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Hands-on with Meta Reality Labs’ Starburst prototype for HDR VR

What They Say At Siggraph this year, Meta showed its ‘Starburst’ demonstration system that is intended to look at what you can do to achieve very good HDR in a headset, without worrying about other aspects. The firm recently showed off its prototypes, each of which is intended to address one of the challenges that … Read more

Foldable Smartphone Shipments to Hit 16 Million Units in 2022, Up 73% YoY

The global foldable smartphone market will grow 73% this year from 9 million units last year to 16 million units, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Foldable Smartphone Forecast. The strong growth defies current economic headwinds as the premium market shows resilience and steady demand. Counterpoint forecasts strong growth through next year too, with foldables expected … Read more

So what is it going to take to deliver all-day wearable AR glasses?

A few weeks ago, I spotted an interesting article on the long form ‘Medium’ platform from Avi Bar-Zeev. He’s been at Disney, Keyhole (acquired by Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and has had his own consultancy. After 30 years in the AR and VR business, his views are worth noting. Bar-Zeev’s first product was a CAVE … Read more

PPDS Confirms Asian Market Expansion – InfoComm India 2022 Attendance

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and complementary solutions, is excited to confirm its participation at InfoComm India 2022 in Mumbai next month (September 5-7). Exhibiting on stand E25, the three-day event – India’s go-to tradeshow for buyers to discover the latest AV … Read more

Hisense’s U7H and U8H Series TVs Receive WiSA SoundSend Certification

WiSA® LLC, a subsidiary of WiSA Technologies, Inc., announced that Hisense’s 2022 U7H and U8H Series TVs have earned WiSA SoundSend Certification. In 2021, the WiSA SoundSend Certification program was launched to ensure effortless and simple connection and interoperability between smart TVs and the WiSA SoundSend wireless audio transmitter. The Hisense U7H and U8H received … Read more

Samsung Electronics Aims to Boost Sales of Foldable Phones

What They Say Korean media reports that Samsung Electronics mobile head, Roh Tae-moon said that “By 2025, foldable items will take up more than 50 percent of Samsung‘s total premium smartphone shipments,” The Korea Herald reports that Samsung’s share of the premium market has shrunk to 17% compared to 60% for Apple, quoting data from … Read more

Driving The Future Of Automotive Displays With Video Compression

What They Say Semiengineering.com published an article by Rambus that looked at the topic of the big boost in video transport inside cars and the challenges because cars need to meet strict EMC requirements, cannot be too power hungry and need to meet strict safety standards if they involve safety critical ADAS (advanced driver assistance … Read more

LG UltraFine Pro OLED Monitor Wins HPA Award

What They Say LG Electronics won an Award for Engineering Excellence from the HPA for its UltraFine OLED Pro EP950 reference grade HDR monitor, available in 27″ and 32″ sizes. Arri also won an award for its Alexa 35 Reveal Color Science reveals improved dynamic range, color gamut, and superior rendering of skin tones and … Read more

Sigmaintell Research|TV Panel Price Trends in Aug. 2022 (Early August Version)

What They Say Sigmaintell published its latest TV price data for early August and showed that all sizes continue to decline sharply. 32″ was down $1 but 65″ was down $5 and 75″ down by $10, a five percentage point drop in one month, although the firm thinks that the drop in these sizes might … Read more