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What They Say We reported that TCL’s Google-based TVs were no longer on sale in Best Buy in the US after some problems, but the sets have now been updated with new firmware that have made “significant improvements on the stability and speed of the TCL televisions featuring Google TV”. What We Think Software development … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reported that LG Display has been promoting sales of its transparent OLEDs to the architectural industry with executives also promoting the idea to the automotive segment. The firm sees Europe as a strong potential market after a good response to a demonstration in Munich in September (LG Display to Showcase Transparent … Read more
Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, and 3dig, inc. (3dig) are launching a collaboration focused on high-definition virtual humans created using high-resolution real scanning data. The project will create photorealistic virtual humans by using data from high-precision biometric scanning performed on the Light Stage1 at the Toppan Virtual … Read more
What They Say LetsGoDigital in the Netherlands has reported on a patent awarded to Samsung for a rollable watch that extends a circular shape to an oval under motor control. A camera would be underneath the display. The blog site put a downloadable version of the patent on its site. What We Think Unfortunately, the … Read more
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
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