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Drone Show at Burning Man uses 1,000 Drones

What They Say AV Magazine reported that a presentation at the Burning Man event in the US used 1000 drones to create a light show that was controlled by 400 Starlink terminals (the SpaceX satellite internet terminals) What We Think As the reporter said – this is pretty impressive even if you haven’t consumed any … Read more

Breakthrough thinking in MicroLED and the implications for QDEL blue dots

From the SID conference this year, one really interesting theme emerged for me as rising in importance. That is the role of single emitter material systems for MicroLED. Up to now, most display companies have emphasised discrete R, G, B systems for MicroLED demonstrators, whilst at the same time parallel tracking colour converting systems. This … Read more

TV Round-up from IFA 2022

I had a couple of days to look around at TVs during the recent IFA Show in Berlin. It’s not really the place for new sets as brands are focussed on trying to get sales for the holiday season. CES is really the place for new sets. Still, there were some things to see! Samsung … Read more

OLED Mobile Phone Panel Penetration Rate Estimated to Exceed 50% in 2023

What They Say TrendForce said that it expects the penetration of OLED into the smartphone market to get over 50% in 2023, up from 42%. (This would be on a unit basis, I assume as revenues are already over 50% – editor) In an article, the firm described the features such as additional auxiliary electrodes, … Read more

Christie Adds Pair Of Super Fine-pitch Leds To Microtiles Led Line

What They Say Christie added two new pixel pitches to its line-up of MicroTiles LEDs with 0.75mm and 1.0mm pitch. The 1.0mm version includes LED encapsulation to protect the flip-chip LEDs and the new models can support up to 2,000 cd/m² of output, using common cathode technology. The encapsulation is also said to contribute to … Read more

Links Week Ending 23rd September 2022

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. There are a lot again as I was busy with IBC this week! Manchester City renews LED partnership with Unilumin Snapdragon Stadium Unveils Daktronics LED Displays Chinese LED-chip manufacturer … Read more

LG Display equips a tour bus in Korea with transparent OLEDs to create an augmented reality tour

What They Say LG Display has configured a bus in Suwon with transparent OLEDs to create an augmented reality experience to passengers in the bus based on the history of the town. The implementation uses 55″ FullHD displays. What We Think This looks very similar to the bus that we reported on in Rome. (Applied … Read more

IDC Tracker Sees a Long Road Ahead for Augmented Reality Headsets

Worldwide shipments of Augmented Reality (AR) headsets are forecast to decline 8.7% year over year to nearly 260,000 units by the end of 2022, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. While a decline for such a nascent technology may seem abrupt, volumes have … Read more