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What They Say Barco posted its Q3 results and said that orders although up 8.7% from Q2, were down nearly 43% on last year to €157.6 million. Invoiced sales were also down 37% from last year and sales for the year to date are down 24.7%. The firm said “In Entertainment, both the Cinema and … Read more
What They Say Invidis is trying to find out the largest indoor LED installations in the world. It comments on an LG LED cube in Terminal B Moscow Sheremetyevo, which at 670m² (4mm pitch) is currently the winner. The second place goes to an Absen 400m² installation in Kuala Lumpur. In Europe there is an … Read more
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) posted strong growth in 2020Q3 (11.7% YoY) and totaled 21.0 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Consumer demand mirrored the extraordinary strength of the previous quarter, growing 29.3% YoY, which was more than enough to offset the minor softness … Read more
The starting point for Zappar (London, UK) in the design of the company’s ZapBox headset product line was the idea of combining simple hardware components with existing smartphones to present 6-DoF immersive mixed and virtual reality content. More than that, the system would include two fully tracked controllers and a Unity plugin – all at … Read more
The Ultra HD Forum celebrates its fifth year of successfully bringing together broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and technology vendors to accelerate Ultra HD television deployment. The Forum has refreshed its website to better reflect its activities during this time of constrained in-person interactions. Version 2.4 of the Forum’s popular Guidelines includes more material … Read more
What They Say Unreal engine 5 – click for higher resolutionDr Jon Peddie explains the capabilities of the latest version of the Unreal Engine that will be supported in the upcoming PlayStation 5 (and other devices & consoles). What We Think I watched this youtube video on my PC before, but didn’t try in full … Read more
What They Say The UltraHD Forum, on the release of its Version 2.4 Guidelines, said that it has now identified 190 channels and services worldwide that are offering UltraHD content. The latest version includes detailed updates but also what the Forum calls some substantial additions, such as objective measurement and analysis of the quality of … Read more
ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, takes smartphone optical sensor miniaturization to a new level with the introduction of the TMD2712, the world’s smallest integrated ambient light sensor (ALS) and proximity sensor module in a miniature 1mm x 2mm footprint. The TMD2712, which is just 0.5mm high, can now fit in … Read more
What They Say Laptop magazine reviewed the HP Spectre x360 15 and found that the 15.6″ AMOLED UltraHD display was good enough to ‘take your breath away’. There are five display modes: Default, sRGB (optimized for web browsing), Adobe RGB (best for printing and imaging work), DCI-P3 (ideal for photo and video editing) and Native … Read more
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced that its Qualcomm® XR Enterprise Program (XEP) first unveiled at Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit 2019, has doubled in membership. The Qualcomm XEP is designed to accelerate the adoption of virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR), collectively known as extended reality (XR), in industries including architecture, engineering … Read more
What They Say Researchers from Korea have developed a new Perovskite-based LED device that can emit blue light and that is claimed to be three times more efficient than previous devices, although at 10% efficiency, it is still less than half of the efficiency of red and green. Researcher Choong-Hyun Jang, the first author, commented: … Read more
What They Say Although LG will eventually (when yields are better) reduce the price of its WOLED fab in Guangzhou below that in Korea, the firm will still see competition from miniLED + QD LCD panels from G10.5 fabs in China will be around 8% cheaper next year for 65″. That’s based on MMG manufacturing, … Read more
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