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Vuefine is one of those clip-on augmented reality displays that tried to compete with Google Glass with a much lower price tag. In 2015, they had a first Kickstarter campaign and as a result delivered 1,400 devices to their backers. With the demise of the Google Glass most of these look around displays for consumers … Read more
An enabling material for many flexible electronic devices is a flexible, transparent electrically conductive thin film. In order for such a film to be commercially viable, it is necessary that it can be manufactured by a means that is both scalable and low cost. Such a film is being developed by a team led by … Read more
Netflix and TiVo have updated their intellectual property agreement. TiVo will continue to integrate Netflix into its STBs, but now Netflix will license TiVo’s technology for its OTT service. This is one of the first licences granted using Rovi’s (TiVo’s owner) exclusive partnership with Intellectual Ventures to handle licensing for the two companies.
Panasonic is working with US AV distributor Atlona to put together a complete platform for videoconferencing. The bundle includes Panasonic’s TH-84EF1 and TH-75EF1 LCD displays combined with Atlona’s AT-UHD-HDVS-300-KIT conferencing system. There is no need for a control system and operation is simple with support for up to five presenters.
Optoma released a couple of case studies of use of its projection technology. Construction company, Coins:Fulcro wanted to create a VR environment to help clients visualise their projects. They used UST and ST projectors to develop a cave-type environment. Get all the details here. A second application was developed by a Russian artist who wanted … Read more
Netherlands-based PresTop Products is now supplying ShadowSense as an overlay for displays, including videowalls. PresTop has been designing and making interactive touchscreen products for 20 years.
Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, CEO and principal analyst of Touch Display Research of California has forecast that the market for embedded (in-cell and on-cell) touch displays will reach $41 billion by 2022. Colegrove said “Consumer electronics are constantly becoming thinner and lighter weight with reduced power consumption and lower cost. This trend has requested both displays … Read more
Display LED in the UK has changed its name to digiLED, and the rebranding will be used at tradeshows and The Pixel Depot showroom from now on. This will bring the current companies using the Display LED name in line with the Chinese and US companies in the group.
Swedish utility firm Tekniska Verken has installed a 6×3-monitor, Matrox Mura MPX-powered videowall in its Linköping plant, which captures and displays data from 70 sites. The monitors are 55″ Philips ultra narrow bezel units which get input from a Trenton TVC4403 controller system, comprising 6 MPX 4/4 processor cards. Installation took only two days, Matrox … Read more
Marco Bruines has been named as the CEO of Leyard Europe, the European branch of Chinese digital display company Leyard Optoelectronic (which took over Planar). He was most recently with Benelux system integrator Sight. Bruines has also worked for Barco and was president of BarcoLeyard, the Chinese joint venture between the two companies. Leyard plans … Read more
Amazon has been updating its Echo line of voice-enabled speakers regularly since their introduction in November 2014. Now, according to Bloomberg, the company is developing a new voice-activated speaker with a 7″ touchscreen which tilts up for easy viewing of recipes, weather forecasts, calendars , news and so on. It would act like a home-based … Read more
Posnania is a multifunctional centre in Poznan, Poland, offering both commercial and entertainment facilities and covering an area of 100,000 m². SQM Digital Signage has installed over 100 multimedia units, managed by Scala software. The largest item is an elliptical LED screen in the Atrium which has a surface of almost 100 m². There is … Read more
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