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IDC: Virtual Reality Takes Center Stage at E3 2016 – What Does It Mean for the China Gaming Industry?

The annual E3 Conference was held in June 2016 in Los Angeles. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that more than 70,000 people convened to experience the latest in video games and virtual reality (VR). The premier global video game event displayed more than 1,600 products from more than 250 exhibitors. “The innovation and creativity … Read more

Hannstar Only Panel Maker Showing Annual Rise

June revenue figures have now been released by several of Taiwan’s panel makers. AUO was up 2.6% MoM but fell 10.1% YoY, to NT$27.5 billion ($853.8 million). Consolidated revenues for Q2 reached NT$80.1 billion ($2.5 billion), up 12.6% QoQ and down 13.2% YoY. Large-size (10″+) panel shipments reached 10 million units in June: a 5.2% … Read more

Mediatek Climbs 50% in June

Mediatek’s revenues rose 49.7% YoY in June, to NT$24.9 billion ($773.1 million) – the highest monthly level since the firm was first listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2001. For Q2 overall, the company generated revenues of NT$72.5 billion ($2.3 billion), rising 49.7% YoY and 29.7% QoQ. For the January-June period, Mediatek’s revenues were … Read more

Digital Signage Summit is Very Software-Centric

After missing last year’s Digital Signage Summit (it clashed with the first day of IBC!), which was the first that Invidis had run in collaboration with Infocomm, we were pleased to be able to attend the event this year. The event is very focused on software and applications and really there was not a great … Read more

Meet the Infinitus Prime tVR HMD

Infinitus Global has just debuted a new virtual reality headset called the Infinitus Prime tVR. It is not a consumer product. Rather, the primary customers targeted by the company for this HMD are enterprise and professional users. Infinitus Global is a joint venture between Delion Global (London, UK) and Quanti (Prague, Czech Republic). Apparently, the … Read more

Digital Signage Summit Round-up

The Summit included an exhibition area that is in the atrium of the Hilton hotel. This is an attractive area, but has very high levels of ambient light, so almost anything except a dedicated high brightness display, of which there were a number, with Dynascan looking especially good, tends to look washed out. Experienced exhibitors … Read more

05 Merck is Looking to “Free Form” LCDs

Luc Yao is from Merck and he talked about ‘Free form LCDs as strategic interface in cities’. He had three purposes in his talk to explain the role of Merck to identify opportunities for free form LCDs and to explain the technology. Merck is in pharmaceuticals, life sciences and speciality chemicals. He focused on the … Read more

04 Lots of Opportunities – Including AR & VR!

The afternoon session was mostly examples of digital signage projects, so we’ve combined several talks into a single article. Markus Deserno is one of the Managing Directors of Seen Media which is a full service systems integrator. His topic was Coca Cola and he talked about a project that his company did for the bottlers … Read more

AMD Launches the Radeon Rebellion with the Radeon™ RX 480 Graphics Card, Available Now

Today a revolution in PC gaming and VR began as AMD launched the Radeon™ RX 480 graphics card designed to deliver enthusiast-level gaming performance and features, the world’s most advanced graphics technology and an extraordinary value proposition to fans and gamers around the world. The Radeon™ RX 480 introduces premium technology engineered to deliver the … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Becomes First Trade Agreements Act (TAA)-Compliant Tablet to Achieve USAF Flight Line Certification

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. andIntelligent Decisions (ID), Inc., a premier global IT systems integrator, announced today the award of a new U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract for the delivery of Samsung Galaxy TAB S2s to U.S. bases worldwide. In addition to being the first tablet computer to achieve Trade Agreements Act (TAA) certification, the Galaxy … Read more

03 Panel Looks at Signage in Retail

There was then a panel session moderated by Florian Rotberg of Invidis. The panel consisted of Mike MacMillan of Vizualize, Damian Rodgett of Pilot Screentime in Germany, Sascha Martini of razorfish and Stewart Caddick from Connectiv and Retail Concepts Design. Rodgett said we are confusing a lot of people by using the phrase, digital signage, … Read more