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AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV® announces its continued support for the NEC Solutions Showcase, taking place at Millbank Tower in the City of Westminster, 18-19th May 2016, during London Digital Signage Week. In partnership with NEC and its nominated charity Sense®, the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind, … Read more
Canatu, a leading manufacturer of flexible transparent conductive films and touch sensors, has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd., a major electronics trading company in Japan. The agreement will strengthen Canatu’s position in the Japanese market as the number one enabler for flexible and formable touch displays. In accordance with Canatu’s … Read more
One of the leaders in enterprise-focused augmented reality, Daqri, has acquired one of the leaders in holographic projection displays, Two Tree Photonics. Together, the two will pursue advanced helmets for AR, Head-up Displays (HUDs) for automobiles and other related applications for the combined technology. Daqri has been developing their Smart Helmet for several years and … Read more
Two years ago at CinemaCon, Barco introduced their Cinema lobby concept – essentially a digital signage solution tailored for the cinema industry. In a call just prior to CinemaCon, Greg Patrick, VP Digital Cinema for Lobby at Barco, explained that the refinement of the solution is now done and they are ready to roll out … Read more
Barco used CinemaCon to unveil a new cinema-class projector using RGB laser illumination that has been optimized for high contrast. Contrast will double from 3000:1 in the 3-chip DLP RGB laser projectors used in the Premium Large Format (PLF) market today to 6000:1. To get there, the company has to trade off brightness, which will … Read more
Christie was highlighting the D12WU-HS projector which is a single chip DLP unit that uses a laser phosphor light source and which we reported on from ISE (Christie ‘Solves Laser Colour Balance’) The company also told us that it has found that output is between 12.5K and 13K, compared to the rated 12K lumens. The … Read more
Yesterday, I highlighted the technology that Apple has introduced to add an element of pressure sensitivity to the touch input sensor of its iPhones. Of course, that has encouraged others to go in this direction. Dimensional Touch Inc., a development-stage company based on technology developed at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), is just … Read more
With the introduction of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple has provided users with a force sensing touch user interface enabling new input modalities that also incorporate haptic feedback. I recently briefly assessed the user interface enhancements afforded by Apple’s 3D Touch feature of the iPhone 6s. I found the functionality of the Touch … Read more
Research at the University of Sheffield in the UK has led to the possibility of new ways to display information on product packaging. Working with Cambridge-based Novalia, the University describes packaging with printed electronics showing simple and dynamic information. Examples of the uses of this type of packaging include changing messages, or countdown timers for … Read more
The International Committee for Display Metrology has announced a new workgroup, for file format management and standardisation. Based in OpenEXR, Workgroup 4 aims to develop a file format standardisation effort for displays and related workflows, based on the ICDM display measurement standard. Interested parties are invited to participate, especially if: Your work involves writing software … Read more
UK regulator Ofcom has said that complaints about picture quality on public broadcasters’ channels have faded to almost nothing – in fact, there have been no complaints in the last three years. Ofcom is currently reviewing its Broadcast TV Technical Codes, but says that there is no need to introduce a code for specific picture … Read more
Corning and OLEDWorks have launched a contest, seeking ways to integrate OLEDWorks’ lighting panels into functional luminaires. Each of the five winners will be awarded up to $10,000 each. More information at http://tinyurl.com/jb26n7p.
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