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‘World’s Most Realistic Simulator’ Uses Barco

by Tom Allen

Norway’s Rørvik Safety Centre provides simulator-based training to the crew of fishing vessels. To provide the most realistic training experience, the Centre recently upgraded its MarinSim simulator, using nine Barco F22 projectors illuminating a …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Oculus Catches Up

by Tom Allen

Oculus VR says that it has shipped all of the Oculus Rift pre-orders that were placed. It has taken the company almost four months to catch up with its backlog! New orders are now …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Brioche Dorée Renews IT With 500 Aures Terminals

by Tom Allen

French fast food chain Brioche Dorée has chosen to use point of sale terminals from Aures in a renewal of its IT equipment. By mid-November, more than 500 new 10″ terminals will have been …

Tags:DOOH| France| Large Display Monitor| POS| Vol 23 - Issue 27

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Acer Enjoys Monthly Growth

by Tom Allen

Acer’s consolidated revenues in June rose 42.9% MoM, but fell 6.8% YoY, to NT$24.8 billion ($5.2 billion). The company’s year-to-date revenues were NT$112.5 billion ($23.4 billion), down 12.2% YoY.

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Qualcomm Shares Next Step in Snapdragon 800 Family

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has announced the successor to its Snapdragon 820 chip called the Snapdragon 821. Like its predecessor, the 821 is intended for use on mobile devices. It is intended to deliver faster speed, higher …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 27

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 27

by Tom Allen

Asus has launched its Zenfone 3 (Asus is Firmly in Phablets) phone in Taiwan, and has said that launch events will be held in Europe, the USA and Japan later this quarter. HTC has …

Tags:Asus| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Panasonic Builds Museum in the Cloud

by Tom Allen

You are now able to view the history of Panasonic’s technology without leaving your desk. The company has built a virtual museum (http://tinyurl.com/znvc4cf), where ‘visitors’ can view four different zones (‘Experiential projection’, ‘Informative display’, …

Tags:Back Panel| Cloud Computing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Panasonic Rolls Out Professional Screens

by Tom Allen

Panasonic’s EF1 displays, which were previewed at ISE 2016 (Panasonic Shows Off All B2B Displays), have been released a month earlier than originally announced. The screens, in 32″, 75″ and 84″ sizes, have IPS …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Airbus Develops ‘Promising’ AR Tool

by Tom Allen

The SART (Smart Augmented Reality Tool, aka MiRA) solution, developed by Airbus, and shown at Laval Virtual, has been listed as one of CIO Review’s ’20 Most Promising Augmented Reality Technologies’. The system imposes …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Raspberry Pi Enables Viewsonic Thin Client

by Tom Allen

The Raspberry Pi is known for being the computer that is bringing coding back to schools. It is a very versatile device, which is well-suited to today’s Internet of Things world. Viewsonic has celebrated …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Thin Clients| ViewSonic| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Lighting Vendor Moves to Signage

by Tom Allen

An American company called Noribachi, known for its LED lighting, has entered the digital signage space with the ‘ALiVE’ product line. These consist of indoor and outdoor LED tiles and LCD monitors. Five indoor …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 27

UK TV Viewing Down as Generation Gap Widens

by Tom Allen

Ofcom’s annual public service broadcasting report shows that TV viewing is, on average, down by 26 minutes per day in the UK since 2010, and that there is a growing gap in viewing habits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 27