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Planar and OptiTrack Partner with SMPTE and Other Industry Leaders to Develop On-Set Virtual Production Methodologies

January 19, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, and sister company OptiTrack, the worldwide leader in 3D tracking systems, have joined other industry leaders and SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists and engineers, to form The Advisory Group of the On-Set Virtual Production (OSVP) Initiative. This initiative is the first project within the society’s new … Read more

MIPI to Host Virtual Event on New Automotive Interface

January 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say MIPI’s Automotive Industry Forum is producing a technical overview of the recently adopted MIPI A-PHY v1.1, followed by an interactive session for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to provide input on industry requirements and enhancements for the next version of the SerDes interface. You can register here. What’s New in A-PHY v1.1 … Read more

Watching the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in VR

January 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say I missed it at the time, but it’s still worth a look. Rob Koenen at TiledMedia wrote an interesting blog on the use of VR at the Tokyo Olympics. With the Winter Games due to start shortly, this might be a good time to review what was learned in Japan. He makes … Read more

Links Week Ending 21st January 2022

January 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. (quite a few this week as we try to clear the backlog from CES!!) Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV Nine Week … Read more

DSCC’s Latest Report Reveals $63 Billion for OLED Panel Revenue in 2026

January 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published some interesting forecasts on the OLED market. The firm expects growth in all the key OLED applications at 8% overall, with IT applications seeing double digit revenue growth, smartphones with 6% CAGR and TVs seeing 9% CAGR. The overall growth is expected to slow by 2026 as smartphone OLED revenues … Read more

US Army incorporates augmented reality goggles into combat vehicles

January 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US army said that it is working on including AR and sensors into its vehicle platforms to provide situational awareness using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The goggle-based IVAS display integrates digital low-light, thermal night vision, and high-resolution waveguide technology to create a mixed reality interface for dismounted soldiers. … Read more

Why Does matter Matter?

January 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

We haven’t been covering smart home developments very much on Display Daily, but during CES I saw a number of references to support for ‘Matter’. So I thought I’d investigate to see if it actually mattered. The Matter* initiative is from the ‘Connectivity Standards Alliance’ (CSA) was launched in the late spring of 2021 and … Read more

Daktronics and Ströer Continue Partnership

January 18, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

As Ströer continues to bring digital signage to cities across Germany, they also continue a long-standing partnership with Daktronics to manufacture and deliver their LED displays. Previously, Daktronics has delivered more than 250 LED screens and has been asked to deliver additional LED screens over the coming months. Adding to Ströer’s inventory of digital LED … Read more

Compal halts Taiwan production Because of Omicron

January 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Compal Electronics, a supplier to Dell and Amazon among others and the 2nd largest contract maker of notebooks , is halting production at its factory in Pingzhen in Taoyuan City for a week after three employees tested positive for COVID-19 as the latest wave of the omicron variant spreads … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Realme’s Number Series Ranks 4th among the ‘New Age Smartphone Families’ with Shipments of 40.6 Million Units

January 18, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

According to our latest research, Strategy Analytics estimates realme’s Number Series was ranked 4th among the ‘New Age Smartphone Families’ with shipments of 40.6 million units. ‘New Age Smartphone Families’ are defined as those launched from 2018 onwards for this study. Woody OH, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “realme’s Number series has been the original … Read more

Samsung Introduces Game Changing Exynos 2200 Processor With Xclipse GPU Powered By AMD RDNA 2 Architecture

January 18, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced its new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200. The Exynos 2200 is a freshly designed mobile processor with a powerful AMD RDNA 2 architecture based Samsung Xclipse graphics processing unit (GPU). With the most cutting-edge Arm®-based CPU cores available in the market today and an … Read more

Apple’s New VR/AR Headset Risks Being Delayed Until 2023

January 17, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that the planned XR headset being developed by Apple may be pushed back by ‘at least a few months’. It was expected to be unveiled at the annual Developer Conference in June, with release towards the end of the year, but now, the news service said, the shipments might not … Read more