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Faraday Future Enhances Its Head-Up Display Features on FF 91 to New Levels of Innovation and Safety

October 22, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Faraday Future, a California-based global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, announced additional details on its FF 91 ultra-luxury vehicle, including updates to its HUD (head-up display) functionality. In addition to the HUD, FF 91 features a central hub display up front, with a 15.4-inch display, a predictive home screen that tailors itself to destinations in … Read more

Huawei Mate 40 Pro Spec is Leaked

October 22, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The details of the new Huawei Mate 40 series have been leaked with the P40 Pro reported to be using a 2772 x 1344 ‘waterfall’ display and an in-display fingerprint sensor. The camera array ring resembles an iPod click wheel and houses a 50MP primary camera with f/1.9 aperture and OIS support. … Read more

Apple releases iOS 14.1 with support for iPhone 12, 10-bit HDR, and bug fixes

October 22, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld reported that Apple has released iOS 14.1 for the iPhone 12 and added support for 10 bit HDR playback to devices from the iPhone 8 onwards. Those with an iPhone 8 or later can play and edit 10-bit HDR videos in the Photos app (recording 10-bit HDR videos is only possible … Read more

France confronts ‘planned obsolescence’ with repairability rating

October 22, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Sunday Times reports that the French government is introducing a ‘repairability rating’ for smartphones, televisions, laptop computers, front-loading washing machines and lawn mowers from 1st January. A rating from 1 to 10 can be used, at the maker’s discretion (according to Le Figaro) and has to be shown next to the … Read more

Vehicular Display Makers Explore Dual-Cell LCD

December 21, 2022October 22, 2020 by Ken Werner

The auto industry is comfortable with LCDs. They survive 150,000+ miles of over-the-road vibration and pounding, and tolerate temperatures from Siberian winters to Arizona summers. (Well, most of the time. Mazda 6 sedans circa 2004 were well known for TAB failures in their monochrome combined climate-control/audio-system/clock displays, but the industry has learned a lot since … Read more

Barco Numbers Show AV Market Impact of Covid

October 22, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

The largest indoor LED projects in the world

October 22, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

Consumer PC Demand in EMEA Continues to Boom in the Wake of COVID Lockdowns, says IDC

October 22, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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

ZapBox is Developing a New Mixed Reality Headset System…..for $40

October 21, 2020 by Arthur Berman

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

Ultra HD Forum Tracks Over 190 UHD Services, Adds Emphasis on NGA, Releases Guidelines v2.4, and Plans First Watermarking API

October 21, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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

A look at Epic’s Unreal Engine 5

October 21, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

Ultra HD Forum Tracks over 190 UHD services

October 21, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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