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Tobii Selected by Sony Interactive Entertainment to be the Eye Tracking Technology Provider for PlayStation VR2

July 4, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Tobii, the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer of attention computing, is pleased to announce its innovative eye tracking technology will be featured in the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset. “PlayStation VR2 establishes a new baseline for immersive virtual reality (VR) entertainment and will enable millions of users across the world to experience the power … Read more

Tobii Tracking to be Used by Sony in PSVR2

July 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Eye tracking specialist Tobii said that its technology would be used in Sony’s PSVR2 headset and that the firm will get revenue worth “more than” 10% of its revenues this year. The data from the gaze system will be used for foveated rendering. What We Think This is a good win for … Read more

Links Week Starting 4th July 2022

July 4, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) Vodafone Iceland uses Amino tech to upcycle STBs Updates for NEXTGEN TV logo certification test suite Google launches a repair kit … Read more

LCD Monitor Panel shipments Forecast to Drop 11.3% QoQ in 2Q22

July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Taiwanese analyst, TrendForce Research forecast that shipments of panels for LCD monitors in Q2 2022 will be down 11.3% to 42.5 million. That’s down from earlier expectations as brands were fairly optimistic earlier this year and bought a lot of panels, so shipments in Q1 were 47.9 million, up 20% from 2021 … Read more

ISE LED Announcements Round Up

July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

I was very disappointed when the much re-scheduled ISE event was set to take place at the same time as the SID Display Week in San Jose. I like ISE and always learn a lot, having attended all of them since the move to Brussels in 2007 (before that, a colleague attended). There would have … Read more

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide PC Shipments to Decline 9.5% in 2022

July 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide PC shipments are on pace to decline 9.5% in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. The PC market is expected to experience the steepest decline of all device segments this year. “A perfect storm of geopolitics upheaval, high inflation, currency fluctuations and supply chain disruptions have lowered business and consumer demand … Read more

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide PC Shipments to Decline 9.5% in 2022

July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gartner issued a press release with its forecasts for PCs, tablets and smartphones and added to the gloom by forecasting volume declines of 9.5%, 9.0% and 7.1% with an expectation of 2.065 billion units over the year, down 7.6%. Looking at smartphones alone, rather than all phones, the decline was 5.8%. Regionally, … Read more

Xvisio Launches SeerLens One AR Glasses for the North America Market

July 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Xvisio Technology Co. announced and demonstrated live SeerLens™ One, its first mass production AR glasses product for the enterprise for the North America market. SeerLens™ One is a USB tethered cross-platform AR glasses with on-board vSLAM* engine based on the Epson VM40 free form prism optics. It can be paired up with PC, mobile phone … Read more

Mobile AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2021-2026

July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say ARtillery Intelligence still remains positive about the potential and growth of AR markets and published its ‘cautiously optimistic’ forecast with 33% revenue growth forecast for 2022 and 27% in 2023 as the market for all revenue heads towards $36 billion by 2026. What We Think This positive view was slightly against the … Read more

Meta’s Dominance in the VR Market will be Challenged in the Coming Years, According to IDC

July 1, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Global shipments for virtual reality (VR) headsets jumped 241.6% during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) compared to the same period last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. Continued demand and easing supply helped drive the category forward though it is worth … Read more

Mojo Vision CEO Tries the Contact Lens

July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Mojo vision test eye contact lenses 1 proc

What They Say AR contact lens developer, Mojo Vision, has demonstrated its contact lens in use and the firm’s CEO is reported to have worn the device for around an hour. This is said to have been one of the first actual tests of a device. The wearer said it felt ‘very similar to a … Read more

iOS Tablets Chips Away at Android Dominance in Q1 22

December 21, 2022July 1, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that Apple is ‘closing the gap’ with Android tablets as the market reaches saturation and with global uncertainty and negative purchasing intent (see Gartner Forecasts Worldwide PC Shipments to Decline 9.5% in 2022). Although Apple was down in unit terms in Q1, it rose in share to 38%, up … Read more