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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
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 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
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
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
What They Say Vizio released its Q3 result and it highlighted that the firm made a gross profit of $57.3 million from its subscription and advertising services, compared to just $25.6 million on its sales of TV sets, which were down from 2.1 million last year to 1.6 million this time. It’s GP %age on … Read more
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
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
Two years ago, Arthur wrote an article about Mojo Vision (Small Thinking at Mojo Vision May Lead to Big Developments in AR). Since then we’ve mentioned the firm a few times, but the DSCC VR/AR event was the first chance that this writer has had to cover the firm. At the time that Arthur wrote … Read more
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
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has unveiled the keynote speakers of the HbbTV Symposium and Awards 2021, taking place as an in-person event on November 24-25 in Paris, France. Vincent Grivet, Chairman … 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. TSMC, Sony to Open $7 Billion Chip Plant in Japan in 2024 Unity intends to buy the tech division of Peter Jackson-co-founded visual effects company, Weta Digital AOC: … Read more
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