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Varjo Raises $31m Series B from Atomico to Transform Heavy Industry with World’s First Human-Eye Resolution VR Product

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Varjo (“shadow” in Finnish, pronounced “Var-yo”) Technologies announced a $31m Series B investment, led by Atomico, to bring to market the world’s first human-eye resolution VR / XR (virtual reality and mixed reality) product. It will also be the world’s first VR / XR hardware and software product specifically aimed at industrial use, with the … Read more

Varjo Raises $31 Million for VR/XR Headset

Varjo Technologies has announced a $31 million Series B investment led by Atomico, to bring a human-eye-resolution VR/XR product specifically aimed at industrial use to market, featuring simulation and training capabilities for industries including architecture, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, engineering and construction, and industrial design. This latest investment brings total funds raised to date by the … Read more

Asus Leads Motherboard, GPU and Gaming Notebook Markets in Russia

Asus remains the number-one vendor of motherboards, GPUs and gaming notebooks in Russia despite the fall of the ruble in recent years, reports Digitimes. The publication notes that Asus’ market shares in Russia currently stand at 50% for motherboards, 35% for GPUs and 26% for gaming notebooks, the highest in the country. The company’s motherboard … Read more

Bang & Olufsen Releases Augmented Reality App for iOS

Bang & Olufsen has launched its new AR Experience app for iOS, allowing customers to visualise what the company’s products will look like in their homes. Users select a product, scan their surroundings with their device’s camera and choose the spot they want to place it in. They can also move the product around or … Read more

MicroLED Displays: Hype and Reality, Hopes and Challenges – Webcast

MicroLED displays could potentially match or exceed OLED performance in all critical attributes such as brightness, contrast, color gamut, refresh rate, viewing angle, ruggedness and durability, resolution and pixel density, lifetime, power consumption etc. Development started in the early 2000’s but only got its first public exposure when Sony presented the first 55” microLED TV … Read more

E Ink to Display Latest Innovations at Ceatec 2018

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E Ink said that it would have a wide range of applications of its technology on its booth at Ceatec, which takes place from October 16-19, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. FES Watch U, by Sony Corporation Digital Paper eNote device, by Sony Corporation GPS Watch U-350BS, by Seiko Epson Corp. Pomera DM30, Kakumiru mini eNote, … Read more

VueReal Receives $8.5 Million for MicroLED Development

VueReal, a developer of technologies for micro- and nano-devices, has received $8.5 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, bringing its investment total to over $26 million. The company will use the funding to further develop its microLED technologies by expanding its Waterloo team and launching an advanced nano-technology centre. VueReal also will leverage … Read more

BOE Producing OLED Samples for Samsung Galaxy Watch?

BOE is nipping at the heels of Samsung Display and LG Display by creating OLED display samples for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Watch, an anonymous industry source told ET News earlier this week. In the past, BOE has supplied LCD panels to Samsung, but this would mark the first occasion that Samsung has used BOE OLEDs. … Read more

Sharp Officially Announces First Smartphone with Flexible OLED

Sharp has formally announced its first smartphone to feature a flexible OLED display, the Aquos Zero, which will ship in Japan and Taiwan during the fourth quarter of 2018. The company first teased the handset at IFA 2018. Most of the specs that were being leaked back then have held true, apart from a slightly … Read more

The Trouble with HDR10

Yoeri Geutskens has updated his venn diagram which shows who is doing what in HDR. He has also written an interesting article that highlights that although HDR10 is well specified in terms of how content is created and transmitted (ST-2084 with ST-2086 static metadata, 10-bit colour and BT.2020 colour space), what happens when that data … Read more