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Indian cinema chain Inox Leisure is adopting French company Volfoni’s SmartCrystal Diamond 3D system for screens across the country. It is the first Indian chain to use this technology. Last month, Volfoni said that the “Oktyabr” cinema in Sakhalin, Russia, had adoptied the SmartCrystal Dual-Automatic 3D system and the firm is exhibiting at the Konorinok … Read more
Oculus has just launched its touch controllers, and pre-orders will get 8 free titles. The company has released a list of 53 titles which are available here.
Road to VR and Greenlight Insights have put out a new version of their VR industry report that identifies that investments this year in VR have been good, with MindMaze ($100 million) and NextVR ($80 million) the biggest. The top ten deals have totalled $396 million. VR 2016 Large Investment Deals – Click for higher … Read more
Since 2005, Italian TV transmissions on 61 frequencies have been causing harmful interference in neighbouring countries – Slovenia and Croatia in particular have complained. The Italian government has made all broadcasters on these frequencies either shut down or change to channels which do not cause interference.
When Foxconn took control of Sharp, its vice chairman Tai Jeng-wu (Innolux and Sharp See Changes at the Top) became the CEO and president of Sharp. Sharp’s shares had been demoted to the second section of the stock exchange when its equity became negative. Equity turned positive after a cash injection from Foxconn, but the … Read more
BenQ has announced a new addition to its range of colour calibrated monitors with the SW320, an UltraHD 31.5″ monitor based on an IPS panel and with support for 99% of AdobeRGB, 100% of sRGB and Rec. 709 and 87% of DCI-P3 colour gamuts. The brightness is 350 cd/m² and contrast is 1,000:1. The monitor … Read more
The Ticwatch2 is a new smartwatch that has recently started shipping and was developed by Mobvoi in China (founded in 2012). The watch uses its own operating system (Ticwear OS, now on V3) and has a 400 x 400 1.4″ AMOLED display (287ppi). The 300mAh battery is rated as lasting 1.5 to 2 days of … Read more
Hulu has added 4K UltraHD quality to its offerings. It is supporting 4K streaming on the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One S, starting with four original TV series and 20 James bond films. The company says that it will add more devices in 2017.
Sony is widely rumoured to be about to launch an OLED-based TV range at CES, based on panels purchased from LG Display. There have also been reports that Panasonic may also be planning to re-enter the US market with OLED TVs. The most credible source is Barry Young of the OLED Association and occasional contributor … Read more
NEC launched its PX1004UL projector at the end of October, and it has now been adopted by German rental provider Gahrens + Battermann. The projector is recommended for staging and digital signage.
Cyberlink’s PowerDVD has been certified for playback of ultra HD Blu-ray discs, which the company claims is a first for a software media player. This will allow PC users with the right hardware to access 4K Blu-ray material in its native resolution. Although the product is available now, support features won’t be working until the … Read more
While we are all used to new Kickstarter campaigns for smart glasses, and, as such, the Vue – “Your Everyday Smart Glasses” should not come as a big surprise. And yet it definitely is. We here at Meko are all about displays and the Vue doesn’t have any display included in the design. The only … Read more
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