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Royole Introduces 3D AM-OLED HMD

In a press event just before Pepcom in New York on Thursday, September 15th, Dr. Bill Liu, Royole (pronounced “Royal”) founder and CEO, introduced Royole’s successor to the 2D Royole X (Subscription required) Virtual Mobile Theater, the 3D Royole Moon. This unit appears to be virtually identical to the Royole X head mounted display (HMD) … Read more

SES-Imagotag to Buy Pervasive Displays

SES-imagotag, the specialist in electronic shelf labels (ESLs), is to buy Pervasive Displays (PDi) of Taiwan, subject to customary approvals. It will pay in shares and cash, with a two year ‘earn out’. PDi is a design house of e-paper display modules. The companies have been working together for around six years. Separately, SES-imagotag has … Read more

Capture One Pro Upgrades with Eizo Monitor Support

Capture One Pro, a software application for high end image manipulation, has added support for certain Eizo ColorEdge monitors, allowing users to generate colour profiles directly from the software The idea is to use the CG monitor’s built-in calibration system to both calibrate and form a color profile that Phase One says will ensure the … Read more

Update on VR in Europe

Context held a meeting at a downtown conference venue during IBC to talk about VR and AR. The company has established a group including AMD, Oculus, John Lewis, Exertis, Retail Week and Dell to try to understand the development of AR and VR in Europe. Jonathan Wagstaff of Context said that he believes that this … Read more

Rai to Offer Free OTT Service

Rai, the Italian public broadcaster, launched its new multimedia platform, RaiPlay, which can be accessed for free via app and PC, both online and offline. RaiPlay includes 14 RAI channels in live streaming Rai1, Rai2, Rai3, Rai4, Rai5, RaiNews, RaiSport1, RaiSport2, RaiMovie, RaiPremium, RaiYoyo, RaiGulp, RaiStoria, RaiScuola. The RaiPlay App is available on IOS and … Read more

Z Cam S1 is Aimed at 360 Content Creators

ImagineVision Technology is using Indiegogo to launch its Z Cam S1 camera which is intended to bring professional quality to keen consumers. The camera can create 4K 60fps or 6K at 30fps and the company is also offering dedicated software for automated processing. There are four sensors in the system, each with 190º FOV. The … Read more

The Fraunhofer FEP Bi-directional Display Kit Now Ready

We’ve been reporting on the bi-directional OLED microdisplay with SVGA resolution that it has developed for some time. Now the FEP is making available a new hardware reference design with HDMI and USB interfaces. Other groups at the FEP are working on high resolution OLEDs. The Fraunhofer will show the kit at AWE Europe in … Read more

Canon Uses DOOH to Promote Action Photography

Invidis reports that Canon is running an interactive campaign across DOOH sites with 1,400 screens being used and under the title “City Surfers”. It will start in Germany, with support from the Ströer subsidiary, Infoscreen and will then move to the UK. The campaign started this week and has also included mobile and web apps. … Read more

VR Study Shows Bright Future in Germany

At IFA, Bitkom presented its “Consumer Technology 2016” study, audited by Deloitte. The study said that many consumers were just discovering virtual reality (VR) and that VR would be the “next big thing”. 59% of Germans over 14 years old know about VR and 9% have tried VR glasses, with areas of interest given as … Read more