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Mettle Edits 360° Video at NAB

by Tom Allen

At NAB 2016, Canadian production studio Mettle is unveiling a plug-in package aimed at 360° video production in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. ‘Skybox 360/VR Transitions’ helps content creators to deliver cuts in 360° video …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Adobe| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Sony Brings Digital to Denmark

by Tom Allen

A new gallery in the town of Østervrå, in Denmark, is using Sony’s Bravia professional displays to showcase the work of leading Danish photographers. The PixlArt gallery is Denmark’s first all-digital gallery, using Sony’s …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Unipixel Touch Used for POS

by Tom Allen

Production validation units for a 15.6″ touch screen with XTouch sensors and Diamond Guard hard coat are now being shipped by Unipixel. The units are being shipped to a new customer for a PoS …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| POS| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Kaist Enables Input with Smart Glasses

by Tom Allen

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been developing augmented reality smart glasses since 2014, and now have a third-generation model called K-Glass 3. Users are able to write messages or search …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Keyboards| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

EU Looks at Gaze-Contingent Displays

by Tom Allen

The EU began the Deeepview Project in 2012. It proposes the use of gaze-tracking technology to extend the user’s perceptions – for example, directing focus and enhancing colour where the user is looking. The …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Portrait Supplies DisplayWidget to Asus

by Tom Allen

Portrait Displays has developed its DisplayWidget software for Asus’ newest MG-series gaming monitors (which we have previously reported). The tool provides users with fast access to and management of display settings, and can also …

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 14

HDR Seminar Covers Production Chain

by Tom Allen

On the 17th May, AbelCine will run an HDR seminar in Los Angeles called ‘The Merits of the New High Dynamic Range’. It is an evening event that will examine the HDR production chain, …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

DCS Runs VR Seminar in LA

by Tom Allen

The Digital Cinema Society will hold a half day seminar revolving around virtual reality on the 21st May, at the Creative Technology Centre (Brewery Arts Complex) in Los Angeles. It will be run in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Google Wants to Use OTT to ‘Blow Up’ Current Model

by Tom Allen

Chris Levendos, head of network deployment at Google Fibre, has said that the company would prefer an OTT TV model to its current strategy of fibre TV. Speaking at the Incompas Show in the …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Satellite Falls to IPTV in Europe

by Tom Allen

Pay-IPTV homes in Western Europe overtook pay-satellite in 2015, says Digital TV Research – a trend that is expected to continue. While pay-IPTV subscriptions will rise by almost 7 million (27%) between 2015 and …

Tags:Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Swisscom Enables UHD for Euro 2016

by Tom Allen

Swisscom TV customers will be able to watch select games of the European Championship in UltraHD this year; these will include the opening game and quarter-, semi- and grand finals. The games will be …

Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14

SEL Will Show ‘Hybrid’ Display at SID

by Tom Allen

Although little information has been released so far, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory says that it has developed a hybrid OLED-and-LCD display. Created in partnership with Advanced Film Device, the prototype uses an OLED display on …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Reflective Display| SID Display Week 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 14