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Pico Completes $37.4M B+ Funding Round; Announces Neo 3 Headset

Pico Interactive, a global tech company that develops innovative virtual reality (VR) and enterprise solutions, announces the completion of a $37.4M (€31.4M) B+ funding round, supporting Pico’s B2C presence in Asia as well as Pico’s initiatives in Western markets by expanding the number of B2B partners and boosting new product development. “Pico is looking to … Read more

Oppo Find X3 Series And Reno 5 Pro+ Smartphones Incorporate Pixelworks Technology

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Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, and OPPO, a premium global technology brand, announced that the new OPPO Find X3 series phones – the Find X3 and Find X3 Pro – incorporate Pixelworks’ patented high-efficiency color calibration and flesh tone management technology, bringing a lifelike display and visual experience … Read more

Polarizer supply to improve in 2H21, says BenQ Materials chairman

What They Say Digitimes reported a comment from the chairman of BenQ Materials that suggested that the ramp-up of new capacity from Chinese makers would ease the current tight supply of polariser film, although he denied that there is actually a shortage. The company is trying to boost its share of revenues from non-display production … Read more

Sony, Nokia and More Pull Out Of #MWC2021

What They Say After the demise of the full ISE event in June (there will be a series of two day ‘local events’ including 2 days in Barcelona, and after Ericsson pulled out of MWC, Sony, Nokia, Facebook and Oracle announced that they too would pull out, despite tight restrictions being put on the event … Read more

ZetaDisplay Acquires Nordland Systems

Leading European digital signage specialist ZetaDisplay has acquired German-based systems integrator NORDLAND systems GmbH. The two companies officially joined forces on 4th March, strengthening ZetaDisplay’s position as a turnkey solutions provider for digital transformation and advancing its presence in the German market. NORDLAND systems specialise in complex digital signage installations for a high-profile customer base … Read more

Omdia Publishes LED Display Area

What They Say Since NPD bought Displaysearch, then IHS bought the business from NPD and Omdia now runs it, the amount of press data coming from the organisation has declined, so we end up covering the firm less. When they re-vamped their website a while ago, the press release section actually disappeared, but ‘it’s due … Read more

E Ink Launches Kaleido Plus: Significantly Improved Color eReader Display

E Ink launched the first geration of its Kaleido color eReader display in Q2 2020. Conceptually, the Kaleido was not unlike previous E Ink color eReader displays. That is, it was an active-matrix monochrome ePaper display with a color filter array (CFA) to provide the color. The problem with the previous versions was that the … Read more

Epeat Starts Display and TV Testing Round

What They Say Epeat, which coordinates the testing and approval of products for the Green Electronics Council in the US, said that it is starting a round of ‘continuous monitoring for, among other categories, its computer, display and television categories. It will be investigating from now until July 6th and after review (July/August) and a … Read more

Interview: Compound Photonics Partners with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Manufacture Microdisplay Chip

Compound Photonics (CP) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture IntelliPix, CP’s microdisplay technology platform. IntelliPix was announced last year as an integrated CMOS backplane and display driver IC for monolithic MicroLED or Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) displays. The platform provides a real-time video pipeline and drives pixels as small as … Read more

Samsung’s 2021 Neo QLED TVs Receive Industry-First ‘Eye Care’ Certification from Leading Engineering Association, VDE

Samsung Electronics announced that the 2021 Neo QLED lineup has received the first-of-its-kind ‘Eye Care’ certification from Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE), a well-regarded electrical engineering certification institute in Germany. This distinction underscores Samsung’s commitment toward improving the consumer reliability of its TVs. All of the Samsung 2021 QLED models that have completed the testing have … Read more