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Display revenue to drop 15% this year – Omdia

What They Say Quoting Omdia as the source, the Elec said that display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion with LCD revenues falling 32% from $38.3 billion to $25.8 billion, despite an increase in area shipments of 2%. The article quotes the following target TV panel shipment changes: BOE … Read more

Let’s Keep the OLED Scientists Busy with More Colours

The I-Zone is always an interesting feature of the Display Week Exhibition. The Committee that runs the area, which is populated by research efforts and start-ups, chooses a winner and an honouree. This year’s winner was Porotech – and I’ll return to discussing its offerings, but the honouree was 6P Color Inc for a multi-primary … Read more

PC Shipments to Feel the Effects of Global Headwinds with Shipment Volumes Expected to Decline 8.2% in 2022, According to IDC

Headwinds from lockdowns, war, and inflation are the leading factors behind slowing demand for PCs and tablets. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, global shipments of traditional PCs will fall 8.2% year over year in 2022 to 321.2 million units. Similarly, the forecast for … Read more

IDC Warns of Strong PC market Decline

What They Say IDC expects PC shipments to be weak this year, falling by 8.2% from 2021 to 321.2 million units. Tablets are expected to decline by 6.2% to 158 million units. That will still leave shipments above pre-pandemic levels. Commercial demand remains robust and there is still uptake in emerging markets that will help … Read more

HoloLens Teams are Reorganised

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reports that HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman is to depart from Microsoft after allegations of misconduct. The hardware teams will be absorbed by the “Windows + Devices” organization while the software side will be integrated into the Microsoft Teams organisation. What We Think It seems that the loss of … Read more

Nvidia Shows A Holographic Display with a Glasses-Like Form Factor

A team of researchers headed by Jonghyun Kim along with colleagues at Nvidia Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) and collaborators at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) are developing a holographic display in a glasses-like form factor. A recent article by the team on this topic was entitled “Holographic Glasses for Virtual Reality.” It was published in … Read more

Ultraleap’s Touchless Tech Available on BrightSign Platform

On the opening day of Infocomm, Ultraleap announces their approved partner status with BrightSign, the global leader in digital signage and retail media players. This development means that BrightSign customers can now leverage Ultraleap’s world class touchless technologies for their immersive experiences using BrightSign’s XT1144 media player. The companies will be demonstrating the power of … Read more