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What They Say Bloomberg’s subscriber only Power On newsletter has forecast that the next Apple Watch (Series 7) range will have slightly larger and flatter displays. The new design will be a major part of the upgrade. There will be 41mm and 45 mm versions (up from 40mm and 44mm) and there will be new … Read more
TiVo’s latest Video Trends Report was just released, covering the second quarter of 2021, and it’s full of interesting data about how, when, and where we in North America watch video content. A little over a decade ago, the video streaming business didn’t exist. YouTube got off the ground in February of 2005 and a … Read more
What They Say Samsung Display showed a new use case with a speaker fitted with a 12.4″ flexible OLED that can open out under automatic control to make a flat(tish) display. What We Think Usually, I’m not impressed with demos of curveable displays using motors. Typically, the motors and control circuitry cost quite a lot … Read more
What They Say OLED-Info reported that Int Tech (INT is a New Player for High-Density Displays) is on track to launch production of its uNEEDXR display which has a diagonal of 0.7″ and 3147 ppi with 5,000 cd/m² of output. The company said that the direct RGB device is more power efficient than other WOLED … Read more
What They Say It’s Friday, so forgive me an indulgence that is only slightly related to displays! I spotted an interesting blog that loos in detail at the key question on everybody’s mind, “Why are hyperlinks blue”. The article looks back to Windows 1 and beyond. I won’t spoil the surprise, but it does go … Read more
What They Say Bloomberg reported that the owner of TikTok, ByteDance, is in discussion with Pico about buying the company. On the other hand, a Chinese publication, Pandaily, reported that the deal had been done for $770 million. Pico is a maker of VR headsets and is said to have the largest market share in … Read more
What They Say Details of Facebook’s Aria project have been revealed after an FCC listing of a manual. The headset will not include displays but will be focused (sorry!) on capturing information and video. It will have four cameras that are the same as those used in the Quest 2. The glasses will be built … Read more
ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 billion in 2020 to $17.7 billion in 2025, a 61.8 percent compound annual growth rate. Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020-2025, the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments – including consumer and enterprise spending. This report … Read more
What They Say ARtillery Intelligence has forecast that AR revenue using headsets will grow from $1.6 billion to $17.7 billion by 2025, a CAGR of 61.8%. The firm differentiated the revenue from its smartphone forecasts. The firm believes that a launch by Apple will cause a big boost in consumer awareness, although enterprise use will … Read more
What They Say IDC released its data for the European tablet market in Q2, which, at 11.8 million units, was 1.7% down, the first drop sine the start of the pandemic. Consumers bought fewer tablets but volumes are still above pre-pandemic levels. The details are in the table. The firm also forecast the second half … Read more
We display enthusiasts always love new technologies and look forward to the ‘next big thing’ with enthusiasm. But sometimes, we assume that everything will improve, but that’s not always the case, especially early in the new technology. I remember in the early years of LCD TVs being at CeBIT alongside someone who was raving about … Read more
Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based Graphics Processor Units (GPU) market reached 123 million units in Q2’21 and PC CPU shipments increased by 42% year-over-year. Overall, the installed base of GPUs will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% during 2020–2025 to reach a total of 3,318 million units … Read more
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