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Lenovo showed off a laptop with an expanding display and a similar rollout smartphone

What They Say Lenovo and its Motorola brand both showed rollable OLEDs at its recent Tech World Event. There was a new rollable concept smartphone and also a rollable notebook that can expand to a display that is higher than it is wide. Both products are just in the ‘concept’ phase. What We Think As … Read more

Barco Trading Update for Q3 2022

What They Say Bellwether A/V stock Barco updated on its results for the third calendar quarter of the year and saw a continuing post-Covid recovery. Orders were up 8% on Q3 2021 to €242 million, bringing the YTD total to €751.2 million, up 9%. Sales were €262.2 million for the quarter, up 40% on last … Read more

California Approves the Use of Digital Licence Plates

What They Say California has published legislation (AB 984) allowing the use of electronic licence plates for vehicles. The state previously had a pilot programme. (Michigan Allows Digital Licence Plates). Reviver said that its digital licence plates (based on E Ink technology) are currently legal for sale and DMV registration in California, Michigan, Arizona, and Texas for commercial fleet vehicles. … Read more

Panasonic Shiftall Announced at AWE Europe

  What They Say Panasonic’s Shiftall subsidiary has showed the most recent versions of its MeganeX VR headset which has: Dual 2560 x 2560 1.3″ displays @120Hz with HDR FOV is said to be ‘a bit wider than the Quest 2’ inside-out & outside-in tracking SteamVR compatibility There is a video on Twitter here and the … Read more

Taiwan Panel Makers Booked M/M Revenue Increase in September; Have They Hit Bottom?

What They Say We reported on the results of the main Taiwanese panel makers last week and DSCC has gone further by publishing the trend for the results over the last year, showing that revenues may have ‘bottomed out’ finally.  DSCC points out that AUO’s price per sq metre (based on revenue/area) did not decrease, … Read more

Quantum Dot and MiniLED: Can it empower AR/VR/MR displays? Part 1

Meta introduced its “Meta Quest Pro” high-end mixed reality device at the Meta Connect event this month. It is expected to be available for purchase in October 25th for $1499.99. According to Meta, they believe “VR devices will help usher in the next computing platform – becoming as ubiquitous as laptops and tablets are today- … Read more

Quantum Dot and MiniLED: Can it empower AR/VR/MR displays? Part 2

Display requirements are different for VR (and pass-through AR) and see-through AR. For VR (and pass-through AR) most displays are based on TFT LCD and AMOLED. In general, immersive display needs are as follows: High resolutions (high pixel density to reduce or eliminate the screen door effect). High brightness High contrast Wide color gamut High … Read more