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What They Say Looking Glass of the US has a new digital photo frame that supports stereo display and that the company claims is ‘holographic’. The display costs $349 (or $199 on Kickstarter which is way beyond target with 2,668 backers). What We Think The Looking Glass display looked good when we saw it a … Read more
The global wearables market grew 35.1% year over year during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with total shipments reaching 125 million units according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The surge was driven by seasonality, new product launches, and the global pandemic. New products from the … Read more
What They Say Idemitsu said that its third production facility, based in Chengdu, China, has started full scale operation and can create a12 tonnes per year of OLED materials. It’s the firm’s largest plant and will bring capacity to 22 tonnes per year. Omaezaki Factory (Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; Production capacity: 2 tonnes per year), Idemitsu … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the display market, announced its new Large Format MultiSync® ME Series digital signage displays. These standalone displays provide corporate, education and retail environments with a powerful digital signage solution, offering customers the technology they need to display clear and vivid UHD content. The ME Series products focus … Read more
What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for flagging up the news that Pimax has a new ‘5K’ headset with refresh up to 180Hz after he saw my DD about Varjo (You Can’t Make Things Better and Cheaper, or Can You?). The headset has the same 2560 x 1440 pixel LCD displays, with … Read more
Last Sunday evening, we played Twister with our daughter after she complained, “I’m bored and there’s nothing on TV.” Are you kidding me? We have Netflix, Disney +, Amazon Prime, Apple TV +, Hulu, Pluto, Tubi and Peacock streaming to us here in Silicon Valley; and you can’t find anything? “I know we don’t have … Read more
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. announced that its new Griffin™-2 visual display system (VDS) is set to launch with two undisclosed fast-jet programs in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has received orders for 20 systems over the next five years, and continued support through 2030. Building on the success of its … Read more
As part of its Market Watch and Add-in-Board report subscription services, Jon Peddie Research has continuously tracked GPU shipments. As a follow-on to its recent Market Watch Report, JPR is releasing the latest Add-in-Board quarterly report. The add-in board market increased in Q3’20 from last quarter, and AMD gained market share. Over $4.2 billion of … Read more
What They Say We get a lot of news of LED installations and tend not to use them, but one from Absen caught our attention because of the scale. A transport hub in Shanghai, China has installed 1800m² of LED walls. There is a 700 m² main display with 40 further displays in eight cubes. … Read more
What They Say Africa’s overall mobile phone market shipments declined 6.0% year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020 according to IDC. The decline stemmed mainly from feature phones, with shipments of these devices declining 11.2% YoY in Q3 2020 to total 29.4 million units. By contrast, smartphone shipments were up a healthy 14.1% YoY, with … Read more
The ongoing surge in PC demand is expected to continue as work from home and remote education needs mix with the holiday spending season. According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, shipments of desktop and notebook PCs will grow 18.2% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), followed by 1.4% … Read more
What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate in 2020. The primary driver for consumer content in this space will be console gamers, which will account for 41% of … Read more
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