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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
Global smartwatch shipments in the third quarter of this year increased 16% compared to the same period last year, continuing their double-digit growth following the previous quarter, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Thanks to the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4 series, Samsung achieved its highest quarterly shipments, narrowing the … Read more
What They Say Roku has had to roll back un update to its OS that had run into trouble with some apps including the YouTube app. The version that was affected was V10.5 and there were a number of compatibility issues. The YouTube app had been taken off the Roku channel store and so users … Read more
What They Say Advance Television reported data from a survey by Auditel-Censis in Italy of over 20K homes that highlighted that in Italy there are around 14.5 million homes (46.6%) with SmartTVs, although only 12.3 million are actually connected. In total there are 119.4 million screens in homes, up 6.2% on two years ago. The … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced that it has sold more than one million units of ‘The Frame’ this year, making it Samsung’s first single-year million-seller in its Lifestyle TV lineup. Total sales since The Frame’s 2017 launch are expected to exceed two million units by year end, driven by heavy demand in North American and European markets. … Read more
What They Say The UK government has introduced new legislation, the The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill which has three new rules. easy-to-guess default passwords preloaded on devices are banned. All products now need unique passwords that cannot be reset to factory default customers must be told when they buy a device the minimum … Read more
Last week, I (Bob the editor) wrote a Display Daily on metasurfaces and the ways that new techniques are being used to bring new and quite dramatic changes to optics – and which may have a big impact on the development of AR/VR and projection displays. (Is There Really “No Moore’s Law for Optics”?) The … Read more
What They Say Futuresource Consulting said that what it defines as the professional displays market has recovered with 27% growth after a 15% year on year drop last year. The firm forecast a 2021 value of $36 billion. Matthew Rubin, Senior Market Analyst also forecast the LED market saying: “Our forecasts indicate a CAGR of … Read more
One of the world’s leading gaming monitor1 and IT accessories brands – AGON by AOC – introduces the AOC GAMING Q27G2S/EU, a brilliant gaming monitor fit for today’s adventurers on the gaming scene. The 68.6 cm (27″) Q27G2S/EU boasts a 10-bit IPS panel for a wide colour gamut coverage, QHD resolution for sharp details and … Read more
Kopin® Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), announced it has recently started production deliveries of its new superhigh-brightness, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) for the Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) System for the US Army’s helicopter pilots. Kopin’s patented Brillian displays incorporate breakthrough … Read more
What They Say Volvo Cars has invested in a technology company called Spectralics (not to be confused with, as it was in the original report I saw Spectralis, which does something different!). Spectralics is developing a see-through optical overlay, also known as a “multi-layered thin combiner,” that can be integrated onto a car’s windshield or … Read more
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