Sony X850D Cheap on Black Friday
We hope you see this article in time if you want to take advantage of an offer of a 55″ Sony X850D, a well reviewed UltraHD set from the 2016 range, for just $898 from Amazon.
Royole Gets $80 million of Funding
Royole Corporation, which is developing OLED-based VR headsets, has raised $80 million in a ‘pre-D’ series funding from Warmsun Holding group, which values the company at $3 billion. The round brings the total raised so far to $200 million. Analyst Comment We have generally been impressed with the Royole products that we have seen so … Read more
Vuzix Preview its CES AR Product
Vuzix has put a preview of its latest waveguide-based AR technology, which will be shown at CES, in a video (below), apparently captured by a staff member with an iPhone. Analyst Comment The quality looks very good, so we look forward to catching up with Vuzix in Las Vegas. (BR)
All of it Now Uses Epson for Mapping
All of it Now, a San Francisco-based creative design agency, used Epson projectors (Pro G and Z series) to implement mapping projects. The agency said in its video that it chose Epson because of the brightness in colour which is helpful in projection mapping. It also likes the changeable lenses of the Epson large venue … Read more
MediaTek UltraCast Brings 4K Streaming
Mediatek has announced its UltraCast technology which extends the Miracast Wi-Fi streaming system to support UltraHD content on the company’s Helio smartphone chipsets as well as chipsets for SmartTVs. The company said that it has a video smoothing algorithm, preserving picture quality while reducing latency between devices.
JDI Announces Development of a 3.42-inch LCD Specifically Designed for Virtual Reality Applications
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) today announced the development of a 3.42-inch low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD specifically designed for virtual reality (VR) head mount displays (HMD) and started sample delivery. The new LTPS TFT LCD provides the required display performance and characteristics for VR applications, including ultra-high resolution, high-speed response time, high refresh rate, … Read more
JDI Announces 3.4″ LCD For VR Headsets
Japan Display Inc (JDI) said that it has developed a 3.42″ LTPS LCD for virtual reality (VR) head mount displays (HMD) and has started sample delivery. The display has a resolution of 1440 x 1700 which means a ppi of 651, which makes the pixel structure less obvious than on displays with lower ppi ratings. … Read more
Vuzix Releases Video Previewing its Augmented Reality Technology to Be Showcased at CES 2017
Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company has released a short video demonstrating its new waveguide augmented reality (AR) technology at the following link: https://youtu.be/x-F_o8SM_XU This clip shows actual footage of … Read more
All of it Now Leverages Epson Installation Projectors to Create Colorful Mapping, Blending and Visual Displays
When San Francisco-based creative design agency All of it Now needed vivid projectors to develop visual displays and projection mapping designs, they turned to Epson large venue projectors. Epson® Pro G and Z-Series projectors deliver the features All of it Now required to bring live video production, projection mapping, 360 video, and interactive designs to … Read more
MediaTek UltraCast Brings 4K Streaming to Connected Devices
MediaTek today announced the launch of its UltraCast technology, the first chipset-enabled streaming technology on the market that enables users to enjoy the stunning clarity of 4K video content generated by their smartphones and stream it wirelessly to a 4K-ready television or set-top box. MediaTek UltraCast extends standard Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ technology by adding the … Read more
Fujitsu Strong in POS & Retail
Fujitsu has a strong business in POS and retail. While looking around what it was doing, we saw a familiar face, Tobias Nagel, once with Also and then involved in the A/V industry. However, he is now working for Online Software Ag, a Fujitsu partner. Nagel was showing his company’s software running on a shelf-edge … Read more
Fujitsu Optimistic about Convertibles
There were three new notebooks launched at the event in the 7 Series with 12.5″, 14″ and 15.6″ display options. The new systems replace the E7 series. The systems use Intel Gen 7 processors (Kaby Lake) up to Core i7 and run only Windows 10 with memory capacity up to 32GB. There are new function … Read more
