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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
TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, announced its partnership with Portrait Displays® to equip auto calibration capability for TCL QLED TV C72+ Series and Mini LED TV C82 Series, these two models have been recently launched for the European market this April in … Read more
What They Say Lenovo has released its ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses. The glasses have 1080P resolution (binocular) and an 8 megapixel camera and is based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform. They are rated to IP54 and connect to a PC or mobile device via USB Type C/DisplayPort 1.4. What We Think Lenovo have always … Read more
What They Say Royole is working with Airbus on a project to look at the feasibility of using flexible OLEDs to replace paper magazines as they are lighter and are easier to clean between flights. The firms are said to be testing prototypes. What We Think I can see the logic of this if the … Read more
Showing a full recovery from COVID-19, global smartwatch shipments in the second quarter of this year increased 27% compared to the same period last year, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Apple maintained its solid No. 1 position in terms of shipments, but its market share declined slightly compared to the … Read more
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