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We missed this when it was announced at Computex, but Quanta is trying to lower the cost of producing VR content with a smartphone add-on camera. The camera, developed with Canada’s ImmerVision, is able to shoot and live stream (via WiFi) 360° video. It can be attached to any smartphone through a magnetic clip. ImmerVision’s … Read more
At CE Week on June 23rd, I saw a 3D lens attachment for GoPro Hero 3 and Hero 4 cameras. The lens has been designed by Vitrima and launched on Indiegogo. Colin Marshall, VP of Fantem Technologies, the company behind Vitrima, explained the system to me. Vitrima 3D lens for the Hero 3 and 4 … Read more
AT CE Week in New York on June 22, Global Aiptek Corporation (GAC) demonstrated three new pico and micro projectors, the iBeamBlock, previously shown in Europe at CeBIT and BETT; the new Flagship P800 and the MobileCinema i70. All three projectors are single panel DLP projectors with RGB LED light sources. CE Week was the … Read more
Acer Inc. announced on June 25th its intent to acquire convertible bonds issued by Starbreeze AB, a computer game developer and VR company based in Stockholm, Sweden, through a private placement transaction. Starbreeze and Acer have reached a term sheet whereby Starbreeze will issue US$9 million (SEK 74.3 million) in a two-year bond convertible to … Read more
If you’ve ever wanted to step back to get a view of the ‘forest for the trees’ look at the display industry trends, then look no further than the recent talk given by long-time industry guru Sweta Dash. Beyond her benchmark work at helping to build IHS into the global market research powerhouse it is … Read more
A panel session made up of a retailer, advertiser, content creator (Fox – not shown in photo below) and two manufacturers (LG and Samsung) took place at CE Week in New York recently. Not surprisingly, the upshot was that brick and mortar retailing is tough, but innovative competitors are finding ways to focus on profitable … Read more
Matrox® today announced that its new Monarch™ LCS lecture capture appliance, Mura™ IPX 4K IP decode & display multiviewer cards, Maevex™ 6100 multi-channel 4K encoders and C900 nine-output graphics cards were the recipients of four of the industry’s most prestigious technology honors presented at InfoComm 2016. A panel of on-site AV professionals judged new and … Read more
Retailer Value Electronics, working with AVPro and ISF founder Joel Silver, offered a series of seminars at CE Week that was billed as a “shoot out” between four UHD HDR TVs. Participants were given information on how to evaluate these displays and then asked to rank them. Unfortunately, the process was way too long, the … Read more
Universal Display Corporation , enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced that it has received the 2016 Supplier Award for Collaborative Innovation (?????) from BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd (???). The technology award recognizes the supplier for superior performance, collaboration and innovation in providing technology solutions that ensure BOE’s … Read more
LG Electronics’ SIGNATURE 4K OLED TV was crowned “2016 King of TV” in the 13th Annual Value Electronics TV Shootout™ in a competition among four contending flagship 4K Ultra HD TV models from LG and other leading brands during CE Week in New York City. The 65-inch class (64.5 inches measured diagonally) LG SIGNATURE OLED … Read more
Although Christie, like most companies at the show, was not launching any new products, it did have a clear focus on one particular area: laser projection. The company had provided one of its Solaria CP42LH models (designed to deliver 14ftL on a 3D screen) for the CineEurope auditorium; this is where the (extremely discerning) members … Read more
A Google-branded smartphone is in the works, according to the Telegraph. Designing its own hardware, as Microsoft found, would give Google more control over all aspects of the design – not just the Android software. According to the Telegraph, Google has had issues with Android consistency, creating a fragmented market.
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