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Christie and Founders Work Together to Light Up Citibank

Citibank with the help of Founders, have installed 19 Christie’s Christie GS Series laser phosphor projectors in their flagship branch in Nova Faria Lima in São Paulo, Brazil. The projectors were installed on the façade achieving a total of 100,000 lumen projection mapping and covering an area of 250 square meters.

Fraunhofer Uses OLED in Medical Therapy

‘Light therapy’ is an important means for promoting the healing of wounds, especially in the epidermis (skin). Fraunhofer FEP has been examining flexible OLEDs as an area light source for applications in the medical sector, one of which is light therapy. For the first time, the cytocompatibility (cell compatibility) of flexible OLED systems has been … Read more

0.8% Rise ‘Encouraging’ for AIBs

PC graphics add-in board (graphics cards) shipments rose 0.8% YoY in Q2’16, and fell 20.8% QoQ, says Jon Peddie Research. Market shares also shifted, with AMD gaining share at the expense of Nvidia. AIBs represent the higher-end of the graphics market. They carry discrete GPUs and private memory dedicated to the GPU. There are only … Read more

Barco Brings Laser-Phosphor B-Series to China

Barco has unveiled what it says is the world’s first DCI-4k laser-phosphor projector, at the Beijing International Radio, TV & Film Exhibition (BIRTV). The DP4K-23BLP is a 3DLP model, which is being launched as both a new and retrofit solution. Exhibitors who already own a B-series projector can retrofit their existing model with a laser-phosphor … Read more

Convertible PC Features 400 cd/m² Display

Asus announced the Transformer Pad T101 at Computex this year, and has now shared more details about the new convertible PC. It is a 10.1″ hybrid product with an aluminium chassis. The unit weighs 580g in tablet mode and 1.1kg with the keyboard attached. The reversible magnetic hinge means that the keyboard can be flipped … Read more

Haptics Will be VR’s Next Push

Dexta Robotics has shown a new version of its DexMo ‘exoskeleton glove’, which is designed to add touch feedback to VR. Like the PowerClaw, the DexMo cannot track hand movements (yet – it is under development); the glove currently relies on two Vive controllers, strapped to the user’s arms. When an avatar touches a virtual … Read more

VR 4K Satellite to Launch Next June

Satellite Today has reported that SpaceVR has raised cash to build Overview-1; a satellite that will be launched in June 2016 on a scheduled mission ‘CRS-12 mission’. Overview-1 will have 360-degree cameras and 4K image sensors to capture moments happening on planet earth and the content can be viewed on any VR device. The company … Read more