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Immersive media platform company Matterport today announced VR support for Apple’s iPhone. The Matterport VR app offers an easy-to-use option to publish any Matterport 3D Space in VR and is the fastest and least expensive end-to-end system for delivering a VR experience of a real-world place. This announcement represents another major leap forward for the … Read more
HTC VIVE™, the leader in room-scale Virtual Reality (VR), today announced VR For Impact, a $10 Million program to drive VR content and technologies that will create positive impact and change in support of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Virtual Reality provides a tremendous opportunity to develop and share ideas in impactful … Read more
Siemens today announced that it has been awarded an Emmy for Technical/Engineering Achievement from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for an invention that led to the creation of modern-day television. The company was recognized in an awards presentation at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. In … Read more
TV makers are running at different versions of Android and we reported that Sony is to upgrade to Android 6.0 (Android 7 Gets to Shield and (later) Sony). Now Philips is rolling out an update that includes some bug fixes to help with issues seen with the PlayStation 4 Pro as well as adding support … Read more
The Philips 901F, an OLED TV with Ambilight that was shown at IFA (Philips Launches First OLED TV with Ambilight). The 55″ set is now available in some countries and is being listed at €3500 in Germany.
Ingram Micro has entered into a deal with Alcatel to distribute Alcatel’s business phones in France.
Reuters reports that MultiQ has won a new order from a US gaming company valued at $375,000 and due to be shipping in Q1. A separate report showed another order for Europe for 3.5 million Krona ($396,000).
We reported on new laser-based (not laser phosphor) rear projection cubes in general in our coverage of the Display Summit conference at Infocomm (DS31 Barco Happy with RP Cubes for Control Rooms). However, somehow, Barco sneaked out the ODL-721 last year, without us picking it up. The 70″ cube has brightness 940/730/364 cd/m² with lifetimes … Read more
At the Taiwan Game Show, the Taipei Computer Association said that it expects the VR market to expand rapidly after growing to $1.8 billion in 2016, up 7.4% from 2015. Acer, HTC, MSI and Pegatron are all based in Taiwan and developing their business in this area. A figure of $2.8 billion (source:Superdata) was quoted … Read more
After a long period of strong positive growth, MediaTek has seen slowing growth and forecast chip sales for smartphones and tablets at 105 to 115 million in Q1, just 5% up from last year. Chip analysts identify the lack of a solution for LTE Cat 7 compatibility as a barrier. It has also lost some … Read more
Siemens has been awarded an Emmy for Technical/Engineering Achievement from the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for an artificial eye that was developed by Siemens founder Werner von Siemens and his brother William, although the development was largely omitted from many historical accounts of the development of TV.
The new Vivitek’s HK2288 projector debuted at CES 2017 is the inaugural product for its new 4K Home Cinema Projector Product Series. A second model, the DH765Z-UST, is a Full HD ultra-short-throw laser projector boasting a 150” display with a 30.7” throw. It is aimed at the education market. The HK2288 is lamp-powered, not laser … Read more
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