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Rain Launches Switchable Privacy Screen Tech

by Joseph Bryans

In Privacy Mode, these layers significantly reduce the side viewing angles, allowing as little as 0.3% screen visibility from a 45° angle, effectively protecting against visual hacking.

Tags:LCD| OLED| Privacy

Meta Headsets Back on Sale in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta’s VR headsets are going back onto the shelves in Germany after a hiatus when the platform was taken off the market when the German courts said that the firm was …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Germany| Litigation| Privacy| Virtual Reality

New Report from Common Sense Media Evaluates the Privacy Policies of the Most Popular Virtual Reality Headsets on the Market

by Artem Alekseenko

Common Sense Media released a new report that evaluates the privacy policies of the most popular virtual reality headsets on the market. The report, “Privacy of Virtual Reality: Our Future in the Metaverse and …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Privacy| Virtual Reality

A Deeper Dive into the Hidden Display in ShyTech

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this year, top tier automotive supplier Continental announced a new technology that it called ‘Shytech’ – the idea being that the display in a dashboard disappears behind a ‘natural’ (wood, leather etc) surface …

Tags:AUO| Automotive| Privacy| SID Display Week 2022

Meta’s State Law AR Problem

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta had to disable some AR features on Instagram recently following the adoption of new laws in Texas and Illinois in the US that limit the storage and distribution of personal …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Legislation| Privacy| USA

Innolux to showcase innovative display solutions at Touch Taiwan 2022

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Innolux put out a press release that explained what the firm was planning to show at Touch Taiwan, but Digitimes added an item or two to that. Innolux said it would …

Car Companies Are Hiding their Displays

by Bob Raikes

We display specialists like to see our displays, but in the design world and I have often written about the issue of the ‘Black hole on the wall’, or how your big TV looks …

Tags:Automotive| LCD Panels| MiniLED| Privacy

RealD Looks at Entertainment on the Move

by Bob Raikes

I tend to think of RealD as a supplier of cinema technology in display or image processing, although it also has other technologies. I remember seeing a cool idea for changing the apparent direction …

Tags:Automotive| Dual Panel LCDs| Privacy| RealD

Apple said to be developing next-gen ‘privacy glasses’ and new Face ID for 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple noted that Apple has applied for a patent for glasses that can detect the identity of the user and automatically correct for vision defects associated with the user. The …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Privacy

Hisense Wins TÜV Rheinland privacy-by-design certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense put out a press release that claimed that its TVs have been certified to ETSI EN 303 645 (IoT) by TÜV Rheinland Greater China. The standard is intended to cover …

Tags:Hisense| Privacy| Security| Smart TV

Sharp NEC Display Partners with Avery Dennison For Switchable Privacy Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharp NEC Displays said that it had done a deal with Avery Dennison to promote its projectors for use with Avery’s ActiveScene smart window film which can be controlled electronically to …

Tags:Privacy| Projectors

Samba TV Announces Smart TV Privacy Manager

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samba TV said it has rolled out its Smart TV Privacy Manager with Vestel as the first to market. The solution works with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework. (The IAB …

Tags:Privacy| Smart TV