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MiniLED Backlight Units Set to Outshine OLEDs

Yole Group, PISÉO, and DXOMARK join forces to provide a combined analysis of a disruptive technology that threatens to overshadow OLEDs in the high-end display market. With a $14 billion investment in miniLEDs between 2019 and 2021, miniLED backlight units seem to be on a huge upswing. Neglected for some time by the high-end display … Read more

Spin Digital Adopts ZIXI for 4K/8K Immersive Video

Zixi, the industry leader for enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over any IP network, and provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP) announced an integration by Spin Digital into its live encoding and playback solutions. The combination of high-performance live encoding, compute efficient playback, and market-leading transport performance unlocks new immersive viewing experiences, including up … Read more

Seiko Epson and Universal Display Announce OLED Evaluation Agreement

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED technology and materials, today announced an OLED evaluation agreement with Seiko Epson Corporation. Under the agreement, Universal Display will supply its proprietary phosphorescent OLED materials and technology to Epson for AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) display applications. Details and financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. … Read more

Matrox Video Reveals AV-over-IP, IP KVM, and Video Wall Deployments at ISE 2023

At ISE 2023, in Matrox® Video stand 5C500, AV systems integrators will discover how Matrox Video encoders, decoders, IP KVM extenders, and video wall products support the wide-ranging, highly compressed, lightly compressed, and uncompressed IP signal transport requirements for today’s mission-critical and commercial applications. Real-time Compressed & Uncompressed AVoIP ConvertIP standards-based, Pro AV-friendly, IPMX-ready encoders/decoders will … Read more

Bluum Adds Newline NT+ Series of Vivid, Ultra-High Definition (4K) Displays for Education and Corporate Environments

Bluum and Newline Interactive announced a partnership to bring next-generation Newline NT+ Ultra-High Definition (4K) displays to classrooms and meeting spaces nationwide. “Engaging students and attendees is the number one priority for educators and presenters,” said Ty Hall, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Newline. “The NT+ Series brings learning and corporate environments to life with … Read more

7 Years of Talking About Apple AR/VR Products

Apple Inc. is still planning to unveil its first mixed-reality headset this year, but an even more important follow-up product — lightweight augmented-reality glasses — has been postponed due to technical challenges.  Bloomberg We’ve been talking about Apple’s AR/VR product plans since 2017 when the company acquired VRVana. So began an odyssey of speculation rife every … Read more

Breakthrough in AR Optics Means that 3D Holographic Gaming Now a Reality

VividQ, the pioneer of holographic display technology for AR gaming, and Dispelix, the world’s leading waveguide designer and manufacturer, have today announced achieving what leading industry figures described as “quasi-impossible” only two years ago. The two companies have designed and manufactured a ‘waveguide combiner’ that can accurately display simultaneous variable-depth 3D content within a user’s … Read more

Where Apple Goes We All Follow

Apple may have delayed the launch of its M2 Pro and M2 Max products because of a slowdown in sales but it doesn’t seem to be shying away from the fight at this early point in the year. This is the end of the line year for Intel-based Macs, and we can probably expect Apple … Read more

VividQ Demonstration Really is Holographic

VividQ Demo application

At the SID Display Week in 2022, I just missed (blame trade show email issues) a demonstration of some very intriguing technology from VividQ in Cambridge, UK. In early January, the firm held some demos for potential customers and partners at its headquarters, and I travelled to the firm to finally get a look. The … Read more

Hard Rock Casino Goes Extremely Tall With Daktronics Marquee Displays

 Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, in conjunction with Acura Neon Sign Company, a sign design, fabrication, installation and service company, has partnered with Cherokee Nation Entertainment to manufacture and install one of the largest LED marquee displays in Oklahoma at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa along Interstate 44. The project, which included a total sign … Read more

Smart TVs and Washing Machines May be Abandoned by Brands After Two Years

Expensive, high-end smart products risk losing features and functionality or posing a security risk after as little as two years because manufacturers are failing to provide vital tech updates, Which? has found.  Research from the consumer champion found that appliances like washing machines or dishwashers, which might be expected to last more than a decade, … Read more