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NBC, together with AltspaceVR, is turning the US presidential election into a VR event by broadcasting the first presidential debates to registered users with VR headsets. The broadcast is available to people from around the world and are intended to bring the viewers up close to candidates in a 360º video format. Users can join … Read more
Today, Sony launches a new advertising campaign which showcases the incredible picture quality of its new range of Sony BRAVIA 4K HDR TVs. These TVs give you the best possible picture quality whatever you’re watching, the smartest user experience with Android TV, and are stunningly designed. Shot in 4K, the ad made by American director … Read more
Sony shot an advertising campaign in a casino in Romania using its new range of Sony Bravia 4K HDR TVs. The ad was made by American director Andre Stringer and DDB Berlin using 4000 balloons and over 1500 KG of glitter. The campaign will launch in UK, Ireland & Germany in early October.
A tweet from a UK editor of Engadget has revealed that the Oculus Touch controller system will cost £189.99 in the UK ($208 plus tax), and pre-orders are being taken by some specialist stores. Listings in Germany by MediaMarkt (later modified to remove the information) have suggested that pricing in Germany will be €199 including … Read more
An article on the ‘RoadtoVR’ blog highlights a feature of the Microsoft Hololens that keeps track of objects in the real world and tracks (and differentiates between) static and dynamic objects in the real environment to ensure that virtual content is mapped accurately to the real world. It calls the feature “inside-out” tracking. The blog … Read more
A Samsung VP in Australia has said that a big factor in driving Samsung UltraHD TV sales in the region is the availability of UltraHD content from Netflix, with around 15% of content available in the high resolution. The Netflix service is reported to be one of the few sources of UltraHD content in the … Read more
Applied Materials said that it has a new high-resolution incline e-beam review (EBR) system that can increase the speed at which makers of OLED and UHD LCDs can find and solve defect issues to get better yields. The new system combines a scanning electron microscope with high speed online review techniques. The company said that … Read more
Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced the display industry’s first high-resolution inline e-beam review (EBR) system, increasing the speed at which manufacturers of OLED and UHD LCD screens can achieve optimum yields and bring new display concepts to market. Applied is the semiconductor industry leader in EBR with more than 70 percent market share in 2015. … Read more
An article on the Techhive.com blog has drawn attention to some of the resolution issues on LG TVs using the LG Display M+ RGBW technology. A reporter from the blog visited retailers with test material to see the effect and came to the conclusion that resolution was not as good as on RGB UltraHD panels. … Read more
Nissan Chemical Industries has bought IP relating to soluble HTL and HIL materials from Solvay s.a. of Belgium. Solvay said that the move to soluble OLED production was taking too long.
AG Neovo has released the PM-65P which uses a narrow (13.9mm, left/right/top and 14.9mm) bezel design with an MVA panel to produce 350 cd/m² in 1920 x 1080 resolution. The monitor has VGA, DisplayPort, dual HDMI and DVI-D inputs as well as analogue video connections. There are DVI-I and DisplayPort loopthrough connections. Configurations of up … Read more
THTF has announced a new range of Smart TVs in the German market, to be sold under the Orion brand. The sets will have tuners for DVB-T2, as well as DVB-C and S/S2 and will be available from November in 32″, 40″, 50″ and 55″ sizes. The sets will also support USB cloning and a … Read more
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