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Viaccess-Orca 360° VR Pre-integrated

by Bob Raikes

Viaaccess-Orca, in Paris, France, said that it will show its secured 360º VR content solution. The aim of the technology is to ‘dramatically’ improve video quality while maximizing bandwidth efficiency and assist with monetisation. …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Panasonic Lasering in on Live Events at ISE 2017

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic said that it would be highlighting its PT-RZ31K laser projector at the forthcoming ISE Show. The company will also formally introducing LinkRay, the firm’s LED-light information system that we have been reporting on …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Li-Fi| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Inview Launches ‘Free TV’ Digital TV Service in Abuja, Nigeria

by Bob Raikes

Inview of the UK announced that Nigeria has launched a new digital TV service in Abuja. The service is called ‘Free TV’ and is being developed in partnership with Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission. The …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Baird Engineer Still Going at 104

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has interviewed one of the engineers that helped John Logie Baird with the construction of the first TV. He’s 104 and still going! Check the interview here.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG Boosts Volume Phone Offerings

by Bob Raikes

LG announced a new range of mid-priced smartphones that will be officially launched at CES. The phones bring technology down from higher LG models including a 120º wide angle front camera lens and rear …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Panasonic Projector Used in Edinburgh

by Bob Raikes

Rental company, Warpro, has used a Panasonic RZ31K projector, which has 30,000 lumens of output to replace dual projectors used in previous years in Edinburgh’s ‘Street of Light’. The challenge is to compete with …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Projection Mapping| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Chinese Makers Hit 1 Million AMOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit said that Chinese makers hit one million units of shipment of AMOLEDs for the first time in Q3, but that is less than 2% of the AMOLED smartphone market. Overall volume was …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Generic Stabiliser Developed in France

by Bob Raikes

It’s not a display, but knowing that readers are interested in ‘visual things’, I thought that it was worth reporting on a new device developed by a “top 5 French Kickstarter” project to develop …

Tags:Back Panel| Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Quality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

VR Touch Will be at CES

by Bob Raikes

VRTouch is a new haptic wearable device that is designed to complement a VR headset. VRTouch is fully wireless, and has the size of a ring. The scalability of the concept involving one, two, …

Tags:Back Panel| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

JDI Publishes Business Plan

by Bob Raikes

JDI has confirmed that it has received the cash from INCJ that it was expecting, but has also published a business plan, which can be downloaded here. The plan doesn’t add much to the …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 51

JDI Publishes Business Plan

by Bob Raikes

JDI has confirmed that it has received the cash from INCJ that it was expecting, but has also published a business plan, which can be downloaded here. The plan doesn’t add much to the …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| JOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 50