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NVIDIA Partners with SMI to Demo Foveated Rendering for VR at Siggraph 2016

Computer graphics giant NVIDIA has chosen SMI eye tracking by SensoMotoric Instruments to power its perceptually-based foveated rendering technique which will be showcased next week at Siggraph 2016 in Anaheim, California. In an announcement ahead of the event, NVIDIA said it is partnering with SMI because of the benefits SMI’s 250 Hz eye tracking and … Read more

The World’s First Consumer Virtual Reality Glove Enters Production Featuring Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc.’s Bend Sensor® Technology

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received the initial production order from the go-to virtual reality data glove company, Manus VR (https://manus-vr.com/). Our sensor solution will help power their exciting and innovative VR gloves. Flexpoint and Manus VR have entered initial production phases of a custom sensor system, which features the … Read more

Moto Z Droids and Moto Mods Are Now Available for Pre-order Exclusively on Verizon

The Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid, powered by the Verizon network, and new Moto Mods are available for pre-order online beginning today. Customers using these groundbreaking smartphones will experience smooth video viewing and streaming, fast social sharing and crystal-clear calling on the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network. The smartphones will be … Read more

VIZIO and Paramount Pictures Partner to Celebrate the World Premiere of “Star Trek Beyond”

VIZIO, Inc. announced today a partnership with Paramount Pictures to celebrate the July 22nd theatrical release of “Star Trek Beyond.” To kick off the partnership, VIZIO sponsored the world premiere of the film held last night in San Diego, CA before a crowd of 3,500 fans. Through its partnership with Paramount, VIZIO has created a … Read more

Sony Brings Laser to Euskalduna Centre

AV media managers at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain, wanted to standardise their video projector pool in their conference rooms, to simplify maintenance. They chose Sony for the work, based on its reputation and its care for lamp-based projectors. After talking to integrator Faston Audiovisuales, however, the Centre opted to use Sony’s laser … Read more

IHS Finds Oxide More Cost-Efficient Than a-Si

IHS has said in a research note that oxide backplanes are the most cost-effective TFT-LCD substrate for tablet PC displays. The firm calculated that the manufacturing cost for a 7″ 1920 x 1080 oxide LCD module is $19.50. Under a consistent fab utilisation of 90%, the cost was found to be 4% lower than an … Read more

A New Way of Doing Large-Format 3D – Without Glasses

Two research teams, working together have demonstrated a large-scale autostereoscopic 3D display, which can be used for watching 3D films without resorting to wearing special glasses. The ‘Cinema 3D’ prototype was worked on by teams from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science. It uses an array of … Read more