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Toshiba Uses VR to Ease MRI Anxiety

February 17, 2016 by Norbert Hildebrand

Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Medical Systems are showcasing a virtual reality solution for the use in MRI machines. Most MRI systems include a narrow tunnel where the user’s head goes leading to anxiety in some patients. The new system adds a projection system to the MRI system and uses a projection screen in conjunction with … Read more

Aptovision Developing Plethora 10Gb End-Point Chip

February 17, 2016 by Bob Raikes

We have reported on Aptovision and its BlueRiver video over IP technology nine times since last year’s ISE show (in brief, if you’ve missed it, the technology uses proprietary technology to deliver video from HDMI sources over ethernet in a low-latency, uncompressed mode to allow the use of relatively low cost 10Gb ethernet switches, rather … Read more

Tobii Result 16/02/2016

February 17, 2016 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Tobii reported Q4 net profit of SEK 56 million ($6.72 million). Turnover was reported at SEK 287 million ($34.4 million). For the full year, net profit was SEK 140 million ($16.8 million). Turnover for the same period was SEK 967 million ($116.04).

Mitsubishi’s ‘Aerial Display’ Projects Large Images in Mid-air

February 17, 2016 by Tom Allen

At its annual R&D Open House event in Japan, Mitsubishi presented an ‘aerial display’ that is able to project images measuring up to 56″ diagonally in mid-air. Mitsubishi describes the two key components of the technology as a beam splitter and a retro-reflective sheet. The former divides incoming light into reflected and transmitted light; the … Read more

Are we at a Codec Inflection Point?

December 21, 2022February 17, 2016 by Tom Allen

The topic of codecs keeps coming up in the video industry. Not only are new formats like UltraHD and VR demanding ever-higher levels of efficiency, but booming levels of internet video herald a surge in bandwidth consumption. We thought it would be a good idea to summarise the state of play codec developments, focusing on … Read more

Forth Dimension Displays to Present a Paper

February 17, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Forth Dimension Displays has announced it will present a paper at this year’s Electronic Displays Conference. The event will be held in Nuremberg, Germany from the 24th – 25th February. The paper is entitled ‘2K Electronic View Finder based on QXGA Microdisplay’ in the microdisplays session. It will discuss the use of an electronic viewfinder … Read more

FPD Equipment Spend is Rising

February 17, 2016 by Tom Allen

Spending on FPD equipment will reach $11.2 billion this year, says IHS, its highest level since 2011. Two trends are driving the growth: a rush to expand high volumes of flexible AMOLED panels, for smartphone applications, in South Korea; and panel makers building new factories in China, to produce a variety of FPD panel sizes … Read more

Why the Future of Virtual Reality Isn’t Movies or Video Games

February 17, 2016 by Tom Allen

New Frontier presented almost five times as many virtual reality works at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival as it did at the 2014 show according to an interesting article from Indiewire. Viewing expanded to multiple venues, and two formats dominated: 360° video and game environments. 360° video is simply that: a fixed perspective, which the … Read more

Asahi Glass Result 05/02/2016

February 17, 2016 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Asahi Glass reported full year 2015 net profit of 42.9 billion Yen ($375 million), up 105% YoY, from 15.9 Yen ($139 million). Turnover was reported at 1.32 trillion Yen ($10.7 billion), down slightly by 1.6% YoY from 1.35 trillion Yen ($11.8 billion). Turnover was dragged down by lower display sales. with the overall electronics segment … Read more

Barco’s Flagship to be used in Berlinale

February 17, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Barco’s flagship laser projector will screen a selection of movies at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The flagship projector is the DP4K-60L, and will be set up at Friedrichstadt-Palast venue: Europe’s largest show theatre.

Record-Breaking Display Coming to Bristol

February 17, 2016 by Tom Allen

The Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee will see a new large-format LED display installed this year, using LEDs from DigiLED. It is DigiLED’s largest-ever project, consisting of four main screen surfaces measuring 19.2m x 9m. The screens use DigiLED’s Toura6 (6.6mm) product, with a total resolution of 11520 x 1350. The installation, by integrator GoVision … Read more

Eutelsat Communications Result 17/02/2016

February 17, 2016 by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Eutelsat Communications reported first half 2015 net profit of €188 million ($210 million), up 17.0% YoY. Turnover was up €774 million ($869 million), up 1.5% YoY. The Video Applications segment reported an increase of 3.7% YoY at €485.9 million ($544.2 million) from €452.4 million ($506.7 million).