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The Q1’16 wearable device market was defined by a combination of new product releases, price reductions and company rationalisations, says IDC. Total shipment volumes were up 67.2% YoY, from 11.8 million units shipped in Q1’15 to 19.7 million units. New product releases and price reductions served to entice consumers to spend on wearables. However, several … Read more
eMagin is working on displays for VR applications. Although it is a long-term project, the company has said that it may start to ship such displays this year. CEO Andrew Sculley said that eMagin is seeking to build a 35 x 35mm display with 4000 x 4000 resolution in the future.
Acer has begun to work with Starbreeze, creator of the StarVR headset (StarVR More Than Doubles Oculus FoV). The companies have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture in the head-mounted display market. They will work together on the design, manufacture, promotion, marketing and sales of the StarVR to the professional- and … Read more
eMagin reported Q1 2016 net profit of $14,000, down 96% YoY from $320,000. Turnover was $7 million, up 17% YoY.
Viasat, via MTG, has added an UltraHD sports channel in the Nordic region, which will be launched in the autumn. A new UltraHD Samsung STB will also be launched, as well as a new module enabling applicable subscribers to view the channel.
IPTV provider Post Luxembourg has launched the Funbox UHD channel (LG Expands UltraHD in CEE), which can be received using the new N7900 set-top box.
According to SamMobile, Samsung’s first foldable phone (which we have known is coming for several months) will be released in 2017 and called the Galaxy X. It will use an UltraHD pentile-type OLED display. SamMobile claims that the Galaxy X will be one of five flagship phones released next year, with the Galaxy S8, S8 … Read more
Foxconn has begun to integrate Sharp’s display business with its Innolux subsidiary, with a focus on IGZO TFT-LCDs and OLEDs. Innolux chairman and CEO Tuan Hsing-chien resigned from his positions at the firm last week to move to Sharp, where he will work to integrate the business of the two display makers. Former Innolux CEO … Read more
Canalys predicts vendors will ship 6.3 million virtual reality (VR) headsets worldwide in 2016, of which 40% will be in China. VR has the potential to thrive in the country and Canalys believes competition will be fierce this year. Barriers to enter the VR market have been lowered. Local vendors are releasing VR headsets that … Read more
In case you missed it last week, ACH CHI conference took place in San Jose. This is the world class conference on human-computer interaction that looks to define and enhance the cutting-edge research in this field. Now, recent advances in RFID signal analysis by Disney Labs, at CMU have shown how these low cost RFID … Read more
In an article published by the Forbes Technology Council, Where The Hype Meets (Virtual) Reality, Tracey Wiedmeyer, Cofounder and CTO of InContext Solutions, explains how the driving force behind VR will shift away from computer gaming and focus on other applications like education and commerce. Since InContext Solutions is a provider for VR commerce applications, … Read more
We have seen virtual reality being used in a variety of areas, now NextVR and Live Nation, the largest concert promoter in the world announced that they are planning to stream live concerts to VR headset users this summer. While using their own VR headsets the users will be able to attend the concert without … Read more
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