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“Chinese Dream” was displayed on the huge display screens overlooking New York’s Times Square and Tokyo’s Ginza on the morning of August 15, in the respective local times of the two locations. A 30-second video clip promoting Chinese home appliance leader Skyworth displayed to visitors and passers-by in New York and Tokyo an impressive fiery … Read more
Today at gamescom®, Lenovo (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets:LNVGY) showed off two new ways for performance PC players to game and experience virtual reality (VR) nearly anywhere by announcing theIdeaCentre Y710 Cube and IdeaCentre AIO Y910 gaming PCs. While many gamers dedicate rooms for their battle stations, as many as 47 percent1 are playing in settings beyond … Read more
As part of its global game strategy in a market poised to grow to plus $100 billion by next year, Microsoft is shifting into high gear with the recent Xbox One S game console. The new device offers UltraHD support that includes a new UHD Blu-ray drive, a boost to its processing capability and HDMI … Read more
AMOLED displays continue to increase their share of the overall display market, expected to reach about 11% this year and 22% in 2020. IHS says in a research note that, to support this growth, the AMOLED encapsulation material market will grow 76% this year, to a value of $111 million. Encapsulation determines the lifespan of … Read more
Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and will feature the five of the most recent shows from ABC, NBC and Fox, eight days after their debut air date. … Read more
The Lowlands music festival in the Netherlands hosted the first edition of the Smartphone Orchestra this month. Attendees used their phones to collectively play a single piece of music, composed ahead of time for the occasion. Each user visited a website (smartmob.io), which tied their phone into the piece.
Bloomberg says that Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market – a move that it has avoided until now, although it has been selling accessories like earbuds. Company VP Huge Barra, formerly of Google, said in an interview that Xiaomi can no longer afford to ignore the US, which remains the world’s largest … Read more
Facebook and Unity have announced the Facebook PC Gaming Platform: a competitor to platforms such as Steam and Origin. According to TechCrunch, it is an evolution of the Facebook Games Arcade, a beta of which was launched in May. The platform is intended as a focused place to browse games without the distraction of Facebook’s … Read more
Samsung has shown off a new curved (1,800R) monitor for gaming at Gamescom in Germany. The CFG70 is a 24″ model with a 144Hz refresh rate. Samsung claims that the monitor is the industry’s first with a 1ms (G2G) ‘moving picture response time’. It also has an OSD designed for gaming: the Gaming UX OSD, … Read more
ADI installed a new stadium screen in the UK at Norwich FC’s home, Carrow Road. Manufactured and designed by ADI, the new Epoch 400 has a 10mm pixel pitch. It is 45m². The screen can transform between portrait and landscape formats, making it a first of its kind in the football (soccer) world.
Jason Rubin, head of content at Oculus VR, said that ‘roomscale’ (360°) tracking (like that supported by the HTC Vive) may not be necessary for VR. Oculus has so far focused on front-facing VR experiences, with the trackers for its Touch controllers placed directly in front of the user. Speaking at Gamescom in Germany, Rubin … Read more
The PowerClaw is a set of haptic gloves that promise to make users feel not just touches, but wider sensations in virtual reality. Having recently launched an IndieGogo campaign, a prototype version was at Gamescom last week. According to Road to VR, the gloves uses a series of tiny motors and thermoelectric cells to replicate … Read more
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