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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 middle of this week. Would You Buy the World’s First Laptop With an E-Paper Screen? Michael Nugent to head new EBU tech committee Daktronics breaks fiscal year record with $800M in work orders … Read more
What They Say Acer said that its revenues were down 10.6% from 2021 in May although up 15.4% on April to $743 million. For the year so far, sales were down 1.3% to $4.02 billion. Business highlights included: Gaming business revenue in May grew 23.0% MoM Chromebook business revenue in May grew 174.5% MoM Acer … Read more
JVC has announced today the launch of its stylish 9200 series of OLED 4K HDR Android TV devices. The 55-inch and 65-inch TVs, with leading-edge OLED picture quality, and Dolby Atmos support, deliver a next-level home cinema experience, straight out of the box. Immersing viewers in the action from any seat in the room, they … Read more
I make no apology for returning to a 20 year topic in the display industry, blue for OLEDs. Blue has often been a challenge for displays and optical devices because of the high energy needed to create blue light. Famously, it took many decades to create and commercialise blue LEDs and efficient deep blues have … Read more
What They Say Earlier this week, DSCC published a blog article characterising the inventory issues in the supply chain as acting like a “Gale-Force Headwind for Display Industry” and the Nikkey reinforced this idea by reporting that Samsung has told its suppliers that it is closely reviewing its component and final product inventories. The categories … Read more
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, expands its line of laser-based projectors with the addition of two installation-focused projectors, the LS920WU and the short-throw LS921WU. Both projectors are engineered with next-generation laser phosphor technology and a lifespan of up to 30,000* hours. With 6,000 ANSI lumens of brightness and a built-in HDBT … 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 first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) Metalenz and STMicroelectronics deliver world’s first optical metasurface technology for consumer electronics devices (direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor – not a display, … Read more
What They Say Chinese chipmaker SMIC has said that it has seen demand for mobile phones, personal computers and home appliances drop “like a rock” and with no signs of recovery on the horizon, the Nikkei reported. Factors include the lockdowns in China and the impact of the Russian aggression on Ukraine. “There are at … Read more
What They Say Auganix reports that MAN commercial vehicles in Romania is seeing a reduced time-to-diagnosis by 75% and cut specialists’ travel time in half following the introduction of the use of RealWear Assisted-reality glasses. The service provider has 14 facilities in the country and has a limited number of MAN vehicle specialists. When workers … Read more
What They Say After last week’s talk of problems with the Microsoft Hololens and its challenges in the big defence contract that it has in the US, VR Times reports Microsoft chief AI and Cloud executive Scott Guthrie as sayin in an internal email that the MR headset for the U.S. military has reached a … Read more
What They Say Last month, Sensel which is developing haptic touchpads, said that it has raised $18.8 million in a series B funding round that brings its total funding to date up to $57 million. (Sensel says your laptop might come with a haptic touchpad.) The investors included Lenovo and was led by Global Lighting … Read more
What They Say Protocol Entertainment reports that the ByteDance (TikTok) owned company, Pico is setting up a team on the West Coast of the USA to develop content licensing and to start marketing its products in the US. There are reports that the firm has been offering ‘tons of money’ for VR games and content. … Read more
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