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Google has lifted the restrictions on developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform. In order to keep the standards high, Google has issued a “Quality Requirements” guide. Developers can opt-in to have their application or game distributed through Daydream Home if their app complies with Google’s quality assurance guidelines. Just how strict … Read more
In December 2016, the newly upgraded planetarium dome at Maloka Centro Interactivo in Bogotá, Colombia, reopened its doors after a state-of-the-art renovation project transformed the 18-year-old theatre into a Sciss Colorspace theatre, and the first 8K 3D planetarium in South America. The 5-channel digital full dome experience uses GBvi Chronos glass plate blending technology to … Read more
The newly upgraded planetarium dome at Maloka Centro Interactivo in Bogotá, Colombia, reopened its doors after a renovation project transformed the 18-year-old venue into a Sciss Colorspace theatre. The new theatre is the first 8K 3D planetarium in South America. The 5-channel digital fulldome experience uses GBvi Chronos glass plate blending technology and is intended … Read more
In the future, watching UltraHD on YouTube will require support for Google’s VP9 codec, which Apple has so far not supported. For a decade, content providers have used MPEG4 (and its sub-classes such as AVC / H.264) for streaming services. With the transition to UHD, new formats have emerged. HEVC was created by the same … Read more
Novaled’s new facility will be located in the north of Dresden, and will comprise a renovated old mill that will be turned into an office building and a new 110 metre long R&D plant with research areas, laboratories and clean rooms. Novaled, now owned by Samsung SDI, supplies organic dopants for mass produced OLED displays … Read more
The new competence centre in Dreiech has now opened (NEC Adds Showroom & Training Centre in Germany). The solutions displayed in the new centre include a 2 × 2 video wall of four MultiSync X555UNS. Also on show are high-brightness displays, touch displays in 46 “and 98″ with SST technology, PX803UL and P502HL laser projectors, … Read more
IDC is predicting that the total ICT spending in Turkey will total $22.3 billion in 2017 and Turkey’s IT Market will total $10.9 billion matching the 1.9% year-on-year growth rate seen in 2016. It is predicted that the IT services and software segments will be the fastest-growing segments of the Turkish IT market in 2017, … Read more
US retailer, B & H Photo has released pricing for some of the new range of LG OLED TVs. C7 55″ (no soundbar) – $2,496 C7 65″ (no soundbar) – $3,996 E7 55″ (with soundbar) – $3,496 E7 65″ (with soundbar) – $4,996 G7 65″ (Dolby Atmos soundbar) – $7,996 G7 77″ (Dolby Atmos soundbar) … Read more
Comcast Cable increased its video subscriber base by 80,000 net in the last quarter of 2016. Subscriber numbers were reported to be the best seen for nine years. High-speed Internet customer net additions were 385,000 and voice customer net additions were 44,000 for the same period. For the whole of 2016, video customer net additions … Read more
Rogers Communication of Canada said that it had seen a drop in subscribers by 13,000 in Q4 2016. Internet growth offset the drop in TV revenues of 4% in the most recent quarter. Subscribers have dropped from 1.896 million at the end of 2015 to 1.82 million at the end of 2016.
Opera TV and Zinwell have announced a partnership in Over-the-Top (OTT) TV capabilities targeting service provider set-top-boxes in Asia-Pacific. The integration of the Opera TV SDK on Zinwell set-top-boxes will enable service provider partners to accelerate delivery of OTT content directly into consumer homes. Opera TV believes that the APAC OTT market is poised for … Read more
Axon Digital Design, of Gilze in the Netherlands, has a system for live video capture that uses an array of cameras to capture images to allow production of video using a ‘virtual camera’. “By generating multiple ‘virtual’ cameras from a single physical camera and by using wide angle lenses that ensure no aspect of a … Read more
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