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Sport on TV – Again – the Technology Matters

by Bob Raikes

I’m following up Andy Marken’s article yesterday (Watching Sports Is Fun and Game/Industry Changing) on sport and its importance for Pay TV and for TV viewing in general and the development of streaming. Unlike …

Tags:Streaming Video| TV Viewing

Canon has developed an image sensor for photographs in the dark

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Canon has developed a new image sensor that is said to be 10 times better at detecting light than conventional devices. The sensor uses a technology called a …

Tags:Cameras| Canon| Panasonic| Sensors| sony

Samsung debuted a new AR experience called Dreamground.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it has a new AR live experience that is accessible at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and the company’s flagship experiential store, Samsung 837, in New York …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| USA

Emotn C1, Pushing the Boundaries for LCD Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Emotn launched the C1 projector based on an LCD display and with LED illumination. The unit is small at 225 x 186 x 109 and weighs 1.67kg. The resolution is 1280 …

Tags:LCD Projectors (3LCD)

US researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported research from the Universities of Princeton and Washington that has led to the development of a camera using ‘metasurfaces’ that is just the size of a grain of salt. …

Tags:Cameras| Metasurfaces| Optics

Links Week Commencing 6th December 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. RAW and more updates on the Ninja …

Tags:ATSC| Automotive| Cameras| Codecs| Europe| LED| Roku| sony| Testing| Transparent Displays| TVs (TV Sets)

Fine haptics in an industrial environment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Distec and Tanvas have announced a display that has ‘fine surface haptics’ based on electroadhesion. According to Distec, previous technologies for haptic feedback on touchscreens, such as electromechanical …

Tags:Haptics

Vuzix Shield Lands Two CES Innovation Awards for CES 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix said that it has received two CES Innovation Awards for its Vuzix Shield glasses which are due to ship in the second half of 2022. The unit uses dual microLED …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| Vuzix

3D Drinks Promoted via Portl

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Drinks brand, Diageo, has worked with Mouse 3D Digital to create a ‘holographic’ display to promote Johnnie Walker whisky in Canada. The launch was at a store in Toronto and uses …

Tags:Digital Signage| LCD displays| Transparent Displays

A Double Buzzword Fix – Holography And AI

by Bob Raikes

AI is one of the big buzzwords of the last few years and now a group of researchers at the Stanford Computational Imaging Lab (and including a visiting scholar from Nvidia) are using the …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Holographic Displays| Holography

​FOR-A Showcase Colour Correction Tool For Large Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Broadcast Bridge reports that FOR-A of America has a number of processor systems for 12G SDI single cable systems, increasingly used for live concerts, sports, and corporate events to support 4K …

Tags:AV Processors| LED| Pro AV| UltraHD & 4K

Apple reportedly warns of slowing demand for iPhones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that Apple has told suppliers that it is seeing weaker demand for the iPhone 13 range. As they have got hard to get because of supply chain shortages, consumers …

Tags:Apple| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain