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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that more than 70,000 people participated in the week’s events, including 50,300 video game professionals, analysts, journalists, and enthusiasts attended this week’s trade show, and 20,000 fans attended E3 Live. The premier global video game event displayed more than 1,600 products from more than 250 exhibitors. ESA also … Read more
Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality smart eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with Atheer, creators of the AiR™ (Augmented interactive Reality™) software suite, to deliver remote expert collaboration, rapid task flow deployment and on-the-go task documentation on the Moverio platform for enterprise applications. Optimized for the Moverio smart eyewear platform, the award-winning Atheer … Read more
Xplore Technologies Corp., manufacturer of the world’s most complete line of high quality rugged tablet computers, is today celebrating its collaborative mobility achievements with one of Germany’s biggest premium automotive manufacturers. For more than 12 years, the leading automotive manufacturer has been placing continuous orders for Xplore rugged and ultra-rugged tablet PC solutions to mobilize … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, Barry Young of the OLED Association suggested that Chris Chinnock and I had ‘drunk the Kool Aid’ in accepting arguments from quantum dot suppliers at the recent SID event and questioning the viability of OLED TVs. Rather than have Barry set out my position, I thought I’d take the chance … Read more
On the 20th July, LG will begin a four-month photo exhibition in Reykjavik showing the beauty of Iceland, on its OLED TVs. Due to the constant sunlight from April to August, the Aurora Borealis cannot be seen in the summer months. However, LG will show the Northern Lights on 40 of its TVs at the … Read more
IDTechEx has examined the transparent conductive film (TCF) market in a new research report (http://tinyurl.com/gkvjoz3), specifically covering ITO alternatives, and believes that the end of the downturn may be in sight. The TCF industry has experienced sluggish growth lately. It has moved from being supply-limited to demand-limited (supply outstrips demand). Due to this, and the … Read more
The Infocomm show was considered a success with a level of 38,833 visitors going to Las Vegas. The show saw over half a million sq ft (just short of 50,000 m²) of exhibitor space and exhibitors seemed happy with the quality of visitors. The highlight of the show was, undoubtedly, the new Sony microLED display. … Read more
Four new 3LCD projectors were shown by Epson during New York CE Week this year: two for home cinema (Powerlite 5040UB and 5040UBe) and two for professional cinema (Powerlite 6040UB and 4040). We have contacted Epson to get full specifications for all four projectors. Beginning with the home cinema units, both support UltraHD input resolution … Read more
Planar/Leyard was showing the latest 1.2mm LED wall that was shown at NAB. (Planar/Leyard shows Whopping 8K LED Video Wall at NAB) We asked how much it would cost to buy and we heard it would be around $2 million! The company has 0.9mm pitch in pre-production and that is likely to have 800 cd/m² … Read more
3M was showing a new 65″ PCap table display that will be available in August. The company was also highlighting the object recognition and metal mesh technology that it showed at ISE. The 65″ C6587PQ has ultraHD resolution and a ‘glass to edge’ design. The surface of the glass is engineered to reduce stiction and … Read more
Motion sickness in virtual reality is a real problem – one that there has been only minor success in alleviating. Research has been done into using electrodes, or even virtual noses, to counter the problem. Now a pair of professors at Columbia University (Steven Feiner and Ajoy Fernandes) are investigating reducing the field of view … Read more
Amazon has refreshed its Kindle eReader, making it lighter and thinner. The new model will weigh just over 160g (about 16% less than the existing model) and will be 11% thinner. Storage will also be doubled, and it will be Bluetooth-enabled. This basic Kindle model will cost $80 when it launched in coming weeks. Huawei‘s … Read more
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