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Feel-good stories (like customer engagement and titillating use cases) for immersive XR applications are what we always seem to hear about these days. In a previous article, Chasing Stories in Enterprise XR and Beyond, we asked a crucial question about selling or promoting XR: “Which is better—showing the data or telling powerful stories?” Reporting on … Read more
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global 5G smartphone shipments surged past 24 million units in Q1 2020. Demand from China was higher than expected. en Hyers, Director at Strategy Analytics said “Global 5G smartphone shipments grew to 24.1 million in Q1 2020, significantly more than all 5G smartphones shipped in the full … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced that it has released version 2.0 of the DisplayPort™ Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) standard. DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 provides seamless interoperability with the new USB4™ specification published by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), and fully enables all of the features in the latest version of the DisplayPort standard … Read more
Samsung Electronics reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Total revenue was KRW 55.33 trillion, a decrease of 7.6% from the previous quarter mainly due to weak seasonality for the Company’s display business and Consumer Electronics Division and partially due to effects of COVID-19. From a year earlier, revenue rose 5.6% … Read more
While mainstream sports face a hiatus of unknown length, esports competition has been able to move online and is seeing an uptake in viewership as a result, a burden for networks but a potential boom for advertising. by Dom Tait – Principal consultant for Omdia Both sports and esports have seen their live events shuttered … Read more
Following the arrival of the initial wave of foldable smartphones in 2019, the global market for foldable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display panels is set for explosive growth in 2020, with shipments soaring by 455 percent this year. Worldwide foldable AMOLED display shipments will rise to 3.9 million units in 2020, up from 700,000 … Read more
It seems like everyone knows of someone who has lost their job, faced the doubts of possibly being seropositive, been infected, or died during the recent Covid-19 pandemic crisis. I know I do. There are and will be many stories to tell when this is all over. Sometimes the smallest of instances can help fill … Read more
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced that it acquired the OLED patent portfolio for display applications from Konica Minolta Inc., a global technology company that provides innovative solutions to businesses and society. The acquired portfolio comprises over 700 patent families. “Adding Konica Minolta’s patents to our already strong portfolio will further boost our … Read more
Advanced TV revenues are forecast to grow by a 9% growth rate from 2019 to 2025 to $26 billion, according to the new DSCC Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report, introduced this week and now available to subscribers. This report covers the worldwide premium TV market, including the most Advanced TV technologies: WOLED, QD … Read more
In yesterday’s DD, (Corporate Events in the Days of Coronavirus, Part 1: Event Production) I discussed the production of a live online event that largely duplicates the experience of an in-person event. In today’s DD I will discuss adding Extended Reality (XR) content to an online meeting using technology provided by the British Pro AV … Read more
On April 16th, AVIXA hosted a webinar titled “Rewriting the Future: Emerging Video Trends for Corporate Events” that I attended. The webinar focused on emerging online video trends for corporate events including mixed reality (MR) and live streaming. Some Providers of On-Line Event Software (Credit: Animatic Media) In these days of the coronavirus, glitzy corporate … Read more
In case you missed it, last week (April 21) OnePlus launched two new 5G-compatible flagship smartphone upgrades with “fluid” (90 and 120 Hz refresh) AMOLED displays, capacitive touch screens and HDR 10+ support. The good news for OnePlus is both size displays (made by Samsung and factory calibrated by OnePlus) are “Text Book Perfect Calibration … Read more
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