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Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Technicolor deploys 20 million RDK broadband gateways Samsung TVs deliver first Africa UHD TV event through My HD PLUS The CRT Edition (it turns out that a collectors’ … Read more
Light field technology developer Wooptix® is partnering with optical component developer poLight® to enable a significant advancement in the capabilities of light field-based camera systems suitable for portable device such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables and more. The combination of the two company’s technologies can now enable compact light field cameras for the capture and … Read more
What They Say Digitimes Research reports that 650 million smartphones will be sold in the first half of 2021, with Samsung Electronics, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo the top five brands and all up from last year. For the full year, the firm believes that volumes will reach 1.32 billion units, up 6.4% year on … Read more
Quarter-to-quarter graphics add-in board shipments increased by 7.1% and increased significantly by 24.4% year-to-year. According to a new research report from the analyst firm Jon Peddie Research, unit shipments of add-in boards increased by 7% from last quarter, while AMD gained market share. Over $12.5 billion of AIBs shipped in the quarter—an increase of 370% … Read more
Pixieray™ emerged from stealth with initial details about its seed funding, product vision, founding team and a key company advisor. Pixieray introduces a pioneering optical solution to eyeglasses, giving perfect vision to the wearer in all use contexts. A traditional eyeglass lens is a mechanical and optical compromise, with fixed focal points. Pixieray’s adaptive solution … Read more
What They Say Klaus Melakari – CTO from VarjoPixieray is a new company that has emerged from stealth and is developing a range of adaptive eyeglasses which enable people with a farsighted eyeglass prescription to read and work with optimal vision, removing cumbersome multifocals and the need to switch eyeglasses. Optical strength can be adjusted … Read more
The ICON Multimedia’s Passenger Information System, DENEVA, facilitates the inclusion of people with visual disability with the integration of technologies that allows to inform and guide across train, bus and airport stations. After the presence of the blind person is detected, digital screens allow the transcription of the information displayed in real time. As an … Read more
What They Say Toms Hardware reviewed the Lenovo Legion 5 notebook and described its 16″ 2560 x 1600 (16:10) 165Hz IPS display as ‘beautiful’ while giving the set its ‘Editor’s Choice’ award. Peak brightness was 472 cd/m² and colour coverage is 87.3% of DCI-P3. Viewing angle performance was picked out as very good. The GPU … Read more
After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. “The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning and working from home, along with pent-up demand from 2020 boosted … Read more
What They Say LG’s Professional Display division has launched a new 65″ OLED monitor intended for professional video applications. The 65EP5G has brightness(Typ.) of 770 / 430 / 180 cd/m² @D6500 (APL 10% / 25% / 100%) and with programmable 1D and 3D LUTs and multiple colour profiles. Colour coverage is 120% of BT709 and … Read more
What They Say In tracking down some market information, I spotted an article published last week on OLEDNet that included a number of interesting charts that shows a big boost in OLED smartphones launched by Chinese brands in Q1 this year. OLEDNet also published data on the boost in value of OLEDs used for smartphones … Read more
Baylor University researchers unveiled a new color imaging Thursday with the capacity to dramatically increase the range of color a digital screen can display. The system – called 6P – has implications for television and cinema storytelling by transcending long-used color systems that compress color and limit it to fit the capacity of most screens. … Read more
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