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Nanosys Doubles Production Capacity for Quantum Dot Displays in 2015

Nanosys, enabling a new generation of vibrant, energy-efficient displays with its Quantum Dot technology, today announced it has doubled its Quantum ...

Canon Unveils REALiS 4K500ST Projector

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today unveiled its REALiS 4K500ST Pro AV LCOS Projector which delivers 4K ...

EE Chooses HbbTV for UK Service

UK telco EE has launched an HbbTV service, EE TV, which is free to existing broadband/landline packages or

Amazon Extends Video to VR

A job advert, posted on US recruitment site Glassdoor, has show that Amazon is looking to add a VR experience to ...

Whitepaper Argues for Software-Defined HDR Support

Digital TV Europe has published a whitepaper arguing the case for software support of HDR, rather than hardware for video providers, ...

Kateeva Closes Series-E With Chinese Investment

OLED-Info says that Kateeva has closed a Series-E funding round, having raised $88 million. The new investors are all from China, ...

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DHL Scales AR Picking

by Bob Raikes

DHL has been working on using augmented reality to help with picking in the Netherlands (Vuzix Excited by HMD Opportunity (IC11)) for some time and it is now extending the programme to other regions …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 47

John Lewis Invests in VR

by Bob Raikes

UK retailer, John Lewis has invested in “virtual interior design” company DigitalBridge as part of its JLab accelerator programme. The investment was made after a successful trial of the firm’s technology which allows customers …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| John Lewis Partnership| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Covent Garden To Try AR for Xmas

by Bob Raikes

140 shops and restaurants in London’s Covent Garden shopping district are taking part in an AR project over the period up to the end of the year. The project is being run by Blippar, …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Orlando to Build New Terminal

by Bob Raikes

Plans for a new terminal at Orlando International airport, Florida, USA, have been approved and construction will begin in Q1 2017. The project will cost $1.8 billion and the plan is to complete by …

Tags:Aviation| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Macquarie University Uses Highlite Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Australia’s Macquarie University has used four of Digital Projection’s Highlite Laser projectors (1920×1200) to create an 8m diameter (18.8m wide) 240º cylindrical projection system for its new VR lab. The system uses active S3D …

Tags:Back Panel| CAVEs| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Stereo 3D| Vol 23 - Issue 47

DisplayNote Gets to 3 Million Licences

by Bob Raikes

DisplayNote Technologies said that it has hit three million licences for its collaborative software since it was founded in 2012. The company supplies its software through BenQ, Dell, NEC, Sahara and Triumph Board, among …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Christie To Work with Barbican Centre

by Bob Raikes

Christie said it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with the Barbican Centre in London, UK, for laser phosphor projection, LED video walls, as well as Christie MicroTiles and Christie Pandoras Box media servers. …

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DVB Approves ABR Multicast

by Bob Raikes

Following on from its approval of HDR last week (DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast), the DVB Steering Board has approved the Commercial Requirements for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Multicast, the stage …

Tags:DVB| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Optoma Creates a Magic Carpet

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has developed a ‘Magic Carpet’ interactive projection system with Loxit Ltd and Sensory Guru that uses a height adjustment system that can be controlled with a smartphone or tablet app and features the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Projection Mapping| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Google Earth Goes VR

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has posted a video showing Google Earth running on an HTC Vive headset and available on the Steam website. Google has set up a home page for Google Earth VR https://vr.google.com/earth/.

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Ovum Says Netflix Business Model Not Sustainable

by Bob Raikes

Ovum has released a report that points out that Netflix has achieved massive subscriber growth and global scale, but has seen deteriorating profitability. The company pointed out that in 2011, Netflix generated net profits …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 47

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Display technologies enable new applications, products, and systems, but that doesn’t happen by itself. It takes a lot of analysis, integration, creative engineering, and system development for that innovative product or system to deliver …

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