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Teledyne LeCroy Has HDBaseT Remote Cable Test Solution

Teledyne LeCroy, a specialist in protocol test solutions, announced an optional HDBaseT Remote Cable test feature offered with certain models of their quantumdata 780 series handheld test instruments (780C, 780D, and 780E). The HDBaseT Remote Cable test solution includes an HDBaseT Remote Terminal device and enables professional A/V integrators to verify installed network cable infrastructure … Read more

Touch Improved for All

Although smartphones with touch have become pervasive, users with cerebral palsy or other conditions such as Parkinson’s disease (and there are 21 million people with those conditions, globally, according to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) have trouble using standard touch systems. For this reason, students at the university have developed a ‘tremor absorbing’ software algorithm … Read more

Owlchemy Adds A/R Features to Unity

Owlchemy Labs, a developer of AR and VR software, has created a custom shader and plug-in that it has created to allow developers to use depth data in the Unity graphics engine. Since it created the plug-in it has added features to: Allow virtual lighting objects to illuminate and cast shadows on real objects in … Read more

Microvision Signs Taiwanese ODM for LBS

Microvision said that it has signed an licence agreement with a Taiwanese ODM for its PicoP technology and the ODM has an agreement to make and sell Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) engines. Microvision will receive a royalty for each engine sold, although components will be sourced from third parties. The agreement follows on from the … Read more

Connected TV use up 50%

US consultancies, Conviva and nScreen Media said that its latest research, based on looking at more than 20 billion OTT streams per month from 2 million viewing screens globally have shown that the way content is watched is changing. Key video streaming data points include: Connected TV usage increased 50% between Q1 2015 and Q1 … Read more

Panasonic PT-RZ660 Wins Shoot-out

Panasonic’s PT-RZ660 won a laser phosphor projector shoot out held by integrater, Pure AV, in Manchester in the UK, last month. Projectors were scored by delegates in a blind test with scores for greyscale, contrast, colour rendition, uniformity and overall impression out of a total of 50. There were units from Canon (score 40.2), Christie … Read more

Schurter Moves to Germany and Italy

Schurter Ag of Lucerne, Switzerland said that it is now offering its display solutions (in sizes from 1.2″ to 110″) and including touch and high brightness options, through its partners Beck GmbH in Germany and Kevin Schurter S.p.A. in Italy. The company also has displays that are suitable for use in extended temperature ranges. Suppliers … Read more