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The starting point for research by a team headed by Karan Ahuja of the Future Interfaces Group within the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) is the observation that “low-cost, smartphone-powered VR/AR headsets are typically very basic devices, little more than plastic or cardboard shells.Such devices lack advanced features, such as controllers … Read more
As the display industry widely awaits the launch of QD-OLEDs by Samsung in 2021, an obvious question in everyone’s minds is – what’s next? What does the display roadmap look like in the premium TV segment? Having a blue OLED as the backlight can limit the ultimate brightness, while microLEDs continue to be very expensive … Read more
Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, announced TCL Communication has extended its collaboration with the Company to further advance the display capabilities and performance of its smartphone lineup. Building on the successful launch of TCL’s first branded smartphone at IFA 2019, the partnership brings together the display expertise and … Read more
In the coming decade, there will be many technological advances, which will hopefully overcome some of the limitations faced by AR, VR and MR products currently. IDTechEx’s most recent report on “Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality 2020-2030” predicts this market to be over $30Bn by 2030, and presents some of the most recent technology advances … Read more
Alain Harrus, CEO of Kateeva left the company, replaced by May Su, previously responsible for strategic planning. Kateeva was a start-up founded in 2004 by Conor Madigan who worked on the concept of Ink Jet Printing (IJP) at MIT, in the same group that spawned QD start-up QD Vision, founded by Seth Coe-Sullivan. Theorectically, IJP … Read more
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the publication of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version is called v2020-1; it is … Read more
Quantum Dot Display is an evolving technology that has established itself as a formidable force in 2019 with lower prices, higher product availability and improved performance enabling strong growth in shipments. This technology is expected to enter an expansion phase in next few years through high capital investments (from Samsung) and technology developments that will … Read more
Eastern Europe will add nearly 10 million digital pay TV subscribers between 2019 and 2025 to take its total to 77 million. However, the region still had 15.4 million analog cable subscribers by end-2019. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, explained: “The number of pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will decline from … Read more
BenQ has come to play with some serious new additions to its projector range, spanning the worlds of gaming, home cinema and anything you can think of in between. Leaders in home cinema projection and renowned for producing high specification office, home and gaming monitors, projectors and business displays, these latest projectors from BenQ set … Read more
As regular and long term readers will know, I’m keen on trying to spot inflection points in the development of the industry – moments after which the industry will never be quite the same. Occasionally, I spot one that others don’t, but this time, I’m covering one that anyone that watches the industry will have … Read more
Shipments of wireless-charging-enabled smartphones in the $401-to-$600 price range grew by 365 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 as Apple’s price cut for the iPhone XR dramatically expanded the market, according to the latest findings from the Omdia Smartphone Model Market Tracker. “The increase in wireless charging-enabled shipments in the $401-to-$600 price segment was … Read more
Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 2.7% in constant currency terms this year as COVID-19 impacts the global economy and forces many organizations around the world to respond with contingency planning and spending cuts in the short term. In line with previous economic recessions, IT spending on hardware, software, and IT services is … Read more
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