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Production validation units for a 15.6″ touch screen with XTouch sensors and Diamond Guard hard coat are now being shipped by Unipixel. The units are being shipped to a new customer for a PoS terminal; the customer is focused on touch screens and touch screen-enabled systems for non-consumer markets such as retail. Unipixel expects that … Read more
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been developing augmented reality smart glasses since 2014, and now have a third-generation model called K-Glass 3. Users are able to write messages or search the internet using a virtual keyboard, operated with their bare hands. A stereo-vision camera, with two lenses to collect depth information, … Read more
The EU began the Deeepview Project in 2012. It proposes the use of gaze-tracking technology to extend the user’s perceptions – for example, directing focus and enhancing colour where the user is looking. The first application to come out of the project, Gazer, was announced in March. Gazer was developed by SACHI, the computer interaction … Read more
Portrait Displays has developed its DisplayWidget software for Asus’ newest MG-series gaming monitors (which we have previously reported). The tool provides users with fast access to and management of display settings, and can also be used to change colour modes.
On the 17th May, AbelCine will run an HDR seminar in Los Angeles called ‘The Merits of the New High Dynamic Range’. It is an evening event that will examine the HDR production chain, and will be followed by a Q&A. Visit http://tinyurl.com/glmk7y6 to register.
The Digital Cinema Society will hold a half day seminar revolving around virtual reality on the 21st May, at the Creative Technology Centre (Brewery Arts Complex) in Los Angeles. It will be run in associate with Birns & Sawyer and the Creative Technology Centre. More information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/gvj4kgj
Chris Levendos, head of network deployment at Google Fibre, has said that the company would prefer an OTT TV model to its current strategy of fibre TV. Speaking at the Incompas Show in the USA, Levendos suggested that creating a new, large-scale and competitive TV service is not economically viable in today’s TV market. “…I … Read more
Pay-IPTV homes in Western Europe overtook pay-satellite in 2015, says Digital TV Research – a trend that is expected to continue. While pay-IPTV subscriptions will rise by almost 7 million (27%) between 2015 and 2021, pay-satellite is expected to fall by 300,000. The satellite fall is mainly due to operators in some countries, such as … Read more
Swisscom TV customers will be able to watch select games of the European Championship in UltraHD this year; these will include the opening game and quarter-, semi- and grand finals. The games will be shown on the SF Zwei channel, and will require a new UltraHD TV box that can be ordered from Swisscom now. … Read more
Ikegami reports strong interest in its latest-generation UHD cameras at the CABSAT 2016 broadcast technology exhibition held mid-March in Dubai. “With consumer 4K UHD displays now available at very affordable prices, broadcasters worldwide are looking very seriously at the creative and commercial potential of advancing to 4K UHD and in the longer term to 8K … Read more
Although little information has been released so far, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory says that it has developed a hybrid OLED-and-LCD display. Created in partnership with Advanced Film Device, the prototype uses an OLED display on top of a reflective LCD. The intent is to create a screen with high visibility in both dark (using the emissive … Read more
The world’s first 10-core mobile chip, the Mediatek Helio X20 series, is due to become available this month – and China’s Meizu is the first to use the flagship Helio X25, in its dual-SIM Pro 6 smartphone. Housed in an aluminium body, the processor is supported by 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage on … Read more
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