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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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
The Global Smartphone Market sales declined 4% Month on Month (MoM) and 10% Year on Year (YoY) in May 2022 to 96 million units, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse Service. This was the second consecutive month of MoM decline and the 11th consecutive month of YoY sales decline. Even after a “V” shaped recovery … Read more
Do you wonder what’s trending these days in the education arena? My next four articles will spotlight some of the most recent post-pandemic trends now taking shape in K-12 and/or university settings. Some of these might be a real surprise to our readers, so to tantalize your curiosity, allow me to tease each of these … Read more
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