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Brompton Technology Central to Technologically Advanced South-Korean XR Stage by NP Studio

Delivering immersive experiences that blurs the lines between the physical and virtual, the new XR stage from South Korea’s NP studio offers a technologically advanced content production environment that meets the expectations of even the most demanding of NP’s clients. Working in close collaboration with ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, the studio’s impressive equipment inventory … Read more

Foldables are 12% of Samsung’s US sales

What They Say EINNews quoted Counterpoint Research data on weekly sales of smartphones in the US which highlighted that 12% of Samsung’s total smartphone sales came from foldable smartphones. That is up from 0.6% of sales in 2020 when the Galaxy Z Fold 2 was launched. The research also highlighted that Samsung Electronics’ smartphone sales … Read more

The Case for Screen Time

What They Say A writer on a fatherhood blog has made a case for allowing children to enjoy screen time partly on the basis that with the rapid rate of development in the world economy, many of the jobs of the future don’t yet exist and that playing creative games in the Metaverse may be … Read more

Is Niantic making its own AR smart glasses?

What They Say Niantic, the firm behind the Pokémon Go phenomenon, and a spin-out from Google in 2010, has launched a new development kit for AR. Although executives of the firm have spoken negatively about the Meta concept of the Metaverse, the Verge thinks it is heading towards something similar with its “lightship augmented reality … Read more

Kopin Receives Additional $2.8 Million Order for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program

Kopin Corporation, a leading provider of high resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), today announced it has received an approximately $2.8 million follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. With the F-35 scheduled for production through 2030, Kopin expects additional orders over the … Read more

Color OLED Microdisplay Exceeds 10,000 Nits

On October 29 in a conference room on New York City’s Park Avenue, eMagin Corp. (Hopewell Junction, New York) demonstrated the world’s first full-color OLED microdisplay with a luminance greater than 10,000 cd/m² (Fig. 1) to a small group of journalists and analysts. Several European analysts participated via Zoom. Fig. 1 The 10,000-nit display viewed … Read more

Hisense Digital Signage Expands to Germany

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What They Say Invidis reports that ITZ, a distributor that is owned by Bechtle, a leading European IT reseller, has signed up with Hisense to sell the firm’s B2B and digital signage display products in Germany, the first company in the country to do that. Hisense’s European operation is based in Munich, Germany and includes … Read more

Apple Says It Will Fix Face ID Failure on Third-Party Screen Repairs

What They Say We reported recently on problems for third party repairers after failures with Face ID after the change of displays (iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair). However Apple told ‘The Verge’ that it will make a software update that means that Face ID can continue to operate, without … Read more

Virtual Reality to Become a $51bn Market by 2030, But is Still Chasing Mainstream Appeal, Says GlobalData

While virtual reality (VR)* is set to see significant growth in the next ten years, with GlobalData estimating it will become a $51bn industry by 2030, the technology is still not a ‘mainstream success’. The leading data and analytics company notes that VR’s important role in the future of work and its part in the … Read more

Kebotix on Cusp of ‘Promising’ OLED Breakthrough

On the heels of making breakthrough discoveries destined for next-generation smart glass, lubricants and pesticides that are sustainable, environmentally friendly and economical, Kebotix is primed to disrupt a 35-year-old industry on the strength of its AI-powered suite prediction capabilities. OLEDs, short for organic light-emitting diodes, are ubiquitous in the electronics market, having found their way … Read more