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Pirates Hack Netflix Content

The first UltraHD content leak has occurred on Netflix. Pirates were able to circumvent the copy protection (HDCP 2.2) on the ...

LG OLED TVs in 55″ – 77″ – Wallpaper Version?

An apparent leak from the Wi-Fi Alliance has revealed that LG will have OLED TVs from 55″ to 77″ again in ...

SID Announces New Peter Brody Prize

The Society for Information Display (SID) has announced a new award to honor young researchers under the age of 40 who ...

Exhibitor Registration Soars as COMPUTEX Debuts New Exhibits

Since its establishment in 1981, COMPUTEX TAIPEI has witnessed the evolution of Taiwan’s and the world’s ICT industry. The show’s position ...

Apachie Deal on Smartphone Holder

Groupon has a deal at the time of writing for a very low cost Apachie smartphone-based VR headset – reduced from ...

VIRE Launches World’s First VR&AR-based Cross-platform Ads

Today VIRE.co, Europe’s leading ad-tech company for native advertising in emerging technologies, launched two new advertising formats: VIRE Video Ads and ...

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Samsung & Anyo Collaborate for Microsoft

by Bob Raikes

Ayno, an Italian A/V integrator has helped Microsoft to move to a new ‘Microsoft House’ in via Pasubio, Milan. The idea was to create an open space for collaboration and all spaces, regardless of …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Samsung| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 01

A VR Surprise Ball: Merge VR

by Len Scrogan

The holiday season was a mixed and dizzying experience for me this year, to say the least. The lead-up week to the holidays included Christmas surprise balls, a stressful cross-country move, the entire-family-gathering thing, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Netflix Hits Parity with Pay TV

by Steve Sechrist

In caseA recent report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC (PwC), the “Consumer Intelligence Series Video Survey, 2017 report” claims that the same number of people who subscribe to pay-TV also subscribe to the Netflix video …

Tags:Market Data| Movies & Content| Netflix| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Escaping the Curse of the Optional in the Ed-Tech Market

by Len Scrogan

A Texas professor, having collected AR children’s books (books that offer innovative AR components to accompany the textual reading) for some time, took the opportunity to ask a group of captive teachers to review …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Mixed Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Apple Reported to be Unifying iOS and MacOS

by Bob Raikes

Apple is reported by Bloomberg to be working on unifying the iOS and macOS operating systems by allowing a single code base and supporting the mouse and trackpad on Mac devices in iOS. The …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The Void Announces New Locations for 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Virtual reality arcade gaming experience, The Void, is coming to Las Vegas and California in 2018, the company has announced. Both of the new locations will feature the firm’s Star Wars: Secrets of the …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Pico Has a Standalone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Pico is a Chinese company with 300 employees globally and has released a standalone (no smartphone or PC needed) VR headset. The display is a 5.5″ ‘super fast’ LCD with 2560 x 1440 resolution. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Investigation Into VR Death Launched

by Andrew Fenn

A 44-year-old man in Moscow has died after apparently falling into a glass table while wearing a VR headset. The man’s body was discovered at his home on Thursday. He had suffered serious wounds …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Google looking at Boosting Wearables

by Bob Raikes

According to a report in ‘The Information’, Google is looking to boost its hardware presence by increasing its resources in wearables. The company has increased the staffing level at its Shanghai plant from 20 …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 01| Wearables

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DSCC: Quarterly OLED Revenues Over $5B in Q3’17

by Bob Raikes

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has released the first issue of its Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab Utilization Report Quarterly OLED revenues exceeded $5 billion for the first time in Q3 17 and are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Pimax Raises Series A Funding

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a prototype headset at IFA (Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches) and the NY VR Expo (NYVR Expo and Conference) and the company has completed a kickstarter campaign that raised $2.45 …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01