Vol 25 – Issue 21 – Page 7

Worldwide Spending to Grow by 71.6% by 2022

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that the global AR/VR market will grow with a CAGR of 71.6% over the 2017-2022 forecast period and will reach $27 bilion in 2018 – up 92% over 2016. The consumer …

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Arçelik Announces Grundig Partnership with Seraphic

by Andrew Fenn

“Europe’s leading home appliances manufacturer” Arçelik has announced it will deploy Seraphic’s full range of browser solutions across its flagship TV brand, Grundig. The new products will be unveiled across European markets including Turkey, …

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ARM VPU Mali-V76 Has 8K Support

by Milos Pavlovic

Arm has announced new CPU, a GPU and a VPU design for video processing. The Cortex A-76 is claimed to be 35% faster and 40% more power efficient than last year’s designs and the …

Rockwell Collins to Provide Training Display for CAE Flight Simulator

by Andrew Fenn

Rockwell Collins has been selected by CAE to provide its Panorama collimated display for the CC-295 full-flight simulator, in support of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program. The display is …

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Fibre and Cable Account for Three-Quarters of Global Fixed Broadband Subscriptions

by Andrew Fenn

Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the data, which takes into account …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 21

850 Million to Watch eSports and “Let’s Play” Content by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and “Let’s Play” content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up …

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European Commission Re-approves Liberty Global’s Acquisition of Ziggo

by Andrew Fenn

The European Commission has re-approved the acquisition of Ziggo by Liberty Global, subject to conditions. The merger between both companies was notified to the Commission in March 2014 and approved in October 2014 but …

Analysts Cast Doubts on All-OLED iPhone Line-up in 2019

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, a report from Korea’s ET Times indicated that a source from Apple had revealed that the company’s 2019 iPhone line-up will feature another three models, all with OLED panels, as opposed …

WayRay Reveals Two New Automotive AR Products

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss augmented reality specialist, WayRay, has unveiled two new AR products for the automotive industry, a year after Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba invested in the company. The first is a hands-free holographic navigation system …

Galaxy X Foldable Smartphone to Launch at MWC 2019?

by Andrew Fenn

The OLED-A reported earlier this week that Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy X foldable OLED smartphone could launch as early as February 2019, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Samsung Foldable Still On for …

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Newest Build Brings Improvements to Google Pixel XL 2 Display

by Andrew Fenn

LG and Google have improved upon the Pixel 2 XL’s OLED display, which has been marred with issues since its release last year, according to the OLED-A. The publication says that, as of the …

Tags:Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Meidensha Develops Technology to Form Oxide Films at Room Temperature

by Arthur Berman

Meidensha Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a technology to deposit oxide films at close to room temperature. Since one use of such films is as a barrier layer, the technology has the potential for …

Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oxide TFTs| Vol 25 - Issue 21