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The “social virtual reality platform company” Somnium Space LTD (London, England)is going into the hardware business. The company explained that “as a decentralized and open Metaverse company we cannot allow Somnium Space to be dependent on hardware gatekeepers to be able to communicate and engage with our users.” To address this issue, the company will … Read more
What They Say The New York Times ran a general article on the metaverse and AR/VR. In the article, Google is reported to be working on a new AR device after acquiring the firm ‘North’ in 2020. North had bought patents that originated at Intel (the ‘Vaunt’ project (Intel Pulls the Plug on AR Smart … Read more
What They Say Xiaomi has released three new smartphones in its 12 series, the 12, 12 Pro and 12X. The 12 has a 6.28″ AMOLED with FHD+ and up to 120 Hz refresh. It uses Gorilla Glass Victus and has an under-display fingerprint scanner. The Pro has a 6.73″ panel with 1440p resolution and LTPO … Read more
Like many others, at this time of year, I thought I’d look back and a bit forward to see if I could see any patterns in what I have written over the last year in my nearly 100 Display Daily articles. Some of the topics that I have covered have been related specifically to the … Read more
What They Say Tesla has agreed to change its Passenger Play feature that previously allowed games to be played on a touchscreen when the car was in motion. The move was made after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigated the feature which did ask for confirmation that the user was not the … Read more
AV LINK, a pioneering designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge 4K and 8K video processing, will exhibit in booth 5K105, from February 1 to 4 2022, in Barcelona, Spain, at Integrated Systems Europe showing MaitreView™ 8KPro, HS-1614W (8K/60Hz HDMI Distribution Amplifier), HRM-1641W (8K/60Hz HDMI Switcher), and MaitreView™ 4KLite. Other products include MaitreView™ 4KPro, the IPS(4K/60Hz AV … Read more
What They Say More companies have dropped out from CES in the last day or two including IBM, Panasonic, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, OnePlus, Proctor & Gamble and AMD. I also heard that Nanosys has dropped back to just a ‘day trip’. IDC cancelled a planned breakfast briefing. I also heard that although Samsung still (at the … Read more
In this article, I outline observations related to key education trends taking shape at FETC 2022 using my typical conference session analysis approach. The ed-tech conference season in the U.S. kicks off at the start of each year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference, which rotates it venue from Orlando to … Read more
CES 2022: Somalytics to unveil products powered by world’s smallest nano-based capacitive sensor in huge breakthrough for industry New 1mm paper sensor ‘feels’ human presence, creating new genre of gesture-based digital interfaces, wellness monitoring and safety applications SEATTLE and LAS VEGAS, Dec. 29, 2021 — At CES 2022, one of the biggest breakthroughs in consumer … Read more
What They Say An intriguing press release came through in advance from CES that is from a company that we don’t know called Somalytics. The firm has a new touch system based on capacitive sensors using a carbon nanotube paper composite. The technology is not transparent, so couldn’t be used on a display as far … Read more
What They Say Invidis spotted a release from Hyundai that included a wheeled display ‘robot’ using a multi-use platform, the Mobile Eccentric Droid (Mobed). There is a video here. What We Think Invidis couldn’t think of a use case, but long time readers may remember that Norbert attended the AWE show in Santa Clara from … Read more
I’ve been penning my thoughts for Display Daily for well over a decade, and what a turbulent time that’s been for the display industry! Back in December of 2011, no one could have predicted the state of, not only display technology, but the entire media creation and consumption marketplace. “Chaotic” is an appropriate word to … Read more
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