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According to 01Consulting (01), Sony is the early winner in the VR race. In their latest market study 01 researched the sales of the top 30 VR suppliers, which includes hardware, software and content providers. In their market study Global Virtual Reality Market 2016 – 2020, they see a dominant position for Sony at the … Read more
President Obama has incensed Chinese investors by blocking the sale of Aixtron of Germany (Aixtron Waits for Obama), although Reuters reports that the company is looking at whether it could sell its US operation separately, to get around the opposition. The reason for the block is that some of the equipment it makes is used … Read more
The deal for HNA’s Tianjin Tianhai to buy broadline distributor, Ingram Micro, has now been completed. There will be a significant re-organisation of the company’s board over the next couple of weeks. Adam Tan, CEO of HNA, will chair the new board.
Samsung has won its long running patent battle with Apple over the design of its smartphones. The US Supreme Court said that Samsung did not have to pay its “total profits” as the patent breaches only represented a small part of the products. The case is not quite over, as it has to go back … Read more
The Khronos Group, an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies, today announced a call for participation in a new initiative to define a cross-vendor, royalty-free, open standard for access to modern virtual reality (VR) devices. The rapid growth of the virtual reality market has led to platform fragmentation, forcing VR applications and engines … Read more
Barco announced two flagship 6P laser projectors for premium cinema and five new laser phosphor projectors for small to large screens at the CineAsia Show. The new high end units, the DP4K-20LHC (18K lumens) and DP4K-40LHC offer brightness up to 36,000 lumens have 6,000:1 contrast – twice the level of current products in the L-series. … Read more
Digital cinema leader Barco proudly announces the growth of its laser-illuminated cinema projector portfolio with two high-contrast flagship laser projectors for premium cinema screens and five new laser phosphor projectors for small to large screens. Following its flagship DP4K-L laser projectors and 2K CLP series of laser phosphor projectors, Barco is now bringing laser benefits … Read more
Eizo said that its 19″ and 25.5″ Duravision ( FDS1904, FDS1904T, FDU2603W, and FDU2603WT) maritime monitors have been approved by DNV GL for chart display. DNV GL (Norway) is the world’s largest international classification society which provides classification and technical advisory to the maritime industry. DNV GL sets standards for ships and offshore structures to … Read more
One of the accessories desired by very serious VR users is equipment that allows safe movement. The Omni VR Treadmill is a crowd-funded device that raised $1.1m on Kickstarter. However, the company has now had to restrict sales to the US only because shipping the box, which weighs 80kg, has proved impractical. The company also … Read more
NEC Display Solutions in the US has collaborated with T1V, a software company, to enable the software to work with NEC’s UltraHD monitors and the products will be offered as a bundle. There are Base, Standard and Premium offers. The base level includes an NEC touch-interactive 55-inch V552-THL, a 70-inch E705-THL, or an 80-inch E805-THL … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, and T1V, an interactive software company, today announced that its set of collaboration solutions now include 4K display options. Designed to improve the productivity and efficiencies of meetings, the new display options give customers added ways to deliver more value … Read more
Siewert & Kau is now distributing Smartsign’s Display Manager in Germany.
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