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NHK Plans 8k in August

NHK’s Kashima Yoshiharu announced the changes.Japan has announced updates to its UltraHD plans at MIPTV in France. National broadcaster NHK intends to begin transmissions on the 1st August this year in Super-Hi Vision, aka 8k. A new body, a combination of the various UltraHD promotional groups called the Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services … Read more

DTI Shows Off NASA 3D

Dimension Technologies Inc. (DTI) has launched a patented glasses-free 3D technology at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference, called ROC3D. It has been specifically designed for NASA, although also has uses in applications such as air travel and while driving. ROC3D shows ‘more intuitive gauges’, GPS, security screening, etc. The 3D keeps users in the ‘sweet spot’ … Read more

CJ Group Gets Into Virtual Cinema

Cinema chain CJ Group will show off its new virtual reality cinema experience at CinemaCon (11th – 14th April), at stand 2003A. CG Group is a Korean company and will focus on introducing its 4DX and panoramic ScreenX (CJ Group Debuts Panoramic Cinema in Vegas) brands to international markets. ‘4DX VR’ is CG Group’s latest … Read more

Printed Electronics Shown Off at LOPEC

A new electronic ink for inkjet printing, from DuPont Advanced Materials, is said to offer the high conductivity and strong adhesion required for digital design, prototyping and rapid manufacturing. It will be able to be used in applications where extremely fine lines are required, such as OLED and touch panels. Heraeus’s printed 7″ touch panelThe … Read more

Idemitsu Rises to Second Place in OLED Emitter Market

UBI Research says that the OLED emitter materials market grew 17% from 2014 to 2015. Universal Display was the largest supplier in revenue terms, but experienced a decrease in sales – as did Dow Chemical and LG Display. However, sales were up at Novaled, Idemitsu Kosan and Samsung SDI. Idemitsu was ranked in fourth in … Read more

OLEDWorks to Prototype Amber OLEDs

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded a $500,000 grant to OLEDWorks last year (OLEDWorks Takes Lighting Grant), to develop bright amber OLED lighting panels. NYSERDA has now presented the company with a further $100,000 to develop white and amber panel prototypes, and gather feedback from staff at Highland Hospital. The … Read more

LG Videos Show Korean OLEDs

LG installed OLED displays in Korea’s Incheon Airport and outside the N. Seoul Tower last year (OLED ‘Sculptures’ to be Built in Seoul), and has now published a video showing off the finished work. Watch it below, or visit http://tinyurl.com/hxuo7lq. Analyst Comment I was surprised to see the claim of an ‘IPS display’ on the … Read more

AOMedia Video Becomes Open Source

New members have joined the Alliance for Open Media (Leading Companies Collaborate to Avoid Codec Fees), which has also announced availability of code for its AOMedia Video project. ARM, AMD and Nvidia are the newest companies to take part in the AoM, joining Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix. The group has also … Read more

How Private do You Think You are in a Virtual World?

After Oculus released their first few headsets to the consumer, it’s worth paying some attention to the legal consequences that exist for early adopters. As we all know from updating our trusted smartphones, every update comes with a new set of legal terms and conditions that we all read from top to bottom. Got you … Read more

Sony Eases Home Cinema Entry

Sony’s VPL-HW45ES is its newest projector, intended as an entry model into the world of home cinema. Based on Sony’s SXRD (a variant on LCoS) technology, it acts as a step down from the VPL-HW65ES, with many features shared between the units. Reality Creation optimises images, refining colours and textures. Combined with the SXRD panel, … Read more

HP and NVIDIA partner to create VR-ready workstations

HP Inc. today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA® to deliver workstations for 3D content creators, media professionals, game and application developers, and others to create visually engaging and immersive virtual reality experiences. New HP Z Workstation configurations are NVIDIA® VR Ready™ systems, equipped with NVIDIA® Quadro® professional GPUs. The new configurations provide the performance … Read more