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Qualcomm is Expanding in XR R&D & Developing ‘5G Necklace’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Europe| Mixed Reality| Qualcomm| R&D (Research & Development)| Smartphones| Verizon

Links Week Ending 11th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. ‘World’s largest 8K UHD LED display’ …

Tags:3D software| LED| Olympics| Projection Mapping| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung| Sports and Stadiums| STBs| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 7th February 2022

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 first part of this week. G-Master Red Eagles GB3467WQSU and G4380UHSU-B1 have …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| DVD| Europe| | Financial Data| Game Playing| MiniLED| OLEDs| Philips| R&D (Research & Development)| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Video Processors| Virtual Reality

SDC Launches a New Platform for OLED Material Simulation

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ET Times reported that Samsung Display has established a new platform, called ‘Sync-OLED’) to allow its business partners to evaluate materials that might be usable in OLED displays. The service is …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| R&D (Research & Development)

A Means to Enhance OLED Device Efficiency is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology or KAIST and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute or ETRI (both located in Daejeon, Republic of Korea) are developing a …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| R&D (Research & Development)

New Google Headset May Arrive by 2024

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge had a look at what Google is doing in augmented reality in a project known as ‘Project Iris’. The project, which has a team of around 300 people, is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| R&D (Research & Development)

Ways of Improving OLED Efficiency Found

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Groups from ETRI and KAIST have had a paper published in ‘Nature’ that explains how the groups have developed a new metal oxide charge transfer complex that can boost the efficiency …

Tags:Korea| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)

San’an and CSoT launch their microLED Joint Venture

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Weixin (via MicroLED-Info) said that MicroLED developer San’an Optoelectronics has progressed a $43 million deal with TCL’s CSOT to develop a new company called Xiamen Xinying Display Technology which will set …

Tags:China| CSOT| Investment| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)

Researchers Make a flexible OLED with a 3D printer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made OLED displays using a 3D printer. The research is published in Science Advances. The team combined two different modes of printing …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| USA

New Diffuser Can Selectively Control Colours

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists in two German institutes have developed a new optical diffuser that uses silicon nanoparticles that create a metasurface that can redirect specific wavelengths of light. The groups see applications in …

Tags:Germany| Metasurfaces| Optics| R&D (Research & Development)

Economist Picks 22 Technologies to Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist identified 22 ‘technologies to watch in 2022’. Only a couple (which we have listed first) involved displays, directly. VR workouts The Metaverse Solar geoengineering Heat pumps Hydrogen-powered planes Direct …

Tags:Automotive| Aviation| R&D (Research & Development)

Tasty TV: Japanese Professor Creates Flavourful Screen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that a Japanese academic has developed a system to use a transparent rollable film over a display to create a ‘lickable display’. The system uses 10 flavour canisters that …

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