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Arte to Conduct Ultra HD and HDR Trial Next Month

Franco-German TV network Arte has announced it will be running a UHD and HDR trial from September 12th – 22nd, in collaboration with Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elemental, Anyware Vidéo, ATEME, Cobalt, Globecast, Molotov, Philips, SES, TDF and Technicolor. A combination of native and remastered content will be transmitted via the channel’s DTT networks, the Astra … Read more

IHS: China’s TV Programming Market is Now Second Only to the US

China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in the world after the United States, according to IHS Markit. TV programming expenditures in China, including online platforms, hit 73 billion yuan ($10.9 billion) in 2017, followed by the UK at $10 billion, while the US led the global market, … Read more

US Cord-Cutting Slows While Satellite Suffers Record Customer Losses in 2018 Q2

The pressure on traditional multichannel subscriptions abated in the US during the second quarter of 2018, a positive direction that is further supported by the forwarded momentum of virtual services Sling TV and DirecTV Now, according to Kagan, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Combined, the cable, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and telco multichannel … Read more

Do Mainstream Enterprises Consider AR/VR Mainstream?

Supporters of augmented and virtual reality keep saying that AR/VR technology is going mainstream. In the business world perhaps there is nothing more mainstream than the Harvard Business Review (HBR). What do they have to say about virtual and augmented reality? It turns out the HBR says very little about VR but there is a … Read more

Hisense Roku TV 4K UHD R6E Smart TV Series Now Available

Hisense, a global technology leader, announced the availability of its Hisense Roku TV 4K UHD R6E Smart TV Series. Following the successful launch of the R7 earlier this year, the R6E is the latest TV series in the partnership between Hisense and Roku to combine Hisense’s industry-leading TV technology with America’s #1 streaming platform*. The … Read more

Virtual Advertising First for German Supercup

Virtual replacement advertising technology was commercially deployed in the German Supercup for the first time last weekend. A Virtual Hybrid LED system was installed especially for the match, hosted at the Commerzbank-Arena on Sunday 12th August. The LED system, developed by ADI, integrates Supponor’s Augmented Reality (AR) technology, which makes it possible to change the … Read more

Virtual Hybrid Advertising Tech Used at German Supercup

Virtual replacement advertising technology was commercially deployed in the German Supercup for the first time last weekend. A virtual hybrid LED system was installed specially for the match, hosted at the Commerzbank-Arena. The LED system, developed by ADI, integrates Supponor’s AR technology, which makes it possible to change the perimeter content seen by different viewing … Read more

Vuzix Expands M300 Smart Glasses See-What-I-See Application Offerings for the Connected Field Worker

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ :VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Vuzix M300 now supports ‘TechSight’, an augmented reality solution for distribution center workers developed by Honeywell’s Intelligrated’s for its Lifecycle Support Services customers. … Read more

Vuzix Expands M300 Smart Glasses Offering for Connected Field Workers

Vuzix M300 smart glasses now support TechSight, an augmented reality solution for distribution centre workers developed by Honeywell Intelligrated. Image: Honeywell Intelligrated “Field service typically involves a ‘see-what-I-see’ application that can deliver knowledge to a technician in the field,” Vuzix says. “When ‘see-what-I-see’ applications are delivered through to a hands-free pair of smart glasses, technicians … Read more

Sony Hits New Global Sales Milestone for PlayStation VR

Sony has announced that PlayStation VR has sold 3 million units globally since its launch in October 2016. The company believes that this outpaces products including Oculus Rift and HTC Vive by around a million units combined, though PSVR was released over six months later than both. The Elder Scolls V: Skyrim VR. Image: PlayStation.com … Read more

Asus Notebook is Claimed as Thinnest Gamer Machine

Asus has a new notebook in its Republic of Gamers line for gamers, the Zephyrus S (GX531) which is said to be the “world’s thinnest” notebook with an Intel Core i7-8750H with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q GPU with 144Hz refresh on its 15.6″ display which has 3ms response time which uses an IPS … Read more