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Last week, we attended an event, Virtual Laval, in Laval in Normandy, France for the first time. We had intended to visit last year, but we failed as an Air Traffic Controller’s dispute in France led to the cancellation of our flight. This year, another dispute occurred in the days before our departure, but fortunately … Read more
My purpose in today’s article is to conduct a speedy reconnoiter of some happenings in the area of technology in the predictive education bazaar that we know as SXSWedu. The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival was held this year in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. SXSWedu is a part of the SouthbySouthwest family of conferences, fostering … Read more
Atomos has shown off two new 7.1″ field monitors prior to NAB, which display 10 stops of luminance detail, with 10-bit HDR post production colour accuracy (8-bit + FRC); said to be the first time a field monitor has achieved this. Content recorded using a log-based OETF delivers high sensor detail, but can look washed-out … Read more
Toshiba’s semiconductor division has developed a dual-picture video processor, for high-resolution automotive displays. Mass production of the TC90195XBG chip is scheduled to begin in June. The processor supports a single 1920 x 720 display. Alternatively, it can output two video signals at the same time: one to a 1280 x 800 display (LVDS output), and … Read more
AOC has brought its C2783FQ monitor, launched in Australia last year (Australia is First With AOC Monitor), to the USA. It costs $350. The RP750, a large-format IR multitouch display from BenQ, was first shown at TCEA 2016 in February. The company is now preparing to sell the 75″ unit; it will be launched in … Read more
Panasonic will recreate the world’s largest-ever projected image at the forthcoming Prolight + Sound 2016 exhibition from 5-8 April in Frankfurt, Germany. The highlight of the Panasonic stand will be a reproduction of the Circle of Light festival projection where over 100 Panasonic PT-DZ21K2 projectors created a 19,099m2 image on to a group of Ministry … Read more
According to the latest figures from the analyst Context, the European market for monitors shows significant signs of recovery after the turbulences one year ago. Western Europe stabilises, and also in Eastern Europe the market decrease has slowed down from quarter to quarter last year. In these market surroundings AOC and MMD, license partner for … Read more
Global Payments Inc., a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to offer merchants in the UK the ability to accept Android Pay™, which will offer a range of choices for Android mobile users in-store and in-app. Easy to set up and use, customers can download the Android Pay app, add an eligible … Read more
Researchers at the University of Ottawa observed that twisted light in a vacuum travels slower than the universal physical constant established as the speed of light by Einstein’s theory of relativity. Twisted light, which turns around its axis of travel much like a corkscrew, holds great potential for storing information for quantum computing and communications … Read more
Asbis is distributing Alcatel’s smartphone, tablets and smartwatches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
It’s been a long wait – four years since the Kickstarter campaign began! – but the Oculus Rift headset is finally being shipped. Those customers who were able to pre-order the consumer model of the device in January should see them arriving soon. The news was shared by Oculus VR’s CEO Brendan Iribe, who shared … Read more
Following the split of HP into two separate units, Acer has announced that it is taking the same path, in order to turn around its poor finances (revenue was down 20% YoY last year). The firm says that the new structure will address the ‘diverse development needs’ of IT products versus cloud services, smart devices … Read more
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