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What They Say Dolby conducted a survey of content professionals to find out what they thought of SDR content that was automatically derived from Dolby Vision mastered content. The background and results of the survey were presented in a YouTube video. Dolby said that the result of the survey was very positive, but with only … Read more
Startup Spartan HUD (Toronto, Canada) has started to sell a product called the Spartan HUD Helmet (Flagship Edition). The Spartan HUD augments the user’s vision through overlays on a high definition LCD. The mixed reality helmet is represented as “comfortable, lightweight and powered by a full desktop computer – all while offering the flexibility of … Read more
What They Say The number of UHD TV receivers sold in Spain is close to seven million, with almost one million of them distributed last year, according to José María Vázquez, product and quality director of Vestel Ibérica. Since last June, the blog reported, the UHD Spain association has been broadcasting content through DTT, satellite, … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research in its newsletter published guidance on the PC market and said that momenum would continue to push strong sales. Premium notebook PC demand may squeeze Chromebooks. Overall, the firm expects a market for 333 million PCs this year. In the article, the firm included an interesting comparison of component lead … Read more
The Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments almost tripled annually in Q1 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Global XR (VR & AR) Model Tracker. The Oculus Quest 2 success drove these volumes. Offering great hardware at a reasonable price, Oculus kept improving the performance of the Quest 2 with regular software updates, while … Read more
Christie® announced the release of Version 2.5 of Christie Mystique™, an automated camera-based alignment software solution designed to simplify and automate the process of warping and blending multiple projectors into a single, seamless canvas. With Version 2.5, Mystique Essentials and Pro Venue Editions offer two new features to improve overall image fidelity and uniformity in … Read more
What They Say We reported last week on Counterpoint’s view of the XR market last week and now it has released data on brand shares in Q1 2021, which was almost three times the market size in Q1 2020 and was driven by the success of the Oculus Quest 2 which hit cumulative sales of … Read more
What They Say DigiLens said that it has done a deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. to develop the DigiLens plastic waveguide technology. The approach is claimed to be the only approach to making plastic elements that does not use nanoimprint lithography (NIL imprinting. “Because DigiLens uses its proprietary photopolymer and holographic contact copy manufacturing process, … Read more
What They Say XBox chief Phil Spencer, speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast rated the Quest 2 headset as very good, partly because it works so well untethered. Microsoft still has no plan to create a headset, but is thinking about providing content. Eventually, however if the XBox environment got bigger, there would be more … Read more
What They Say Advanced Television reported comments from Ben Schwarz, writing for the Ultra HD Forum as saying that it is very hard for broadcasters to justify 8K adoption. The article identifies just five current channels, globally, four of which are OTT services. BS8K (Japan) NASA, an OTT service launched in 2018 Rakuten TV, OTT … Read more
What They Say AV Magazine reported that Christie’s camera-based Mystique system for automatic warping and blending of multiple projectors has been upgraded to version 2.5. There are two new features: The system can compensate for backgrounds that are dirty, discoloured or non-uniform The system also automatically adjusts to make the colour and brightness uniformity consistent … Read more
What They Say Preliminary data from Canalys for Q2 suggests that Xiaomi is now the second largest smartphone brand with 17%, after Samsung with 19% and ahead of Apple, Oppo and Vivo. The firm said that it has boosted its business outside China with sales up more than 300% in Latin America, 150% up in … Read more
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