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What They Say Bloomberg reports that Meta Platforms Inc is considering buying AdHawk Microsystems Inc of Canada. which has an eye tracking system that does not use cameras and is claimed to be more accurate and can capture hundreds of high-quality data points per second. The glasses use an integrated inertial measurement unit. Last year … Read more
What They Say A couple of weeks ago, Viture announced that it had partnered with Harman and Layer to make some new glasses that are available with an optional neckband that includes directional speakers. The glasses include a 1080P virtual screen (per eye) equivalent to a 120″ display viewed at 3m and based on a … Read more
What They Say Pico (owned by ByteDance, which owns TikTok) is expected to launch a new VR headset with two versions after references in an FCC filing. They are both standalone devices running Android Q on Qualcomm processors. The Pro version will have face and eye tracking. What We Think We couldn’t find any details … Read more
What They Say Toms Hardware tested the Dell G3223Q 32″ UltraHD 144Hz Gaming monitor which supports DisplayHDR 600 and uses an IPS panel. The reviewer liked the accurate colour and relatively low input lag (for this resolution) of 30ms. Native contrast was 1,024:1, with dynamic at >5,000:1 over eight zones. The reviewer said: “With no … Read more
What They Say We’ve reported on weak demand in the US consumer market recently (Amazon Prime Day Discounts in US Signal Slumping Consumer Demand) and now Coresight Research has said that the revenues in UK retail grew 1.7% year on year in June, but volume declines were down 5.9% with online sales down 9.7% year … Read more
In today’s fast-paced world, mobility is a defining feature of everyday life – and greater mobility demands greater flexibility. Whether at home or at the office, with friends or with colleagues, multitasking or relaxing, users need solutions that can keep pace with their dynamic lifestyle. Thus, the Philips 16B1P3302, a brand-new, lightweight 16″ (15.6″ / … Read more
What They Say DSCC published a blog outlining how the current low fab utilisation in the LCD business and weak demand is forcing panel makers to review their capacity plans, or at least their timing. The firm said that ,eaningful delays in PO timing, move-in timing, install timing or MP timing were added this quarter … Read more
What They Say ComputerBase.de reported that Taiwanese Mobo, PC and graphics card maker ASRock is planning to sell two monitors under its own brand with support for AMD Freesync. There is a 34″ WQHD that goes up to 165Hz via DisplayPort and 100Hz via HDMI, while the 27″ FullHD unit goes up to 165Hz via … Read more
Display shipments for applications featuring near-eye displays are expected to reach 25.3 million units in 2022, up 73.8% year-over-year (YoY), before reaching 139 million units in 2028, based on Omdia’s latest Near Eye Display for XR Application Report – 2022. Omdia sees three main influencers behind this growth. Firstly, sales of XR (including AR, VR … Read more
What They Say Darwin Precisions told Digitimes that it is planning a $33.9 million investment in new production capacity in Xiamen, China for backlights. There will be two new production lines with a combined capacity of 300K modules per month and should be active by the end of the year. It will make high end … Read more
What They Say By complete coincidence (honestly!), after I wrote about the investment in Nanosys over recent years last Friday (David Clears the First Hurdle), I got notice today that the firm has raised an additional $50 million that will enable the firm to accelerate its growth in QDs, microLEDs and ELQDs. Investors included Fortress … Read more
Nanosys, the industry innovator and leading supplier of quantum dot and microLED technologies for advanced displays, announced that it has raised more than $50 million in Series B equity and debt financing. The initial close of this round includes as new investors funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, Centerbridge Partners and Kilonova Capital. … Read more
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