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What They Say Microsoft said that it was moving its Hololens-based headset project with the US army to a production phase. CNBC reported that the firm has a contract for 120,000 devices over ten years with revenues expected of $21.9 billion over the period. The contract includes cloud services based on the Azure platform. What … Read more
What They Say The Information talked to Snap, the firm that is behind Snapchat, about their plans for a new pair of AR glasses. The new glasses will have some kind of display and will be aimed at developers and creators, rather than consumers. They are expected to cost $380. What We Think Snap’s current … Read more
Panasonic announced a solution for Real-Time Tracking Projection Mapping that expands the creative possibilities for the entertainment and production industries to merge digital and physical realities with stunning results. Amazing visual effects can be achieved by projecting images in real-time, with pin-point accuracy, onto fast moving objects using the Real-Time Tracking Software Development Kit (ET-SWR10) … Read more
What They Say Panasonic put out a release that said that it has further developed its live motion ‘Real-Time Tracking Projection Mapping’. The company claims that with its latest kit and the Panasonic PT-RQ35K projector (a 3 chip DLP 30K5 lumen unit) can deliver images with just 5ms of latency. The kit can also accurately … Read more
PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted highlights from their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 25 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading U.S. projector dealers, retailers, web resellers, and distributors. Their Tracking Service … Read more
What They Say Reuters reported that Samsung Electronics said that its chip fab in Austin, Texas had recovered to ‘near-normal’ levels after four weeks of disruption. Quoting TrendForce, Reuters said that 65% of the capacity of the fab is used for Qualcomm 5G radio frequency chips and Samsung display and image sensor chips. What We … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported that Samsung Display is planning to make some prototype QD-OLED TVs in June as well as monitors. The samples will be sent to brands for a review of responses in September. The site said that bare panels had already been submitted to Samsung Electronics in January, but were considered … Read more
What They Say GizmoChina reported that Tianma has developed a new ‘CFOT’ flexible OLED technology that has reduced thickness and lower power consumption. It has an 8.3″ display. What We Think We had a good dig around, but couldn’t confirm the details of what CFOT is, but there is plenty of speculation that the technology … Read more
What They Say TechRadar reported that LG is now making its rollable OLED TV available outside Korea, in the UK but it will cost £99.999 ($115K + tax). Pre-orders are due to start this week and orders are due to be fulfilled by shipment from Korea. What We Think As we reported recently, reports from … Read more
The HPA (Hollywood Professionals’ Association) Tech Retreat is an event that I have always wanted to attend, but Pete always did and it was hard to justify the cost of a trip. However, the new virtual world meant that I could attend. I’m planning a couple of reports from the event (Pete has already reported … Read more
Technicolor Connected Home announces its latest milestone achievement in the deployment of over 10 million Android TV set-top boxes (STBs) since beginning the initiative in 2016. According to analysts at Industry Research, global demand for the Android TV STB market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 24.8% between 2021-2026. Demand … Read more
What They Say Technicolor said that it has supplied 10 million STBs based on Android from 2016 to today. It expects the market to continue to grow at a CAGR of 24.8% until 2026, with strong sales in Asia and EMEA. What We Think I would normally have caught up with STB makers at IBC … Read more
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