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Teardown Reveals That iPhone 8 Plus Costs $295.44 to Make

by Alan Spencer

According to preliminary estimates from IHS Markit, the new Apple iPhone 8 Plus has a bill of materials cost of $288.08, for the version that has 64 GBytes of NAND flash memory. When the …

Panasonic to Start Making Rear View Auto Displays

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic said that it is to start making electronic rear view mirrors, the first product jointly developed with Ficosa which Panasonic took a 60% share in earlier this year (CE Firms Look into Automotive) …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Mastercard and Swarovski Partner on VR Shopping App

by Andrew Fenn

Mastercard and Swarovski have launched a virtual reality shopping app for the Atelier Swarovski home accessory line. The smartphone-based app features five virtual reality home environments decorated in crystal accessories and decorative items from …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

PowerVR Upgraded for Lower Cost UHD

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies has new PowerVR GPUs for cost-sensitive devices. The PowerVR Series9XE and 9XM GPUs maintain fillrate density and are said to provide a significant boost in performance density. The chips are designed for …

VRChat Secures $4 Million in Series A Investment Round

by Andrew Fenn

Social VR app VRChat has secured $4 million in funding in its Series A investment round, led by HTC’s Vive group. VRChat has stated that HTC is now a strategic partner in the business, …

Tags:HTC| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Opera Adds 360° VR Video Playback Support

by Andrew Fenn

Opera has integrated support for up to 360° video playback for OpenVR-compatible headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the latest version of its developer browser. The move creates a unique …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Imagination Sold to Chinese-backed Fund

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies of the UK has been sold to Canyon-bridge Capital Partners, a private equity fund, for £55 million, a 47.4% premium to the share price on the day before the company was put …

BOE Plans Volume OLED Shipments from Chengdu

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei has reported that BOE is close to starting to ship OLED panels in volume from its B7 factory in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The company told Nikkei that it plans to make its first …

Sales of Flexible OLEDs Double in a Year

by Bob Raikes

Yonhap News in Korea quoted data from IHS that puts the market value for flexible OLEDs at $2 billion in Q2, up from $886 million in the year ago period. Samsung is quoted as …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Panel Makers Trying Small LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Epistar, the LED maker, is developing new direct backlight systems using small LEDs to help to counter the progress of OLED TV smartphones. The use of larger numbers of smaller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

World’s First Mixed Reality Arcade Opens in Stamford, CT

by Bob Raikes

A new arcade, the Holodeck, has opened in Stamford, CT, USA that is promoting VR gaming and is using a combination of Microsoft’s Holovision, some HTV Vive systems and also XBox gaming stations. The …

Ericsson Develops Intelligent Tone Mapping

by Bob Raikes

It’s always good to get an update from Ericsson at IBC about quality standards. The company processes a lot of the video that gets broadcast and Matthew Goldman is who we usually talk to …