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What They Say Vogue Business (not a regular title for me!) published an article that suggests that trying on clothes using augmented reality might be getting close, with the possibility of showing clothing dynamically in a video app, using something like a Snapchat filter. Snap Inc recently acquired Vertebrae which works with European luxury brands … Read more
What They Say Google said a couple of days ago that it planned to move away from using Qualcomm processors and move to its own Tensor chip which has been designed in-house and is said to be optimised for AI. The Information’s Reality Check newsletter highlighted that Google is taking a different approach to AR … Read more
What They Say Sky in Germany has said that it will support its Sky Q system over IP without subscribers needing satellite or cable subscriptions. The system provides more than 80 channels. Minimum one year subscriptions start at €12.50 per month and includes basic package Sky Entertainment. After the first year, the contract can be … Read more
VA Corporation unveiled its Virtual Production Studio VA STUDIO HANAM. Partnering with ROE Visual and ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, VA Corporation claims that this is the largest studio in Asia, where next-generation immersive content can be produced using virtual production technology. South-Korean-based VA Corporation was established in January this year to build a unique … Read more
What They Say The Korea Economic Daily reported that Samsung has joined a Korean government initiative to coordinate activities to create a metaverse. A total of 202 firms are involved in the initiative which kicked off with 25 firms in May. There are firms from telecoms, automotive and other industries. The main objective of the … Read more
What They Say Innolux reported its second quarter 2021 result with sales of $3.35 billion with operating profits of $856 million, and net profits of $770 million. Area shipments were flat on Q1 and its blended ASP was $464/m². Small and medium revenues were up 4.3% on Q1. Mobile PC, Mobile & CP, Desktop, and … Read more
E Ink Holdings, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, announced that the E Ink Spectra 3100 All-in-One Driver IC won the Computex Taipei 2021 Best Choice Award, Category Award for its creative features and innovative values after winning 2019 Best Choice Category Award with E Ink Hardware TCON (T1000). In April 2021, E Ink … Read more
What They Say The 8K Association interviewed Jeff Wu, TVU Networks, Vice President of Solutions about the development of 5G in China and its use in delivering 8K content. Wu said that 8K is typically broadcast at 50-100Mbps using HEVC or VVC. When using the 6GHz range, multi-link data bonding is recommended. Moving to millimetre … Read more
The X95J series is Sony’s current flagship BRAVIA XR 4K HDR Full Array TV and a winner of the CES 2021 Innovation Award[i], making full use of the new revolutionary Cognitive Processor XR™, which employs a completely new processing method going beyond conventional AI, designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear. When we … Read more
What They Say DSCC put out its latest weekly data release that covered investment plans, boosted by LCD projects at BOE, HKC and CSOT. It also confirmed its view and forecast that LCD panel prices have peaked. The article included a chart that I always find useful, the price per m² for different sized panels. … Read more
Of those things that are accepted wisdoms in the display industry, one of them is that a-Si (the standard backplane for 75% of the display industry) is simply not stable enough to drive AMOLED displays. AUO tried back in 2003 and came up with an RGB demo but ultimately failed. Since, more complex and costly … Read more
What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTV Test has reviewed the LG miniLED QNED99 8K TV set which has 1800 dimming zones (60 x 30). He found that despite the number of dimming zones, there are still artefacts from the backlight dimming algorithm. Colour accuracy was fairly good with a deltaE value of 1.89. 3:2 … Read more
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