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Sony and The Void Call on The Ghostbusters

Ahead of the release of the new Ghostbusters film in July, Sony Pictures has worked with Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and The Void (The Void Creates VR War Games…And Dragons) to create an immersive VR experience. With a combination of a dedicated area, props and virtual reality, visitors will be able to “answer … Read more

Amimon’s Latency-Free HDMI Replaces Analogue for Drone Racing

Image: The IndependentAmimon is a company specialising in latency-free wireless HD video transmission (the technology is called Connex), and has now unveiled an HDMI product. The Connex ProSight HD Vision Kit is intended for the growing drone racing market, and consists of an HD camera, transmitter and receiver. The camera-to-receiver link has a maximum (wireless) … Read more

IAdea Stitches Video in China’s ‘New Manhattan’

IAdea’s AnyTiles video wall engine is being used in a 10m-wide installation in the Shanghai Hongqiao Commercial Business District, in China. 36 narrow-bezel LCD displays are being used in a 4 x 9 configuration (10m x 3m), with a total resolution of 17280 x 7680. AnyTiles stitches together the output of several media players (in … Read more

HTC Trusts in New Phones and VR

HTC expects a rise in its Q2 smartphone sales, following the launch of the HTC 10 (HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”). CFO Chang Chia-lin said that the company has seen a sequential improvement, adding, “hopefully the smartphone business breaks even next quarter.” Pre-order sales of the HTC 10 have already reached “tens of thousands” of … Read more

Mediatek Only Rising Chip Firm

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) reported consolidated April revenues of NT$20.2 billion ($621 million) in April, down 14.1% MoM and 8.2% YoY. The firm has predicted an increase in its IC ATM (assembly test and material) unit, but expects a slowdown in demand for system-in-package (SiP) to continue to negatively affect performance in Q2. Mediatek‘s April … Read more

AUO Aims at 30% Thin Bezel and Curved Market Share

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AUO has begun production of flat, ‘bezel-less’ TV panels, and is aiming to take a global market share of 30%. Shipments are expected to pass 1.5 million units this year. The company has also said that it aiming at a share of over 30% in the curved TV panel market. It will extend the technology … Read more

Polar OLED Has Solved Printing Problem

Research firm IDTechEx holds a printed electronics event twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April, which had lots of coverage of emissive quantum dots, micro-LEDs and other emerging and existing display technologies. One of these was from Polar OLED, which is … Read more

Market Focus Conference on Wearable-Flexible to Stand Out at Display Week 2016

The Society for Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS, today announced the final program for its Market Focus Conference on Wearable-Flexible, part of the Business Track being held during Display Week 2016 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco (May 22-May 27). With a focus on “Finding New Approaches to the Wearable Market,” … Read more

Hybrid Tablets Meet Rising Demand for a Single Device While Boosting Satisfaction

Rising demand for a new breed of hybrid tablets?2 in 1 devices that function as either a laptop or a tablet?is shaking up the tablet market and contributing to a shift in the way owners are interacting with these devices, positively improving the overall user experience, compared with standard tablets, according to the J.D. Power … Read more

TVs Rebound From Three-Month Decline

After three months of declines, LCD TV shipments returned to growth in March, says IHS. Largely thanks to the aggressive pursuit of export growth by Chinese brands, shipments rose 4.8% to 16.2 million units. Ken Park of IHS said, “Major global TV brands have adjusted their strategy this year to focus on profitability, avoiding severe … Read more