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What They Say Well, by definition it’s not to do with displays, as the article is entitled “Is There VR for Senses Other Than Sight?”, but Gizmodo talked to academics working on other inputs to human senses and highlighted haptics, audio, scent, taste which could be directly stimulated or emulated by stimulating the same brain … Read more
What They Say Facebook said in a Twitter dialogue that it expects to extend the life of the Quest 2 headset “for a long while” and will introduce a “Pro” version, but not this year. “Resident Evil 4” is to be a Quest 2 exclusive. What We Think Facebook is intent on expanding the installed … Read more
What They Say A downloadable report from ARtillery Intelligence sets out the results from a survey of 46,000 adults in the US on the topic of AR and VR. The survey highlights the continuing success of AR with applications such as Pokémon Go still generating good revenues. The analyst hightlights the number of companies building … Read more
What They Say Xiaomi said that it had its first ‘flash sale’ of the Mi Mix Fold smartphone in China and sold $61 million worth of devices in one minute to sell out completely. There were three different versions depending on the memory. What We Think This is between 30K and 40K units, depending on … Read more
What They Say Sony said that its decision to close its PlayStation Store on the PS3, Vita and PSP. The company received negative feedback from users, so has reversed the decision for the PS3 and the PS Vita ‘for the foreseeable future’. What We Think We previously reported that Sony had decided to stop selling … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that Huawei, which launched the foldable Mate X2 a couple of months ago, is planning three new foldable devices in the second half of last year. Digitimes Research believes that foldable smartphones will hit 7 million sales this year, up from 2.8 million last year. Looking at panel shipments, the … Read more
I’m back in the weeds of production and HDR today. I have been following a series of discussions in ‘The Broadcast Bridge’ about whether the traditional gamma curve is still needed. Last week I spotted an interesting editorial that takes some of the points and moves the discussion on. Thanks to Tony Orme for allowing … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research has released a free downloadable report on features popular in the US smartphone market. The report highlights the growth in the largest class of devices. Apple and Samsung are driving the shift, accounting for 85% of all 6.5”-6.9” smartphones shipped. The report covers memory, cameras, chipsets and battery capacity as … Read more
What They Say Touch Taiwan kicked off this week with a physical as well as a virtual expo. We had been hoping to visit, but Covid put paid to that. Instead we had a look at the virtual expo. It will take a few days to cover what we want to, but we’ll start with … Read more
What They Say VESA sent us an email to highlight that in the past week, the Chinese retail website Taobao has listed two display products that have a VESA certified “DisplayHDR 2000” logo — an updated Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor as well as a new Acer EI491CRG9 monitor. In addition, several media outlets have reported … Read more
Body Text Analyst Comment Comment (INITIALS) DD Article Source VESA Addresses Use of Illegitimate DisplayHDR 2000 Logo SAN JOSE, Calif. — During the past week, the Chinese retail website Taobao has listed two display products that have a VESA certified “DisplayHDR 2000” logo — an updated Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor as well as a new … Read more
California-based DPI Labs, Inc. announced the availability of their new large-format 4K ultra-high definition (UHD), slim, ultra-lightweight, OLED displays for business and VVIP aircraft cabins. Branded DPI SmartCanvas™, the 55” and 65” OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) cabin displays were installed in January, 2021 on a VVIP Boeing 767 at a completion center in Arizona. … Read more
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