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Swave, a New Imec and VUB Spin-off, Raises €7M to Deliver Truly Realistic AR/VR Experiences to Applications Like the Metaverse

June 28, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Swave Photonics, an innovator in Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) technology to bring the metaverse to life, announced a €7 million seed round. The investment will be used to fund the commercialization of truly realistic, immersive 3D HXR gigapixel technology for a wide range of emerging applications. The demand for eXtended Reality (XR) technology that enhances … Read more

BOE & Merck Clarify an LGD Mystery

June 28, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Most of the time on Display Daily in the last year or two, we have tended to talk about mostly about OLED, microLED and QD OLED, the new technologies that are changing the premium end of most high volume markets. But there’s a lot going on to keep improving LCDs which remains, by far, the … Read more

Samsung to start production of MicroLED TV with LTPS TFT

December 21, 2022June 28, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung will start production of its microLED TVs using LTPS modules for the first time in Q3 after being delayed from an initial plan of May (Samsung MicroLED TVs Delayed). Up to now it has used PCBs. The use of LTPS glass modules will allow finer pitch and … Read more

Advanced Monitor Market Expected to Rise 328% Y/Y – More Brands Entering the Category

December 21, 2022June 28, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published data from its recently released Quarterly Advanced IT Display Shipment and Technology Report on its blog and forecast that the market would rise by 328% this year to 3.6 million. DSCC defines an Advanced Monitor as one using miniLED or OLED in the display. Whereas the Advanced Notebook market is … Read more

Advanced Notebooks Decline 26% But Remain Poised for 120% Y/Y Growth

June 28, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog that outlined the firm’s forecast for what it calls ‘Advanced Notebook’ displays (i.e. with OLED and miniLED). Q1 22 was down 26% because of supply chain issues, lockdowns and weak demand. Year on year, though, the category was up 438% to 3.6 million panels. The forecast for the … Read more

Innovative Italian VR Bus tour company adopts transparent OLEDs for immersive tourist experience

June 28, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to OLED-Info which spotted a new development in Italy. A bus tour company, Invisible Cities, has equipped a bus with 8 transparent LG OLED panels so that information is overlaid on the window view outside. The bus is also said to have a network of vents to deliver smells. … Read more

Omdia Forecasts Global Pay TV & Online Video Subscriptions to Pass 3 Billion in 2027

June 28, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

New research shows that online video subscription numbers continue to grow worldwide at impressive levels. Omdia’s new Global: Pay TV & Online Video report finds that the global total increased from 1.14 billion at end-2020 to 1.34 billion at end-2021, up 17.7% year-on-year. Omdia is forecasting a further 10.5% growth in 2022 to take the … Read more

Maxhub releases 4K display for online conference rooms

June 27, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Maxhub released a new UltraHD 98″ display designed for online conference rooms. The display uses a direct LED backlight and has 5,000:1 contrast with a VA LCD. In terms of connectivity, the Maxhub ND98PNA 4K Commercial Display incorporates dual HDMI connectors, one VGA port, six USB 2.0 ports and a PC audio … Read more

ATSC 3.0 available in over half US homes

December 21, 2022June 27, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that: “ATSC 3.0 stations have been licensed to operate in 68 markets, though in some cases it may be a single low power television station […] Furthermore, most markets with ATSC 3.0 deployments have a single 3.0 `lighthouse’ facility licensed to provide … Read more

Panel expert downbeat on Korean investments in premium TV displays

June 27, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported from a seminar in Seoul last week that Yi Choong-hoon from UBI Research that although there is some demand for large OLEDs for TVs, monitors and laptops, there is uncertainty over investment plans by LG Display (LGD) and Samsung Display. LGD is expected to make a loss this … Read more

IDTechEx Analyzes Meta’s VR Optics Future

June 27, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Virtual Reality (VR) hecadsets are edging toward becoming commonplace. However, social acceptability is still some way off and the user experience is not entirely comfortable. Essential to solving these problems are the lenses that magnify and focus headsets’ displays. Until recently, this field was relatively static, with headsets using optics based on Fresnel lenses, but … Read more

Links Week Starting 27th June 2022

June 27, 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!) Huawei MateStation X: all-in-one PC with touch display [ViewFinity S8] Your Guide to Selecting the Ultimate Content Creation Monitor (from Samsung) … Read more