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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
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
What They Say A group of researchers from the Hokkaido University in Japan has developed a new material it is calling ‘ITZO’ for its constituent elements indium, tin, zinc and oxygen) promises to be up to seven times faster than the current state-of-the-art material. However, it was not clear why the material is faster so … Read more
What They Say If the LCD industry is to recover, it needs some demand stimulation, but that is not going to come quickly from Germany as, according to the latest data from the GfU, the TV set market was down in Q3 by 19.7% compared to last year in unit terms and revenues dropped even … Read more
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
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
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
What They Say DSCC published a blog post that pointed out that although US consumer inflation is continuing to rise, but TV price drops have reduced slightly to around 18.6% Y/Y, a slightly smaller Y/Y price drop than the 19.8% recorded in August 2022. The firm thinks that TV pricing will slow in its rate of … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced that it has released DisplayPort 2.1, the latest version of the DisplayPort specification, which is backward compatible with and supersedes the previous version of DisplayPort (DisplayPort 2.0). VESA has been working closely with member companies to ensure that products supporting DisplayPort 2.0 would actually meet the newer, more … Read more
Roku, Inc. and Walmart announced the launch of Roku’s new suite of smart home products, including security cameras, video doorbells, lighting, plugs, and more. This expansion of Roku’s product line provides a broad offering of simple and affordable smart home devices, available exclusively in nearly 3,500 Walmart stores. “As the #1 selling smart TV OS … Read more
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays and solutions, is excited to announce the debut of Philips S-Line – a series of stretched digital signage displays, bringing new creative possibilities for high-impact installations in space-limited environments. First teased on the Philips stand during ISE 2022 and available now for order in the UK … Read more
What They Say The University of Rennes, France, has developed what it believes to be the world’s most efficient single-layer PHOLED emitter with an EQE of more than 22%. The group said that in its simplified PhOLED technology, the role of the functional layer should be done by the emissive layer, which should allow an … Read more
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