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DSCC Shows Display Industry is Healthy

DSCC has a new report that looks at the financial health of different segments of the display industry. Ross Young of DSCC said “This report was a monumental effort as we captured all financial data, industry metrics and forward looking guidance from 60 companies in 5 different languages across 6 different countries over 15 quarters … Read more

Madrid Primark Uses 11 LED Displays

Primark has installed 11 10mm pitch ‘transparent’ LED displays and a sound system at its four storey flagship store in Madrid. The installation was designed by Dalziel & Pow and the whole store is intended to offer a consistent A/V experience. “Primark’s Madrid location was a complex undertaking where the Primark team, Dalziel & Pow … Read more

Sky Agrees Sale to 21st Century Fox

Sky plc in the UK has agreed to an offer from 21st Century Fox, Inc to acquire the company for a value of £18 billion ($22.9 billion). The company had previously tried to buy Sky, but hit some roadblocks. Sky plc in the UK previously acquired Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland from 21st Century Fox. … Read more

DisplayLink® And Targus® Announce World’s First Dual UHD 4K2K 60Hz USB Docking Station Using DisplayLink’s Latest DL-6950 Flagship Chipset

DisplayLink, the leading provider of USB graphics technology, and Targus, the industry leader that introduced the first universal dual-video docking station to deliver laptop power, today announced the launch of the first USB docking station that is capable of supporting dual 4K2K 60Hz Ultra HD displays (24 bpp color) over a single USB connection to … Read more

Entatech Returns to Profit

UK distributor, owned by display industry veteran, Dave Stevinson, has reported an operating profit of £339K ($430K) for the year ending 29th February, compared to a loss of £1.5 million ($1.9m) in the previous year, although turnover dropped from £117.6m ($149m) to £103.2m ($131m). However, there was an overall loss for the year because of … Read more

New Research Suggests VR Offers Exciting New Ways to Unlock Student Potential

A research report recently conducted using the Vive VR platform has found that VR-based education delivers rewarding outcomes in the classroom, offering substantial evidence to encourage the development of the technology in the academic field. “The Impact of VR on Academic Performance”, published in November 2016, was jointly carried out by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co., … Read more

HTC Reports on VR Education Test

A research report called “The Impact of VR on Academic Performance”, published in November 2016, was jointly carried out by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Beijing iBokan Wisdom Mobile Internet Technology Training at select high schools in Beijing. According to HTC, which published a release, not only was VR-based education shown to improve student … Read more

Microsoft Clarifies Holographic Platform at Winhec

Microsoft has released more about the VR headsets from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo et al at the WinHec event in Shenzen and it looks as they will sell from $300. The company has confirmed that the headsets will operate without needing heavy duty GPUs, but will run on Intel integrated graphics. A Chinese company, 3Glasses, … Read more

Leap Motion Boosts FoV of Gesture Detection

Leap Motion, which develops gesture and hand-tracking technology for A/R and V/R has released its Leap Motion Mobile Platform, a software and hardware combination that is said to be capable of a 10 fold increase in the speed of its tracking. The system is designed for untethered, battery-powered applications and has boosted the coverage from … Read more