Matrox Returns to DSS Europe
Matrox has said that it will exhibit at the Digital Signage Summit Europe (23rd – 24th June, Munich). There, the firm will show off its C900 video card and Maevex encoders and decoders.
LG Invests in Vietnam
LG Display has said that it will build an OLED display module assembly plant in Vietnam. The plant, in Hai Phong, will begin production in the second half of 2017. Although LGD did not share the scale of the investment, Vietnamese authorities gave the figure as $1.5 billion. Construction will begin in May. LG Display … Read more
Samsung Augments Reality With Contact Lens Display
The Korea Intellectual Property Office has granted Samsung a patent for contact lenses with a tiny display and built-in camera, as well as sensors that detect movement. The ‘eye-mount display’ projects images onto a wearer’s retina, irrespective of the focal distance, and would be used for augmented reality. Samsung says that the system could have … Read more
Netflix Rewards LG
LG’s 2016 TVs have been awarded the Netflix Recommended badge, for the second year in a row.
Job Cuts Rumoured at Nokia
‘People familiar with the plans’ have told the Taipei Times that Nokia Oyj is planning to cut between 10,000 and 15,000 people – 14% of its total 104,000 employees – from its workforce, following its merger with Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia Wins Alcatel-Lucent). The job cuts will affect Nokia’s operations worldwide, and are part of a plan … Read more
HTC Continues to Suffer in Annual Comparison
HTC’s revenues were down 1.3% MoM, but 79.3% YoY, in March, to NT$4.1 billion ($127.6 million). In the year-to-date, HTC has registered revenues of NT$14.8 billion ($456.7 million): a 64.3% YoY drop.
HTC Shares Vive Promotion Plans
HTC is to launch an HTC Vive experience zone in the Harrods department store, London. Consumers will be able to try and pre-order the device there. HTC has also said that it will work with Ikea to launch a VR kitchen, using Valve’s Steam platform, and work with Japanese company Gree to develop VR content … Read more
Quanta Result 06/04/2016
Quanta Computer reported net profit for full year 2015 at NT$17.8 billion (US$538.91 million), down 5.6% YoY. Turnover for the period was NT$ 1 trillion ($30.23 billion), up 8.7% YoY. Net profit declined due to the effect of currency conversions.
UltraHD Trial is Success in Germany
Espial and Tele Columbus have successfully trialled an UltraHD video service in Germany, called ‘Advanced TV’. The Tele Columbus service is based on Espial’s video solutions. 83% of trial participants were said to show approval of the system, and 78% of the EPG. This was the first phase of an ongoing trial.
Viaccess-Orca Live Streams UHD 360° Football
Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 trialled a live UltraHD 360° VR broadcast of a football match on the 29th March. The signal was encoded using HEVC and sent to a private test audience. The intent was to provide the audience with an actual stadium ambience. Harmonic, Keepixo, VideoStitch, AmpVisual TV and Digital Immersion also … Read more
What are the Real Chances for AR and VR in Consumer Markets?
I am not trying to trick or mislead anyone in this article, I am a big fan of both technologies and think that they are correctly tagged as the ‘Next Big Thing’. I am also not trying to quote all those great potential applications that are described on a daily basis by many writers around … Read more
Hybrids Replace Tablets in Enterprise
Juniper Research has published a whitepaper (http://tinyurl.com/za8auhw) discussing the role of hybrid (detachable) devices in the workplace – which are gradually replacing tablets. As well as this, the firm looks at phablets’ cannibalisation of the consumer smartphone market. In the future, Juniper predicts that most tablets – aside from the specifically designed for children – … Read more
