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IMAX Plans VR Experiences

IMAX has announced a partnership with Starbreeze AB (creator of the StarVR headset) to create a location-based VR offering. Shopping centres, multiplex and other venues will be able to use this to offer immersive entertainment content, including games. IMAX will create a premium VR experience that will use Starbreeze’s headset. Under the terms of the … Read more

China Raises Smartphone Share

Although smartphone sales rose in Q1’16, compared to the same period last year, the results were not all encouraging. Sales increased just 3.9% to 349 million units, and Apple registered its first double-digit decline. Smartphone sales represented 78% of all mobile phone sales in Q1’16, driven by demand for low-cost units in emerging markets and … Read more

Tsingtoo Visit at Display Summit China

The third company visited as part of the Display Summit China event was Tsingtoo Display Technology Co., Ltd. All three companies are within walking distance in the Yixing Economic Development and Technological Zone. The tour at Tsingtoo was of the showroom, not the factory, but the showroom was quite large with a wide range of … Read more

Smart Sets Break 100 Million Mark

48.5% of all TV sets shipped in Q4’15 – 34.2 million units – were smart models, says IHS, leading to smart TV shipments breaking the 100 million mark for the first time last year. IHS expects shipments to reach 109 million this year and 134 million in 2020. “Consumers increasingly regard smart functions as essential,” … Read more