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Varjo™, the industry-leading provider of professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, announced it has secured $40 million USD (equivalent to €41 million EUR) in new funding. The Series D investment is backed by return investors including EQT Ventures, Atomico, Volvo Car Tech Fund, and Lifeline Ventures, and new strategic investors including Mirabaud and Foxconn?, one of … Read more
In a recent press release coordinated with IFA 2022, Lenovo announced the upcoming availability of a new product called Glasses T1. The Glasses T1 are intended to be tethered to the user’s smartphone or computer. The secondary display produced by the Glasses T1 provides a large image that hovers in front of the user’s eyes … Read more
What They Say The New York Times looked at the idea of getting smartphones to have an extended life. The main content is about the Fairphone company in Amsterdam. (Trends to Help Save the Planet?) What We Think There are compromises to be made, as I discussed in my article, but it would be good … Read more
Samsung’s TV business currently has access to what I (and pretty well everyone I know in TV!) consider to be the best quality TV panel technology in the world (as long as you are not in very bright ambient light). But sales levels are a problem. How did that happen? The story that we have … Read more
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, together with Amlogic, has launched ZTE 8K STB (set-top box) at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2022) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 8K STB, connected to a big screen, can present immersive 4K UI and enhance ultra HD video … Read more
RDK Management announced details about the continued adoption of the RDK open source software platform used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from broadband and video service providers worldwide. “Surpassing 100 million RDK device deployments is a testament to the central role RDK now plays at cable, telco, and satellite providers around the globe,” said Jason … Read more
What They Say Kopin said that it has appointed a new CEO, Michael Murray, to replace Dr John Fan as CEO. Fan will remain as chairman of Kopin and all the subsidiaries and will continue to focus on strategic and scientific matters especially related to the Metaverse. Murray joins Kopin from Ultra Electronics Group, a … Read more
What They Say We have previously reported on forecasts from DSCC that Samsung would retain its share of supply to Apple for the iPhone 14 at around the same level of last year, despite the efforts of BOE and LGD to increase their share. Now the Korea Economic Daily has forecast that SDC will report … Read more
What They Say Direct view LED specialist, Infiled has said that it has an LED display for virtual production that is completely and seamlessly curved rather than using flat panels. The unit is designed around a 2.6mm pitch system and can be used with a virtual floor. The 6m x 3m screen, which uses Brompton’s … Read more
Vestel, one of the top three consumer electronics manufacturers in Europe, announced the launch of its 97XX Series of 4K UHD Set-top Boxes. Designed to deliver a seamless, exceptional value home entertainment experience from within an ultra-compact, minimalist design, the series includes smart as well as non-smart set-top box options, with either T2 only or … Read more
What They Say A project in Germany to develop an internet-delivered service to provide linear channels and compete with terrestrial broadcast is being developed using the DVB-I standard. Firms involved include Sony, TPVision (Philips licensee) and Vestel as well as German broadcasters and others. Key features of DVB-I include structured service lists which enable a … Read more
What They Say Protocol Entertainment looked at functions that TVs could perform beyond simply streaming TV content and reported that Samsung had said that viewers of its advertising supported TV Plus service have watched close to 3 billion hours of content over the past year, double the previous year. The article suggests that TV makers … Read more
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