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What They Say MacRumors & 9to5Mac have seen a report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that suggests that the much rumoured Apple AR headset will be launched in a year’s time in Q4 2022 and will be a stand-alone device that will not need a phone or other CPU as it will be based on Apple’s … Read more
What They Say The DVB, which is the key technical body for European broadcasters and a significant player globally, has approved a new specification for 8K video delivered using the HEVC codec. Up to now, it has only set parameters for transmissions up to UltraHD. The specification covers broadcast and broadband delivery (via DVB-Dash). The … Read more
What They Say The Institute of Mechanical Engineers quoted a report from the PWC consultancy that forecasts that AR & VR could add $1.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030. The report can be downloaded at no cost here and there is also an interactive data tool that shows the detail online. The report includes … Read more
What They Say Broadband TV News reported that Turk Telecom has tested 16K TV signals using 25G PON technology from a single fibre with data transport speeds of 20 Gbps one-way and 29.1 Gbps bidirectional per second. The expectation is that this level of technology may be needed for 3D 360° video and other applications. … Read more
HbbTV held its 9th Symposium and Awards event in Paris – a mixture of the live and virtual. We picked up on the live stream and were interested to hear what Paul Gray, Director Research and Analysis, Home Devices of Omdia, had to say in his keynote about the Global TV market. It’s a little … Read more
Barco, a world leader in simulation projectors, announces the introduction of the F400-HR. This is the industry’s first single-chip native 4K resolution projector, creating a new chapter in high-resolution simulation systems. Add very high-speed processing, superb laser illumination and extreme reliability to the mix, and you get a projector that ticks all the boxes for … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell has reported that smartphone panel shipments dropped 6.5% year on year to 475 million in Q3, although YTD volumes are up 7.9% to 1.425 billion. OLED has boomed based on Apple’s adoption of the technology and in Q3 were 170 million, up 39.2% year on year, taking 35.1% of the market, … Read more
What They Say Invidis reported that Absen has had an autumn launch of new LED displays. The Clear Cobalt series is designed for pitches between 0.7mm and 1.2mm. The displays uses flip-chip technology and is reported to have brightness of 1,200 cd/m². Contrast is quoted at 20,000:1. The surface of the display is a deep … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that the ‘stay-at-home’ economy has slowed down in Japan with PC shipments in the country down 39.9% to 468K units in October and TVs down by 13% TO 369k units, based on data from JEITA. The PC drop was the seventh consecutive month, while for TVs it was the fourth. … Read more
What They Say There are a lot of press releases describing deals in the US on Black Friday. What We Think First, I want to wish all my US readers a very happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday. I mentioned last week that I had seen a lot of adverts for Black Friday. I got fed … Read more
What They Say We reported on a strategic deal between Dispelix and OQmented back in June (Dispelix and OQmented Form Strategic Partnership) and a couple of weeks ago, we reported that Dispelix had got new investment AR Waveguide Leader Dispelix Announces $33M Investment. Around the same time, OQmented also reported that it had raised an … Read more
OQmented announced that it extended its seed round and secured an additional USD 9.3 million. New investors IT-Farm, Leblon Capital, and Deeptech-A join a syndicate that includes Vsquared Ventures (Vsquared), Salvia, and Baltic Business Angels, along with several Angel investors. The deep tech startup has raised nearly US$20 million since its 2018 spin-out from the … Read more
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