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What They Say The French component maker, Microoled, has announced new sports eyewear technology through its ‘NexT’ technology for AR. The technology is based on a 304 x 256 monochrome microOLED that consumes less than 1mW and weighs just 6gms. The system connects wirelessly to a smartphone via BLE and is said to have 12 … Read more
What They Say We have been following the Apple repair topic and now the firm has said that it will have a ‘Self Service Repair’ programme that will allow some repairs to devices at home. Users will be able to access the tools and instructions used at the Apple Store ‘Genius Bar’. The manuals will … Read more
What They Say TCL has shown at its DTC event that it hosted in Shenzen an 8K Inkjet printed OLED display that was co-developed with JOLED and TCL’s CSOT subsidiary. The article suggests that production might start in Guangzhou in 2023 at the TCL T9 plant which is rated as having a capacity eventually of … Read more
What They Say Business Korea reported that Sony plans to be one of the first two TV suppliers to use QD-OLED panels from SDC, following Samsung Electronics. The paper reported that Samsung will show its QD-OLED TVs at CES in January. What We Think This is not really news, but coming from Business Korea adds … Read more
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced year-on-year growth of 7.3% in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021), according to the latest industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s newly updated … Read more
Although this article does report on the development of a new smartglasses product, it is more about the company that designed, manufactures and sells the product. The principle reason that Kifta Technologies caught my attention is that it is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Reporting an African-based high technology display company has been uncommon for Display … Read more
What They Say Chinese smartphone maker, Doogee, has a new rugged smartphone on its way. The V20 unit is unusual in that it is claimed to use an AMOLED display. It will be certified to IP68 for waterproofing, IP69K for high pressure water sprays, and drop tested to Mil-std 810G up to 1.5m. The smartphone … Read more
V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, announces the release of a movie in the Steam Store showcasing the future of immersive media and metaverse applications. The movie uses V-Nova’s ultra-efficient point-cloud compression technology combined with game-changing 6DoF volumetric movie format from PresenZ, leader in VR technology. PresenZ is a volumetric video format that … Read more
What They Say IEEE Spectrum had an interesting article on a new high end electric car from new maker Lucid Motors of Silicon Valley. The first car from the firm has a 520 mile (837 km) range (and a 0-60 time of a ridiculous 2.5 seconds and the article looks at elements of its power … Read more
What They Say V-Nova and Presenz said that the firms have worked to combine V-Nova’s point-cloud compression technology with a 6DoF volumetric movie format from Presenz. The Presenz volumetric video format uses 3D assets from CGI animated feature films to create 3D scenes that are uniquely related to the viewer’s viewpoint. What We Think This … Read more
What They Say Quoting data from Digital TV Research, RapidTVNews forecast that the top five US SVOD platforms will account for 53% of the global market in 2026. That will mean a combined total of 910 million subscribers (out of 1.7 billion) and up from 585 million this year. The research suggests that Netflix could … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The Economist Looks at the Metaverse ($) Ultraleap’s CEO also on the Metaverse ViewSonic XG320Q: Key data on the WQHD monitor with QLED AOC: 4K VA monitor with … Read more
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