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Ultraleap Launches Next-Gen Camera to Complete the Transition from Touch to Gesture

Ultraleap, the world leader in hand tracking and mid-air haptics technologies, launches their 3Di camera ahead of NRF Retail’s Big Show in New York. Designed specifically for Out-of-Home (OOH) and retail use cases, this camera complements Ultraleap’s TouchFree solution and enables easy integration for both retrofits and new kiosk designs. Ultraleap’s TouchFree solution now comprises … Read more

Tuning Judder

In December, the famed video processing company Pixelworks introduced TrueCut software, and at CES 2022 announced a partnership with TCL. TCL’s 98-inch TV introduced at CES will support TrueCut. At a meeting in the company’s suite near the Las Vegas Convention Center, Pixelworks’s EVP of Technology Richard Miller called TrueCut “game breaking.” The software platform … Read more

Foldable Phones Could Kickstart China’s Sluggish Smartphone Market, Analysts Say

What They Say Caixin reported that Honor was launching its Magic V foldable smartphone in the Chinese market with hopes that the category might boost the flagging Chinese smartphone market. The smartphone has a 7.9″ main display and is fitted with a ‘magnetron nano optical film’ to minimise reflections. The cover display is a 6.45″ … Read more

Graphene OLED Touch Layer Demonstrated

What They Say Queen Mary University of London (which must have re-branded from Queen Mary College) working with Paragraf (Cambridge, UK) and Tokyo, Japan, have collaborated in a research project that used a monolayer graphene anode to replace ITO in an OLED. The paper shows ‘identical’ performance to ITO when used in touch systems. The … Read more

Samsung to launch TVs with LG Display’s OLED in June at the earliest

What They Say The Elec reports that the discussions between Samsung’s TV business and LG Display have now been resolved with respect to the price to be paid – which will be the same as that charged by LGD to LG Electronics, the paper said. The volume it will buy has been set at 1.5 … Read more

2022 Samsung QLED and Lifestyle TVs Recognized By Top Global Certification Institutes For Eye Comfort, Safety and Color Accuracy

Samsung Electronics announced that its 2022 QLED and Lifestyle TVs have been recognized by leading global certification institutes for eye safety and color technology. The news comes as the company announced its newest QLED and Lifestyle TVs at CES 2022. The 2022 Samsung Lifestyle TVs won the ‘Eye Care’ Certification from Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) … Read more

Growth Streak for Traditional PCs Continues During Holiday Quarter of 2021, According to IDC

Worldwide shipments of Traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) reached 92.7 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), marking 1.0% growth over the same quarter in 2020, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Total PC shipments during 2021 reached 348.8 million units, up … Read more

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 5% in Fourth Quarter of 2021 but Grew Nearly 10% for the Year

Gartner

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 88.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, a 5% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This is the first year-over-year decline following six consecutive quarters of growth. For the year, PC shipments reached 339.8 million units in 2021, a 9.9% increase … Read more