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NBC Chooses Leyard LEDs

NBC Olympics, a division of US broadcaster NBC, has chosen to use Leyard’s LED video walls for its production of this year’s Olympic Games. Leyard will supply NBC with three TVH Series LED video walls for the company’s indoor set, inside the International Broadcast Centre in Rio de Janeiro, and one wall for the outdoor … Read more

USB 3.0 Promoter Group Defines Authentication Protocol for USB Type-C™

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group today announced the USB Type-C™ Authentication specification, defining cryptographic-based authentication for USB Type-C™ chargers and devices. Using this protocol, host systems can confirm the authenticity of a USB device or USB charger, including such product aspects as the descriptors/capabilities and certification status. All of this happens right at the moment … Read more

Samsung Empowers the Future of Virtual Reality at Facebook’s F8 Conference

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) announced today that it has deployed 2,600 Samsung Gear VR headsets powered by Oculus with customized Samsung Galaxy smartphones at the Facebook F8 Developer Conference, empowering developers to create the engaging and immersive virtual reality content that will broaden the future and mainstream acceptance of the medium. Facebook founder and … Read more

UHD Alliance Announces Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Certification

The UHD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group charged with fostering the Ultra HD ecosystem and promoting the benefits of Ultra HD entertainment technology, today expanded the range of products that can bear the ULTRA HD PREMIUM logo with announcement of certification and logo licensing for Ultra HD Blu-ray Players. The ULTRA HD PREMIUM logo, which … Read more

Sony Brings Digital to Denmark

A new gallery in the town of Østervrå, in Denmark, is using Sony’s Bravia professional displays to showcase the work of leading Danish photographers. The PixlArt gallery is Denmark’s first all-digital gallery, using Sony’s projectors (2xVPL-VW300ES) and screens (65″ and 75″ FW-X8570C, 85″ FWD-X9600P) to show photos in UltraHD resolution.

Unipixel Touch Used for POS

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

Kaist Enables Input with Smart Glasses

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

EU Looks at Gaze-Contingent Displays

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