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The original charter of Occipital Inc. (Boulder, CO and San Francisco, CA) was to develop state-of-the-art mobile computer vision applications. About three years ago, the company released a hardware product, a depth-sensing device called the Structure Sensor. Building on these technologies, the company has now debuted a product called Bridge, a mixed reality headset based … Read more
The Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center, better known as Imec, is a research institution headquartered in Leuven, Belgium that has a lot of interests in OLED and display technologies and with worldwide reach. This reach includes Imec International (a legal entity set up under Belgian law), Imec Belgium (supported by the Flemish Government), Imec the Netherlands (including … Read more
As 2016 winds down, we enter the season of prophecy for next year’s digital future, and Virtual Reality (VR) content is being predicted as perhaps hitting a tipping point with “Mass Expansion of VR content creation” making the number three top trend for 2017 according to Juniper Research’s most recently published forecast. Never mind that … Read more
Smart LED has supplied two 3.9mm pitch LED displays to the flagship store of the ‘Missguided’ flagship store in Westfield Stratford, in London, UK. Shopfitters Goodman Hitchens developed a custom frame that gives the effect that the LED walls are floating above each bank of tills. Further, the audio visual equipment supplied and installed by … Read more
SNL Kagan, an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence, has released its annual global look at the set-top box (STB) market in The set-top box market remains robust, a set of deliverables that includes an Excel pivot table and articles on cable, IP/telecommunications, satellite, digital terrestrial television (DTT) and 4K STBs. Worldwide STB shipments are … Read more
Hulu in the US said that it is introducing a profile for users to allow more personalisation of content. Each individual profile will have its own name, personal info, viewing history, recommendations and Watchlist, while a new Kids profile will also filter out unsuitable content for young viewers. The feature will roll out over the … Read more
Userful, which has a network-based video wall software solution, is making its latest software available for $565 for the controller software. Separate client software licences are needed for each display as well as a zero client (pricing starts at $199). The company said it still has some of its special Cyber Monday systems. If you’re … Read more
Leyard has appointed Leonie Rotermundt as VP of business development for EMEA. She was previously MD of Benelux system integrator Sight and has also worked in 3D graphics and screen control. In addition, she helped to bring augmented reality to Dutch television. She will be based in the Netherlands, reporting to CEO Marco Bruines.
At CES 2017, Evena Medical is planning to show a system it calls ‘Eyes-on’ that is designed to be used by nurses and will allow them to see ‘through’ a patient’s skin to find hard-to-locate veins. The displays map images created using real-time ultrasound. Evena has a video on its site with a demonstration. The … Read more
The Google Daydream platform has now got more content, with Nextflix VR, which has previously only been on Gear VR. HBO’s Now VR is also on the platform although we hear that both Netflix and HBO are only offering ‘flat’ content at the moment. Add Hulu VR, Jaunt VR, Littlstar and Within as well as … Read more
ProSiebenSat.1 in Austria has developed new ad-supported OTT/VOD apps for its FTA channels. Eight channels are being offered on smartphones and tablets.
Itancia has been appointed by Viewsonic to distribute its digital signage and video projection solutions in France.
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