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Based on recent news reports, it sure seems like the VR industry is moving away from Fresnel lenses to Pancake optics and switching from glass-based OLEDs or LCDs to microdisplays based on OLED-on-silicon. And major display makers seem to be getting the message too. LG Display used DisplayWeek to showcase its new OLED-on-silicon microdisplay and … Read more
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. Meta bumps prices of Quest 2 headsets ahead of successor release New Apple Patent Could Mean Lasers in Your Next iPhone Outernet’s huge LED screens ‘create a physical metaverse’ … Read more
Display specialist AOC proudly announces the new V5 series monitors, perfect for home users or students wanting to upgrade their home office screen in style: The 3-sides borderless V5 models offer a thin, sleek display with a minimal footprint and advanced features such as USB-C connectivity with 65W Power Delivery. Featuring Full HD and QHD … Read more
What They Say Invidis reported some information from Omdia on the LED market in Q1 2022. The report forecast that the average pitch ( which is calculated by the weighted arithmetic mean assuming the average density of pixels distributed over the entire LED display area), will reduce ‘sharply’ from 3.1mm in 2019 to 2.1mm by … Read more
What They Say Prad.de reported on a Chinese company, MScreen, a subsidiary of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Tinno Mobile that is running a Kickstarter campaign for the development of two displays. The first is a 14.1″ 32:9 1920 x 550 resolution IPS panel that is intended to be used in special applications or as a … Read more
What They Say Alaska Airlines is the next carrier to try using E Ink-based electronic baggage tags that it plans to make available initially to 2,500 regular flyers from San Jose, USA. Other frequent flyers will be able to buy the tag from early 2023. The airline tested the concept initially in 2015, but the … Read more
Our own Peter Palomaki tore down a Samsung S95B QD-OLED TV. Teasingly, in this part one video, he showed that he would be using a UV flashlight – a test we had hoped to try on the Nanosys booth at Display Week, but hasn’t, so far disclosed the result. There has been discussion of the … Read more
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
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