China has an action plan intended to allow shipments of 25 million HMDs by 2026 with a value of $48 billion under the country’s 14th five year plan. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Supply Chain| Virtual Reality

Sony to Release VR2 headset in February

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has said that it will launch its VR2 headset in February and that it will sell for $549.99 / €599.99 / £529.99 / ¥74,980 (including tax for GBP, EUR, and …

Tags:Game Playing| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 4th November 2022

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 end of this week.  Zoom Certifies LG All-in-one Conferencing Unit Panel Maker …

Tags:Asus| AUO| Colour (Color)| Desktop Monitors| Foldable Devices| Game Playing| GPUs| Innolux| Leyard| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nvidia| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Taiwan| TCL| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| VideoConferencing

HB Solution signs QD inkjet supply deal with Samsung Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that HB Solution has done a deal to supply Samsung Display with inkjet equipment for depositing the QD layer in SDC’s QD OLEDs. The equipment will be installed …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Kateeva| Production Equipment| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display

DXO Looks at the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Huawei Mate 50 Pro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DZOMark looked at the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Huawei Mate 50 Pro, covering displays, cameras, audio and batteries on the Apple device. It said that the iPhone Has the overall top …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Testing