Display Week Coverage
What We Think Just to let you know that I’m going to try to collate my coverage of Display Week rather than simply putting all the items I see from the event as we go. (BR)
Samsung Display Moves its Language in SID Keynote
JS Choi, CEO of Samsung Display (SDC), gave the first keynote that I watched from the SID Display Week, although it wasn’t the first keynote published. Over the years, I have attended many keynotes and sometimes Samsung has made some major technology announcements about direction. Not so much these days, it seems. There are a … Read more
Google Previews Breakthrough Project Starline
What They Say Google has released a video and blog post that combines very high resolution video conferencing combined with a light field display system that creates life-sized images of participants with a true depth perception. At the moment the system is just in Google’s offices but will be available on a trial basis with … Read more
DigiLens launches developer prototype for extended reality glasses
What They Say VentureBeat interviewed DigiLens, the maker of waveguides for AR/VR and HUDs about a new version of its smartglasses that is intended as a development system, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 platform with the firm’s Crystal50 Waveguide. DigiLens CEO Chris Pickett said: “We believe it’s the most advanced set of XR glasses … Read more
12.9-inch iPad Pro Review Round-up
What They Say MacWorld has created a round-up of reviews of the iPad Pro which has a ‘Liquid Retina XDR Display’. The Verge said “the best thing for watching movies that isn’t a high-end television” MacStories said “the best display I’ve ever seen in a portable computer”. CNBC said that the display “looked brighter outside … Read more
Google Says Android TV Device Deployment has Surpassed 80 Million
What They Say Google said at the I/O event that it now has more than 80 million Android TV OS devices active each month. The OS has seen growth of 80% in the US in the last year. It also has a WatchNext API that allows developers to make binge watching easier from within Apps … Read more
V-Nova LCEVC Licensing Will Be Free for Chipmakers
What They Say We’ve run it as a press release (V-Nova LCEVC Licensing Terms Announced, but we thought it was highlighting that V-Nova has announced that its LCEVC licence is free for companies that want to use it in devices, chipsets, browser and encoder/players. The licensing will be based on licenses to service providers on … Read more
V-Nova LCEVC Licensing Terms Announced
V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions announced licensing terms for V-Nova LCEVC, a software development kit and a wide range of reference integrations that add MPEG-5 Part 2 LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding) ISO/IEC 23094-2 encoding and decoding to any existing video delivery workflow, device or application. The licensing terms have been … Read more
IFA 2021: New Global Health Uncertainties Force Cancellation Of IFA Berlin 2021 – The World’s Leading Trade Show for Consumer and Home Electronics will Return in 2022
The decision was made following detailed conversations with public health experts and multiple stakeholders. Ultimately, several key global health metrics did not move as fast in the right direction as had been hoped for – from the rapid emergence of new COVID-19 variants, for example in South Asia, to continued uncertainties about the speed of … Read more
IFA is Off Again
Body Text Analyst Comment Comment (INITIALS) DD Article Source IFA 2021: NEW GLOBAL HEALTH UNCERTAINTIES FORCE CANCELLATION OF IFA BERLIN 2021 – The world’s leading trade show for consumer and home electronics will return in 2022 Messe Berlin and gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH are jointly announcing that IFA 2021 will not take place … Read more
Sigmaintell Thinks TV Panel Prices Will Stabilise in Q3
What They Say Sigmaintell published a detailed analysis of the trends in TV panel pricing and supply. The firm said that 65.2 million units were shipped in 21Q1, an increase of 3.6% YoY; the shipment area is 41.3 million square metres, an increase of 10.3% YoY. Average panel sizes were up 1.8″ in 2020 and … Read more
Kopin To Participate in the Third Segment of the Three Part Webinar Series – AR and VR: The Paradigm Shift to Smartglasses Starts Now – The Future
Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of transmissive and reflective active matrix liquid crystal and organic light emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays used in defense, enterprise, industrial, medical and consumer products, announced that its CEO, Dr. John Fan, will participate in the third segment of a new webinar trilogy entitled “AR and VR: The Paradigm … Read more
