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In the first quarter of 2021, the wearable market in Europe grew 33.0% compared with the same period in 2020, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Between January and March, 22.0 million units were shipped to the region. “A year after disruptions in supply chain and consumer confidence, the wearable market … Read more
What They Say An article in IEEE Spectrum highlights issues with OLED display flicker. Tekla S. Perry upgraded from an older iPhone SE to an iPhone 12 Mini as the smaller display was appealing. However, on firing up the phone, discomfort set in. Her tests established that the problem got worse at lower levels of … Read more
What They Say Kopin reported that it has developed an all-plastic ‘pancake’ optical lens system for VR, AR and MR applications. The lens system provides an image equivalent to a 250″ (635cm) diagonal display viewed at 10′ (3m) distance when used with a Kopin 2.6K x 2.6K OLED microdisplay, but the lens is just 16mm … Read more
What They Say Ten days ago, Kateeva announced that it had made a deal with Pixelligent to support the use of PixJet high-refractive index materials in inkjet encapsulation of OLEDs with an optimised planarisation layer over microlens arrays. This enables more light to get to the output of the OLED. Given that every manufacturer’s process … Read more
What They Say Although Apple is dominating the 5G smartphone market, with 29.7% share in Q1 2021, Strategy Analytics said that Samsung and Vivo saw the biggest growth from Q4 at 79% and 62% in units, respectively. Apple, on the other hand, dropped by 23% after the launch of the iPhone 12 in that quarter. … Read more
What They Say Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 interface has leaked. The design is said to be based on the Windows 10X initiative which was intended to update many aspects of the operating system, but was dropped as an alternative in favour of a change to the overall Windows 10 system. The OS is expected to … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced that all models1 of The Terrace TV, the premium product line designed for outdoor lifestyles, have become the first in the TV industry to be verified for outdoor visibility performance. This verification comes from U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global independent safety science organization with over a century of experience in driving … Read more
What They Say Samsung put out a press release to announce that its ‘The Terrace’ outdoor TV has been verified for ‘outdoor visibility’ by US testing organisation, Underwriters Laboratories. This is the first set to be so certified. Specifications required for this certificate include: peak brightness of 3,000 to 4,000 cd/m² contrast of 1,000:1 in … Read more
What They Say Bloomberg published an interesting article based on discussions with JDI that included a forecast from Omdia on the increasing penetration of LCD into the VR headset market as OLED makers focus on the higher volumes available in the smartphone market. The article also reports that Sony plans to use OLEDs, with 2000 … Read more
What They Say Fierce Video reported that YouTube has been offering free Chromecast or TiVo devices to some subscribers to allow the display of UltraHD content. “To ensure our loyal YouTube TV members have a great watch experience (including the ability to watch 4K content on our optional new add-on service coming soon!), we want … Read more
As both California and New York have now lifted a majority of their pandemic-induced restrictions for stores, restaurants, businesses, and other indoor environments, it is hard not to think about the potential impact to companies that will now begin to fully reopen their offices. Interestingly, I think one of the biggest impacts of return-to-office will … Read more
In 2012, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an international agency regulating telecommunications under the umbrella of the U.N., released its recommendations for the Ultra HD market to help define the parameters for future video broadcast technology. These recommendations are commonly referred to as BT.2020. Figure 1: Rec. 709 vs. BT.2020 Source XDA (of course, the … Read more
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