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The YouView UK DTT + OTT hybrid service, originally developed as ‘Project Canvas’, has redesigned its platform and has moved to the cloud. A new HTML5-based interface will be rolled out across the UK. Every set top box provided by YouView’s shareholder partners TalkTalk and BT – as well as all original devices bought by … Read more
Flexenable has won the Emerging Technology Design Award and the Start-up Award at the annual IET Innovation Awards ceremony in London, organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The company was chosen from 300 entries to the awards from 25 countries.
Rimmel, a popular brand of make-up in the UK and owned by Coty, has developed an A/R app that allows users to “steal the look” from friends or from photos. The aim is to match the image with Rimmel products and allow a ‘preview’ using ‘mirror’ technology in the app before purchasing. The app, which … Read more
DHL has been working on using augmented reality to help with picking in the Netherlands (Vuzix Excited by HMD Opportunity (IC11)) for some time and it is now extending the programme to other regions including the UK and the US. DHL has been working with Google, Vuzix and Ubimax to develop the system. Markus Voss, … Read more
UK retailer, John Lewis has invested in “virtual interior design” company DigitalBridge as part of its JLab accelerator programme. The investment was made after a successful trial of the firm’s technology which allows customers to visualise how purchases would look in their home. DigitalBridge’s virtual design tool can be integrated into a retailer’s own website, … Read more
140 shops and restaurants in London’s Covent Garden shopping district are taking part in an AR project over the period up to the end of the year. The project is being run by Blippar, which has an app for Android and iOS. Activities available include: Swing tags on select items in-store unlocking ‘gift picks’, rewards … Read more
Plans for a new terminal at Orlando International airport, Florida, USA, have been approved and construction will begin in Q1 2017. The project will cost $1.8 billion and the plan is to complete by 2020 and should boost capacity at the airport from 45 million passengers per year to 55 million. There will be 16 … Read more
Australia’s Macquarie University has used four of Digital Projection’s Highlite Laser projectors (1920×1200) to create an 8m diameter (18.8m wide) 240º cylindrical projection system for its new VR lab. The system uses active S3D technology.
DisplayNote Technologies said that it has hit three million licences for its collaborative software since it was founded in 2012. The company supplies its software through BenQ, Dell, NEC, Sahara and Triumph Board, among others.
Christie said it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with the Barbican Centre in London, UK, for laser phosphor projection, LED video walls, as well as Christie MicroTiles and Christie Pandoras Box media servers. To coincide with this new partnership, the Barbican is holding an open call for artists, collectives and designers across all disciplines … Read more
Following on from its approval of HDR last week (DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast), the DVB Steering Board has approved the Commercial Requirements for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Multicast, the stage that precedes the development of a technical specification. The specification is intended to provide a way to transmit linear video at … Read more
Optoma has developed a ‘Magic Carpet’ interactive projection system with Loxit Ltd and Sensory Guru that uses a height adjustment system that can be controlled with a smartphone or tablet app and features the Optoma X320UST ultra short throw projector. It produces an image up to 3.6 metres wide. Optoma said that more than 500 … Read more
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