Will BOE Lose Apple’s iPhone 15 Business Because of Sanctions?
The Chinese display giant is facing problems with the yield of its panels.
Tired: VR; Wired: MR
No matter how you slice it, Meta is subsidizing every VR headset it sells to the tune of 4 to 6 times the revenue it generates. That’s so crazy that you have to think it is an act of genius that lesser mortals cannot comprehend. Or, if you are a hater, you could call it … Read more
The Future of Touch
A research team at UC Santa Barbara has discovered a new phenomenon that underlies emerging holographic haptic displays, and could lead to the creation of more compelling virtual reality experiences. The team’s findings are published in the journal Science Advances. Holographic haptic displays use phased arrays of ultrasound emitters to focus ultrasound in the air, allowing … Read more
Vuzix Reports 4Q and Full Year 2022 Results
Vuzix, the supplier of smart glasses and AR technologies and products, reported its fourth quarter and full year financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022. “In 2022, Vuzix made critical investments in staff, core technology and infrastructure to expand our capabilities and global footprint to meet the demand for our products, components and services,” … Read more
Sony Electronics Introduces 2023 Bravia XR TV Lineup
There are five new models in the 2023 Bravia XR TV Lineup: X95L and X93L Mini LED, X90L Full Array LED, A95L QD-OLED and A80L OLED. All models are equipped with features to provide consumers with an immersive experience for watching movies, streaming apps, gaming and more. They all have the updated Cognitive Processor XR, featuring the all new XR Clear Image on select models, which improves noise … Read more
Sharp/NEC Launches New 7,100 and 8,000 Lumens Professional Installation LCD Projectors
Sharp NEC Display Solutions announced the newest additions to its impressive professional installation laser projector lineup with the 7,100 lumens PV710UL and the 8,000 lumens PV800UL. The PV series is designed for higher education classrooms/lecture halls, museums, rental and staging, houses of worship, corporate conference rooms and more. Its LCD technology provides very bright, detailed … Read more
Piracy: Address the Problem, Provide a Better Option
Awhile back – quite a while – we spent frustrating days divorcing our cable bundle of hundreds of channels (we only watched a few, the rest were just “there.”). It wasn’t a messy divorce, just tough. We had begun moving to watching VOD – what we wanted, when we wanted, on the screen we wanted. Monthly … Read more
Ohio Leads Nation in VR Education
Prisms VR celebrated Ohio’s leadership in virtual reality (VR) education, at its first Prisms of Reality Conference in Marysville, Ohio. Leading the nation in scaling experiential learning, Ohio launched Prisms’ VR new world math learning design in fall 2021 to over 50+ school districts + 15,000 students; it’s the first state to drive VR adoption … Read more
UMC Introduces New 28eHV+ Platform for Wireless, VR/AR, and IoT Display Applications
United Microelectronics Corporation unveiled the 28eHV+ platform, its newest enhancement to its 28nm embedded high voltage (eHV) technology. Delivering greater power efficiency and premium visual quality, 28eHV+ is an ideal display driver solution to power next-generation displays used in smartphones, virtual and augmented reality devices, and IoT. Compared to the proven 28nm eHV process, UMC’s … Read more
Tecno Launches Premium Foldable Phantom V Fold
Tecno’s premium sub-brand, Phantom, launched a new flagship smartphone, the Phantom V Fold, marking the brand’s emphatic entrance into the foldable device market. The phone delivers an immersive visual experience through an optimally sized flagship dual screen and an ultra-clear 5-lens photography system for unparalleled image-making. Launched during Tecnos debut appearance at MWC Barcelona 2023, … Read more
A Means to Fabricate Arrays of “Stacked” MicroLEDs is Under Development
A team of 34 researchers from the US and South Korea and headed by Jiho Shin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) are developing means to fabricate vertically stacked arrays of microLEDs. Augmented, virtual and mixed reality headsets require a full color display that has an extremely high pixel density and an extremely … Read more
LG Begins US Rollout of 2023 OLED TV Lineup
LG Electronics USA announced initial pricing and availability of its 2023 OLED TVs featuring the most advanced range of LG OLED TVs yet. The LG OLED evo G3 Gallery Edition, and LG OLED evo C3 Series will be available for preorder at LG.com beginning March 6, 2023 , shipping expected late-March, and available in late-March at LG-authorized retailers nationwide. Additional models will be announced at … Read more
