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What They Say A German website, Winfuture, has carried leaked images of new Garmin smartwatches that are expected at CES. The Epix Gen 2 has a round display and has sensors including a blood oxygen measurement system. There are three models in the Fenix range that have an integrated solar panel for recharging. The Instinct … Read more
The effects of the global component shortage have worked their way into the smart speaker supply chain, impacting Chinese vendors more acutely than others, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ Smart Speakers and Screens service. Strategy Analytics estimates total smart speaker and smart display shipments grew 10% year-over-year to 39.3 million units, a … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that PlayNitride has developed a 1.58″ microLED display with a passive matrix driver IC developed with Solomon Systech (International) that can support up to 256 x 256 resolution (up from 128 x 128 on previous drivers). PlayNitride hopes to commercialise the display in 2022 as the new driver is said … Read more
Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd, doing business as Oppo (Dongguan, China) has announced a new smart glasses product called Air Glass. The product is reminiscent of Google Glass in that it is in the form of a monocle. The device is designed to provide what the company calls “assisted reality.” More on that below. … Read more
What They Say The Sunday Times interviewed Virgin Media O2 CEO Lutz Schüler who sees a challenge to the new business as he tries to turn round Virgin’s poor reputation for customer service. He said that much of the support had been outsourced to India and the Philippines and these facilities effectively shut down during … Read more
What They Say The UltraHD Forum issued a newsletter that focused on the experiences of some of its members with the Euro 2020 soccer tournament. We have previously covered some of the feedback from the BBC (SMPTE Visits the BBC’s R&D for an HLG Update) but the UHD Forum had articles from KPN (Netherlands) and … Read more
What They Say Technicolor published a 20 minute discussion between Guy Ducos of Advanced HDR by Technicolor and Guillaume Arthuis of BBright, a Rennes, France-based maker of tools for broadcasters. Arthuis said that the whole issue of TV production and ingestion has changed dramatically in recent years with a huge from just standardised SDR to … Read more
What They Say Nio, a Chinese electric car start-up is developing custom AR glasses, made by Nreal for use in its vehicles. The company also said that it has developed VR glasses with Nolo, another Chinese start-up. Both XR suppliers have investment from Nio Capital, the firm’s investment arm. The car will cost around $50K … Read more
The New York Mets announced Samsung Electronics America as the ballpark’s official display and technology solutions partner, signing a multi-year deal to deliver a complete transformation of the famous ballpark’s screens to create an interactive fan experience like never before. Samsung – a leader in Digital Signage innovation – will bring the Mets vision of … Read more
B2B flat panel and front projection markets are on divergent trajectories, according to a series of new reports from Futuresource Consulting. While global flat panel market volumes increased by 3.1% year-on-year in Q3 2021, front projection fell by 13.2%. Yet market value figures tell the reverse story, with flat panel down 9% and front projection … Read more
Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd., a company specializing in optical semiconductors, will debut its WICOP mc (WICOP + Micro Pixel) products at CES 2022 in Las Vegas on January 5th, which adopt the world’s first No-Wire & No-Package WICOP technology. Seoul Viosys announced on the 16th that the WICOP mc, made in the form of a … Read more
What They Say The BBC reviewed the latest Nreal Light AR glasses and found them a bit heavy and disliked the need to use a tethered Android smartphone. The reviewer found they sat quite high on the nose and thought the games available were more like tech demoes than games you would keep coming back … Read more
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