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Oculus Crescent Bay VR Headset is a Big Improvement

by Chris Chinnock

Oculus used CES 2015 as the platform to publicly demonstrate its latest virtual reality headset called Crescent Bay. The demo we received was very impressive as the image quality and performance are now approaching …

Tags:CES 2015| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Dolby HDR Updates from CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

We had an opportunity to meet with Dolby while at CES 2015 and learn more about the company’s efforts to bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) to the mass market. This involves getting the entire …

Tags:CES 2015| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Innovative DLP Demos in the TI Suite

by Chris Chinnock

In addition to the HUD technology described in a separate article, TI showed a number of products using DLP chips – mostly the newest TRP chip set. One very cool new product from HP …

Tags:Asus| CES 2015| DLP| Hitachi| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 03| ZTE

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Other HUDs at CES

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, automotive technology was huge.  One of the items we tried to take a look at was Head-up Displays (HUDs). There was very little information available at most companies, so we have …

Tags:CES 2015| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

TI Prepares DLP-based HUDs for Automotive Integration

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2014, TI was showing the first demos of a new DLP chip set designed for HUDs. Today, we are aware of only a couple of production cars that feature microdisplay-based HUDs, but …

Tags:CES 2015| DLP| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Osram and Luminus Show Display and Other LED Applications

by Chris Chinnock

We took the opportunity to visit with LED makers Osram and Luminus in the Westgate at CES 2015. These two companies supply many of the high power LEDs used in LED projectors. But the …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Luminus| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 22 - Issue 03

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Peraso Demos 60 GHz USB 3.0 Adaptor and LAN at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Peraso (Toronto, Canada) is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development of 60 GHz chip sets and solutions compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad specification. 60 GHz has been adopted for interoperability certification by the …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 03| WiGIG

Altia Offers Panoramic Video Conferencing Solution at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Altia panacast cameraWe met with Altia Systems in a private suite at the Westgate at CES and learned more about the company’s PanaCast system. This is a 200-degree capture camera and image processing system that it …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VideoConferencing| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Westinghouse to Bring Advanced Features to Monitors and TVs at a Value Price

by Chris Chinnock

Westinghouse Digital is now Westinghouse Electronics Limited, according to representatives of the company that we met with at CES 2015. The name change reflects the new ownership by a big Chinese conglomerate – an …

Tags:CES 2015| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Wavien Shows Floating Image and Virtual Image Concepts at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Wavien used CES 2015 to show a different type of floating image display. A floating image display takes a real object or electronic image and using optics, creates a virtual image that appears to …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 03

IEEE Adopts HDBaseT Standard for 4K Connectivity

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2015, the HDBaseT Alliance announced that the HDBaseT Specifications 1.1.0 and 2.0 have been approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board for adoption as part of the organization’s standard portfolio. …

Tags:CES 2015| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 03

SuperMHL Spec Allows One-Cable Connection for 8K content

by Chris Chinnock

The MHL Consortium has developed a new specification and cable solution to meet an unmet need – the desire to deliver 8K content over a single cable. At CES 2015 the Consortium revealed some …

Tags:CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| MHL| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 03