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Badger by Satellite Displays is live on StartEngine

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on Badger, a start-up that is developing ‘smart badges’ based on EPD displays. The firm aims to use the technology to provide ‘real time close captioning’ (Badger Adds Subtitles …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Investment| Medical

Zoom Invests in DTEN Collaboration Device Partner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Zoom has invested in DTen, a firm that has been working closely with Zoom to develop optimised hardware. No figures were give, but DTen said that the investment would help the …

Tags:Investment| VideoConferencing

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BrightSign Accepts Majority Investment from Graham Partners

by Artem Alekseenko

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, announced that Graham Partners has made a significant investment in the company. Graham Partners is a private investment firm targeting technology-driven advanced manufacturing …

Tags:Brightsign| Digital Signage| Investment

Peak Nanosystems Gains Backing for Thin Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peak Nanosystems of Ohio has received $25 million in funding to help boost its production of gradient index (GRIN) optics. The company makes nano-layered polymer GRIN optics that mean that the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

P&H Tech signs deal with Dupont for OLED materials

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that P&H Tech of Korea has signed a deal with Dupont to supply ‘longer life’ blue materials. Earlier this year, P&H said it planned to boost its capacity …

Tags:DuPont| Investment| OLED Materials| Supply Chain

Magic Leap Raises More Money

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap has raised $500 million on a valuation of $2 billion (down from the $6.4 billion valuation in 2019). CNBC interviewed CEO, Peggy Johnson, during which the new headset was …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Investment

Holograms get real: Startup creates objects out of light and thin air

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article by CNet drew our attention to a Silicon Valley start-up that is developing light field displays, Light Field Lab. Investors in the firm include Samsung, Comcast and Verizon. According …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Investment| R&D (Research & Development)

Links Week Ending 24th September 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. ‘An Invitation – A Colour the Trails …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Batteries| Europe| Germany| Interactive Displays| Investment| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| SVOD| TVs (TV Sets)| USB

LG Display to Boost Vietnam OLED Capacity

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Reuters reported that the Vietnam government has licensed LG Display to invest $1/4 billion in the city of Hai Phong for OLED module assembly. The report said that 10,000 new jobs …

Tags:Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs

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TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset maker Pico

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that the owner of TikTok, ByteDance, is in discussion with Pico about buying the company. On the other hand, a Chinese publication, Pandaily, reported that the deal had been …

Tags:China| Investment| Mergers & Acquisitions| Virtual Reality

Samsung Plans $200 billion Investment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung is to boost its investment plans to a total of $206 billion over the next three years, creating 40,000 new jobs and will include Samsung Display according to the Korea …

Tags:Forecasts| Investment| Samsung| Semiconductors| TSMC