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Samsung Empowers the Future of Virtual Reality at Facebook’s F8 Conference

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) announced today that it has deployed 2,600 Samsung Gear VR headsets powered by Oculus with customized ...

Educational VR: The Irony of it All

I recall the hall of fame release by the Byrds in 1965, a song that rhythmically and hauntingly chanted: To everything ...

Tech Data Expands Panasonic Offering

Tech Data in the UK is aiming to increase awareness of Panasonic’s Toughbook line of rugged handheld devices and is targeting ...

Peerless AV Explains Optical Bonding Advantages

We met up with Brian McClimans of Peerless AV and he explained what Peerless is doing with optical bonding which helps ...

TeliaSonera Grows Slowly in Q4

TeliaSonera’s Swedish TV subscribers rose 16,000 in Q4’14. 4,000 new customers were added in Finland and 7,000 in Lithuania, while Estonian ...

Apple Watch Nike+ Arrives Soon

Apple and Nike have got together to launch a version of the Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Nike+ which has a ...

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Panasonic and Atlona Join for Videoconferencing

by Yvette Raikes

Panasonic is working with US AV distributor Atlona to put together a complete platform for videoconferencing. The bundle includes Panasonic’s TH-84EF1 and TH-75EF1 LCD displays combined with Atlona’s AT-UHD-HDVS-300-KIT conferencing system. There is no …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Panasonic| VideoConferencing| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Optoma Case Studies

by Bob Raikes

Optoma released a couple of case studies of use of its projection technology. Construction company, Coins:Fulcro wanted to create a VR environment to help clients visualise their projects. They used UST and ST projectors …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Micro Projectors| Optoma| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Wearables

PresTop Takes On ShadowSense

by Yvette Raikes

Netherlands-based PresTop Products is now supplying ShadowSense as an overlay for displays, including videowalls. PresTop has been designing and making interactive touchscreen products for 20 years.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 48

TDR Forecasts Touch Market

by Bob Raikes

Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, CEO and principal analyst of Touch Display Research of California has forecast that the market for embedded (in-cell and on-cell) touch displays will reach $41 billion by 2022. Colegrove said “Consumer …

Tags:In-cell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Display Research (TDR)| Touch Market| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Display LED Becomes digiLED

by Yvette Raikes

Display LED in the UK has changed its name to digiLED, and the rebranding will be used at tradeshows and The Pixel Depot showroom from now on. This will bring the current companies using …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Videowall Uses Matrox System

by Yvette Raikes

Swedish utility firm Tekniska Verken has installed a 6×3-monitor, Matrox Mura MPX-powered videowall in its Linköping plant, which captures and displays data from 70 sites. The monitors are 55″ Philips ultra narrow bezel units …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Bruines Becomes CEO of Leyard Europe

by Yvette Raikes

Marco Bruines has been named as the CEO of Leyard Europe, the European branch of Chinese digital display company Leyard Optoelectronic (which took over Planar). He was most recently with Benelux system integrator Sight. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 48

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Is Amazon Adding Display to Speaker?

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon has been updating its Echo line of voice-enabled speakers regularly since their introduction in November 2014. Now, according to Bloomberg, the company is developing a new voice-activated speaker with a 7″ touchscreen which …

Tags:Amazon| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Polish Centre Updates Signage

by Yvette Raikes

Posnania is a multifunctional centre in Poznan, Poland, offering both commercial and entertainment facilities and covering an area of 100,000 m². SQM Digital Signage has installed over 100 multimedia units, managed by Scala software. …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Digital Signage Transforms Butcher’s Shops

by Yvette Raikes

Eclipse Digital Media has supplied digital signage to Tariq Halal Meats, a large specialist meat supplier in the London area. Seventeen Samsung smart panels have been added to the two existing LG panels in …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Toyota Rolls Out Chrome Signage in Euro Dealerships

by Bob Raikes

Toyota Europe has rolled out a showroom system in 3,000 locations so far, based on a hardware architecture of Asus Chromeboxes connected to 42″ displays with central control from Toyota’s headquarters, using a Google …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 48

AV at Funerals – A Market Opportunity?

by Bob Raikes

Coming from the secular regions of Europe, where most churches have little or no money or growth, I’m often surprised by the importance of the worship market in the US. Until I saw a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 48