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HTC Donates Over 100 Vive Headsets to California & Nevada Libraries

by Damir Lokas

HTC is donating over 110 HTC Vive systems to California and Nevada libraries through its new Vive Libraries Program, an effort to seed local communities with premium VR. In a blogpost announcing the program, …

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Emirates Shows off Virtual Windows in Boeing 777 First Class Suite

by Andrew Fenn

Emirates has revealed the first class suite of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which incorporates “virtual windows”, made with what are believed to be OLED panels. The virtual windows have been designed to help passengers …

Tags:Aviation| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 25

High-Speed Broadband Reached Three-Quarters of EU Homes in June 2017

by Andrew Fenn

At the end of June 2017, more than three-quarters of homes in the European Union had access to high-speed broadband services. For the first time, 4G LTE availability matched 3G HSPA networks, in terms …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25

MEASAT Collaborate with NovelSat and V-Nova to Display Next Generation Compression for UHD Channels Distribution

by Damir Lokas

MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) announced a showcase in collaboration with NovelSat and V-Nova to demonstrate cutting-edge compression for Ultra High Definition (UHD) primary distribution over satellite. The new technology provides up to three (3) …

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NEC Display Updates Popular Professional Desktop Display for Color-Critical Uses

by Damir Lokas

NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., a leading provider of commercial LCD displays and projectors, announced the launch of the MultiSync PA271Q, a new professional 27-inch wide color gamut monitor. “The MultiSync PA271Q replaces …

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IDC: The Fight for Smart Assistant Dominance Heats Up

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide smart home devices market — inclusive of smart speakers, digital media adaptors, lighting, thermostats and more — is forecast to ship 549.5 million devices in 2018, growing 26.8% over the prior year, …

IDC: Worldwide IT and Telecom Spending to Slow After Last Year’s Rebound

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide spending on traditional hardware, software, services and telecommunications is on course for growth of 3.7% this year in constant currency, slightly down from last year’s 4.2% growth, and will reach $4 trillion in …

Over 85% of U.S. Millennials Subscribe to at Least one OTT Video Service

by Damir Lokas

New video research from Parks Associates finds more than 85% of millennials in U.S. broadband households subscribe to at least one OTT video service. This research comes from Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker, …

Lumus Looking to Build Business for Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

Lumus, based in Israel, is a developer of high quality waveguides for AR that it has been making for seven or eight years, through a partnership with Thales of France (and we have been …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25| Waveguide Display

Varjo Mixed Reality Demo is Impressive

by Bob Raikes

Varjo was in a hotel suite near the show and was showing the latest version of the headset that we first saw at MWC (We Get a Chance to Look at Varjo’s Headset) and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25

ThirdEye Open to Customisation

by Bob Raikes

ThirdEye is a maker of smartglasses that is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The X1 glasses are built around a complete system based on a Snapdragon 820 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses

by Bob Raikes

UniVet Optical Technologies is a maker of safety glasses from Brescia in Italy and has integrated VR technoology into the glasses which it has been developing for 20 years. The company is a Sony …