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According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, more than 11 million North American homes will own an Ultra HD TV by the end of 2016 as prices drop to increasingly affordable levels and 1080p models start to disappear entirely from large screen product line ups. By 2020, all 40-inch or larger TVs being sold … Read more
Samsung Display was missed at the SID event last year (it was concentrating on promoting its branded products last year, rather than components, we heard), so we were pleased to see the company back in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the firm was not holding any press meetings, just showing its technology. The first display we looked … Read more
Ricoh announced today new solutions that support the transformation of the modern meeting and learning environments. As the landscape of work today has been reshaped by closer collaboration over longer distances, the new RICOH Interactive Whiteboard D8400 transcends the barriers of stand-alone devices and embraces the multi-platform ecosystems users are now accustomed to. Whether in … Read more
Kyocera explained its expanded Procap line of products for industrial and automotive applications, which are now available optically bonded up to 12.1″. The company has also upgraded its wide viewing angle technology from AWV to AWV-II which also allows brightness up to 1,500 cd/m² (the 12.1″ is also available with 400/500 cd/m² or 1000 cd/m² … Read more
There are a variety of objective and subjective difficulties related to the capture, stitching together and editing of 360o stereoscopic 3D videos. To address these challenges, YUVSoft (Moscow, Russia) is offering a 2D-to-stereoscopic 3D conversion service for 360o video content and does so using in-house tools. A recent, but not overly informative, video that specifically … Read more
Heptagon Micro Optics (Singapore) has announced the availability of a new product called “Mora” which the company bills as the “world’s smallest all-in-one 3D module.” Heptagon provides a broad line of 3D related product that combine cameras, illuminators, software and services. The company is substantial with about 1,000 employees. The company also manufacturers lots of … Read more
Analogix has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort over USB-C controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories, it has announced. The firm says that the solutions, sold under the SlimPort brand, are popular due to their ability to deliver the high resolutions at low power.
Microsoft has, for the first time, provided a look at the hardware inside its Hololens augmented reality headset, at the Imec Technology Forum in Belgium. Although there have been teardowns of the dev kit versions, which began to be shipped in March, they lacked context or commentary from the designers. The Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) … Read more
During the Memorial Day weekend, Best Buy is cutting the price of the Apple Watch (standard edition) by $200. That means that consumers can pick up the wearable for $350 or $400, depending on size. The retailer is also offering deals on the iPhone 6+ (a $100 gift card with any purchase, or save $250 … Read more
3M was showing a 31″ 2560 x 1440 monitor reference design that supports 94% of the Rec 2020 using the company’s QD-based QDEF film in an edge-lit configuration and using an optimised DBEF. Brightness is 300 cd/m² and lifetime is 30,000 hours (at 400 cd/m²). Another demonstration was a 27″ UltraHD monitor which had 350 … Read more
Owners have multiple choices with Vivitek’s new laser phosphor DLP projector, the DU7090Z. The unit is supplied with five optional lenses, a centred lens design for easy set-up and both horizontal and vertical lens shift. Designed for heavy-duty, 24/7 usage, the projector will run for up to 20,000 hours. It has a DICOM Simulation mode … Read more
Vivendi launch a hostile takeover bid aimed at Gameloft, the French games studio and owner of the Gameloft Live game streaming service, in February. Now, local sources say that the firm has secured the majority of shares it requires. Vivendi apparently convinced Amber Capital, which owns a 15% stake in Gameloft, to sell. Vivendi confirmed … Read more
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