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What They Say We missed it at the time, but the Motion Picture Association published a 63 page report on trends in entertainment in 2020. It’s no surprise that the report finds that the combined market for home and theatrical entertainment (excluding pay TV) dropped in 2020. The 72% drop in theatrical income was partially … Read more
The worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, according to Gartner, Inc. “The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of many electronic equipment types in 2021. Foundries are increasing wafer prices, and in turn, … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported that Samsung Display has been selected to head a Korean national project to develop oxide TFTs that have an order of magnitude improvement in electron mobility to allow the development of higher resolution OLEDs up to 1000ppi and to reduce production costs. The report put current oxide mobility at … Read more
The new NexusTouch™ sensing and localized haptic platform from Boréas Technologies allows designers to expand touch-based user interfaces on the sides of smartphones and gaming phones. The platform enables seamless context-sensitive swipes, taps and clicks—all while delivering rich haptic feedback. Blending advanced gesture sensing with localized haptics, NexusTouch™ supports a range of new use cases, … Read more
3D-Micromac AG, the industry leader in laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, medical device and electronics markets, introduced microCETI™ — the first laser micromachining platform that supports all laser processes in microLED display manufacturing with the high throughput and precision, and low cost of ownership, needed for volume production requirements. The … Read more
Display solutions and embedded systems provider, Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the introduction of a new range of TFT display modules from leading global display manufacturer Tianma. The P-series (Professional series) has been designed and developed to meet the demanding needs and requirements of the industrial and medical display markets. Delivering exceptional optical performance … Read more
Corning Incorporated hosted an opening ceremony for its Gen 10.5 liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei Province, China. The facility is co-located with a BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) plant. With the successful operation of the plant, and the easing of restrictions in the … Read more
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) announced it has teamed up with Resorts World Las Vegas to provide brands with a first-of-its-kind advertising opportunity to reach highly coveted leisure and business travelers with over 135,000 square feet of digital signage. Through the new CCOA and Resorts World Las Vegas partnership, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors … Read more
What They Say UploadVR has been tracking the next version of the PlayStation VR headset and said that the unit will have: Resolution of 4000×2040 pixels, or 4.1 megapixels (2000×2040) per eye. Head-mounted haptics, in which a headset motor would provide direct haptic feedback (vibrations and rumbling) to the head/face. Eye-tracking capable of foveated rendering. … Read more
What They Say SMPTE published an article in the Motion Imaging Journal that reported on tests that look at the development of objective metrics to evaluate the drop in quality of images encoded using HLG. Although there are metrics, the paper said that these ignore the chroma components for their calculations, that is, they consider … Read more
What They Say HTC has unveiled two new widely trailed VR headsets aimed at professional use. The Vive Pro 2 (PC-tethered) and the Vive Focus 3 (stand alone) are both based on the Qualcomm XR2 platform. Both headsets have 2448 x 2448 pixels per eye (4896 x 2448 total pixels), using IPS LCDs with a … Read more
What They Say An article on PetaPixel looked at the Canon EOS R3 camera could make a change to still and video photography. The new device can capture still frames at 30fps, typically the frame rate used for broadcast video. A researcher has suggested that Canon’s market share and influence could mean that there is … Read more
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