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Following its launch in London, the team at Wareable got to play Mario Kart VR and described it as “absolutely freaking mind-meltingly awesome”. The publication’s James Stables remarked, “The action is frantic, intoxicating and so intense. The five-minute drive felt so much longer in-game — which is just as well. Each turn costs £7.99 per … Read more
In Australia, Samsung has teamed up with residential aged care community Uniting, providing patients with its Gear VR technology. While wearing the headset, residents are able to step into 360° videos captured in their birthplaces or favourite holiday destinations, while some have even been able to journey into outer space. According to the CTA, Nick … Read more
Superpower Glass, a new study by Stanford University’s School of Medicine, has explored the potential for augmented reality wearables to help individuals with autism develop social skills during their formative early years. 14 children with autism were provided with Google Glass technology to use at home. Paired with facial recognition software, the device was used … Read more
Google has released version 1.4 of its ARCore augmented reality toolkit, extending support to new devices from Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi, and bringing new features including passthrough camera auto-focus support, faster plane detection and additional computer vision image resolutions. New SDKs have also been made available for Android and iOS, as well … Read more
LG Business Solutions has selected Almo Professional A/V as master distributor for its information display products. Almo will distribute these products to partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, the company said. Account manager Omar Guerrero remarked: “We needed a strong distribution partner with like business values, a customer service-driven approach, and an established network … Read more
Interactive experience creation platform Intuiface now supports LG’s webOS. All multi-touch content created with Intuiface software can now be run on smart devices running webOS 3.0 and above, including LG’s TC3D range of interactive digital boards. LG says that organisations adopting webOS devices for digital signage distribution can now use the Intuiface platform to create … Read more
In a follow up to the news that Sharp is closing a refrigerator factory in Japan, the Nikkei reports that Sharp is looking to further develop its brand and both design and technology of higher value added devices while trying to move more manufacturing of simpler products, such as white goods, to lower cost contractors … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is committed to vigorously enforcing its RF equipment rules, according to Digital Signage Today. This includes stepping up prosecutions and substantially increasing fines for suppliers who violate the rules. Since March 2018, the FCC has decided nine enforcement proceedings against LED light suppliers. Fines ranged from $15,000 to $61,000. With … Read more
We saw an interesting article from a US regulatory expert about the escalation of action by the FCC over RFI and lack of FCC compliance in LED screens. The article was published in Digital Signage Today in the US.
In June 2018 Twelve leading LED screen manufacturers took part in a product shoot-out at the headquarters of Lang AG. In Lindlar Germany. With the intention of continuing to meet the ever more demanding market needs, the focus of the evaluation was on outdoor LED technology with a pixel pitch of around 4.X mm. Attended … Read more
In June 2018, twelve LED screen manufacturers took part in a product shoot-out at the headquarters of Lang AG in Lindlar, Germany. The company says that the focus of the evaluation was on outdoor LED technology with a pixel pitch of around 4 mm. With a pixel pitch of 4.63mm and a brightness of 4,000 … Read more
The BBC’s research and development team will demonstrate Ultra HD Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR streaming over IP multicast at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. The demonstration will take place as part of the show’s Future Zone exhibit. The BBC says that its demonstration will feature HLG content recorded live during the summer and … Read more
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