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What They Say Business Insider reported that Microsoft’s developments in mixed reality is a “mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy”. The site said that in an interview a couple of years ago that it was not so much a business as a ’rounding error’. It also said that … Read more
What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported data from Conviva that showed that we have reached a tipping point in the use of streaming dongles. Global viewing using dongles declined by 2% in the year from Q4 2020 to Q4 2021. On the other hand, smartTV use increased by 37%. Consoles from Microsoft and Sony were … Read more
What They Say Chief Analyst Mike Boland of ARtillery Intelligence said in a video that the AR headset will rise from last year’s 250K units to just over 4 million in 2025 which is an installed base of 8.53 million at that time. That’s good growth, but around 420 times smaller than the smartphone installed … Read more
What They Say Lumus uploaded to YouTube part of a presentation by Rüdiger Sprengard, PhD. – Head of Augmented Reality at Schott that highlighted the cooperation between the companies in developing waveguides announced in 2020. Schott highlighted how its range of technologies in glass and coatings was able to develop this. What We Think The … Read more
What They Say Nintendo said that it had sold 100 million of its Switch gaming console by the end of 2021 since it was released in 2017, and has now sold more than the Wii which sold 102 million in its lifetime. It got to this number faster than the PlayStation from Sony. Sales, especially … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research added to the data it already released on the US and Chinese smartphone markets by releasing its data on Europe. It highlighted that the market had a rollercoaster year with supply shortages and Covid issues and in the end saw 8% growth in 2021, not enough to recover from the … Read more
2021 was another rollercoaster year for the European smartphone market. Promising early signs suggested that the market was recovering from a difficult 2020, during which the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region hard causing both supply- and demand-side issues. However, COVID-19 impacts continued into 2021, and then Europe faced a new challenge: the global component shortage … Read more
What They Say SkyShowtime, the new streaming service from Comcast and ViacomCBS has got approval to start in business in Europe and will launch in 20 countries later this year – mainly the countries that Sky doesn’t currently operate. What We Think I met an executive from Sky at an event earlier this week. We … Read more
During last month’s CES conference, Hisense announced it is collaborating with ATSC 3.0 and Advanced HDR by Technicolor for integration into upcoming ULED TVs. The announcement demonstrates how the broadcast and consumer device ecosystems are moving forward in a coordinated fashion to meet consumer demand for high-quality over-the-air (OTA) and over-the-top (OTT) viewing experiences, including … Read more
New Vision Display is pleased to announce a unique and new asset for business and personal use: the Sun Vision Display (“SVD”) 32” computer monitor featuring full color reflective LCD technology. This monitor is specifically designed and manufactured to address eye strain and other visual issues that can arise when using traditional LCD and OLED … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that CSOT has placed orders for equipment to allow the manufacture of Oxide TFT LCDs at its forthcoming T9 G8.6 (2250 x 2600mm) fab in Guangzhou. They will be used for IT panels. South Korean equipment makers Charm Engineering, Top Engineering and DMS have won orders for the project … Read more
Embedded systems and display solutions provider, Review Display Systems have announced that the business has achieved accreditation to ISO13485:2016 medical device quality management system standard. Accreditation to ISO13485 enables RDS to actively partner with med-tech businesses to provide medical device design, development, and product manufacturing. As a result of achieving accreditation, RDS are now actively … Read more
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