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Panasonic Transparent R/P Screen Comes to Market

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has developed a technology that can use a transparent glass screen as a projection screen, using a high contrast light control film embedded between the two layers of the glass. The layer can …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Rear Projection| Retail| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 06

8i Wins $27 Million for Mixed Reality App

by Bob Raikes

8i, a company that is developing ‘holographic’ technology for VR & AR has won a $27 million Series B round of investment to release a new app called Holo. The round was led by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Video to be Important for Apple Music

by Bob Raikes

Eddy Cue, an Apple SVP that is responsible for internet software and services, has said at a US conference that its original series ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and ‘Planet Of The Apps’ will become available “in …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Toshiba Wins Stay of Execution

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has had a nightmare couple of weeks, with a $5 billion write down in its nuclear business threatening to kill the company. The firm is investigating sale of its memory and semiconductor businesses …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Enbw Invests in Employee Communications

by Bob Raikes

EbBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg AG) said in a press release that it has set up a employee communication network of 38 digital signage installations in 20 locations. The systems will use the Kompas software from …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Xplace Rolls out for Media Markt in Benelux

by Bob Raikes

Invidis reported that Xplace GmbH of Göttingen has rolled out a network of 11,000 displays and players for an ‘un-named network’ in Benelux. Although the report identified that the screens are in Media Markt, …

Tags:Belgium| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Samsung Said to Win Another Big Apple Order

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald has reported that Samsung has won orders for more OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone. The paper reported that Samsung Display has won a second order (after a 100 million display …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Rumours of iPhone Chassis Choice

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan sources have said that the next 5.8″ iPhone will use a glass chassis with a stainless steel frame, while the 4.7″ will use an aluminium chassis. The decision on the 5.5″ is yet …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vuzix Updates on Business and M300 Status

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix Blade 3000 prototype at CES Vuzix said that it has now achieved certification of its M300 glasses and expects to ship into Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand before the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06| Vuzix

Hiperwall Software Now Fault Tolerant

by Bob Raikes

Hiperwall, which makes software to support multidisplay video walls, has announce a new Hiperwall Premium Suite video wall management software designed with fault tolerance, future-proof expansion, limitless resolution, overlapping display boundaries. The software is …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Software| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Apple CEO: “AR more potential than VR”

by Bob Raikes

In an interview in ‘The Independent’, during a visit to Europe, Tim Cook of Apple said that he is very excited by AR because, unlike VR, it doesn’t block out the real world. “Most …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vodafone Uses Cisco for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV news reported that Vodafone Deutschland has rolled out its GigaTV service, based on the Cisco Infinite video platform, to give access to UltraHD content. The service has 120 channels, 55 catch-up portals …

Tags:Cisco| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 06