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Visual Camp Gaze Technology in Samsung Exynos VR III

by Bob Raikes

The K-ICT Born2Global Centre, a Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), announced that the VR eye-tracking technology of member company, Visual Camp, will be mounted on Samsung …

Tags:AR/VR| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Deutsche Telekom Rolls Out with Zenterio

by Bob Raikes

Deutsche Telekom Group, the second largest multinational operator in Europe, is working with Zenterio, on what it claims is one of the market’s largest deployments of IPTV set top boxes. Rollouts are also taking …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 27

More Kiosks Appear in Automotive and QSR Applications

by Bob Raikes

Kiosks and ATMs seem to be the topics of the week and we’re adding to that. We found an interesting story about a Smart Service Kiosk being used by a car dealer, in this …

Tags:ATMs| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Samsung Has Two New UHD Blu-ray Players

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has added two new UltraHD Blu-ray players, the UBD-M9500 and UBD-M8500, which will replace the UBD-K8500, launched last year. The M8500 is effectively a replacement for the K8500, while the M9500 has new …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Provision Wins Drug Mart Deal for 3D Displays

by Bob Raikes

Provision Interactive Technologies of the USA said that it has done a deal to put its 3D Savings Center kiosks inside Discount Drug Mart stores around Ohio. The chain has 73 stores. As well …

Tags:3D display| Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Retail| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Raspberry Pi is a Winner

by Bob Raikes

The team behind the Raspberry Pi device has been given the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Prize at a ceremony in London. The award is the most prestigious engineering award and the device has …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Dooh Responds to Weather

by Bob Raikes

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has developed, with the Cream UK agency, an outdoor campaign for its beauty products that changes to reflect the weather, with variations for high temperatures, low temperatures and rain. Another set …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

LED Displays Used for Reverse Auctions

by Bob Raikes

Daktronics has worked with Dropit, a engagement technology company, to run reverse auctions (where the price drops until somebody buys) during two Cactus League Spring Training games this past March at the Peoria Sports …

Tags:Daktronics| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 25

AMOLED Fine Metal Mask Market Expected to Reach $1.2 Billion by 2022

by Bob Raikes

As AMOLED displays quickly displace LCDs in smartphones, panel makers are rapidly adding new production capacity, accelerating the demand for fine metal masks (FMM), a critical production component used to manufacture red-green-blue (RGB) AMOLEDs. …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Super Mario on AR in New York

by Bob Raikes

A software developer, Abhishek Singh who is based in New York, has created a Super Mario AR game in Central Park, based on the original game and implemented using the Microsoft Hololens. The BBC …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 25

AMOLED Panel Market to Surge 63% in 2017

by Bob Raikes

The global AMOLED panel market is forecast to surge 63% in 2017 from a year ago to $25.2 billion on growing demand for AMOLED panels in the smartphone and TV industries, according to IHS …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Europe’s Largest VR Facility is in Paris.

by Bob Raikes

There is now a permanent VR facility in the 13th arrondissement, called the mk2 VR facility that is available to consumers for a charge of €12 for 20 minutes or €20 for 40 minutes. …

Tags:AR/VR| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25