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Will Education Miss Out on ‘The Year of VR’?

In a recent article (Is Educational VR Content Ready for Prime Time?), my colleague Len Scrogan bemoaned the lack of VR content for education. Having just returned from BETT – arguably Europe’s largest technology show for the education market – this seems like a perfect time to weigh in with my views on VR in … Read more

AptoVision Announces 10 New Design Wins for “BlueRiver NT” AV over IP Technology

Momentum building behind its ground-breaking AV over IP solutions, AptoVision™ today announced 10 new design wins for its award-winning BlueRiver™ NT and BlueRiver NT+ chipsets. New AV signal distribution products based on the AptoVision chipsets will be demonstrated at several partner exhibits during the ISE 2016 tradeshow in Amsterdam. Aptovision named the following companies from … Read more

Carloudy: An Automotive Head-Up Display

During recent years, head-up displays (HUDs) have become available as an option in some luxury car models. Now, an aftermarket alternative is under development by Cognitive AI Technologies Inc. (Chicago, IL). The device is called Carloudy and it integrates the functionalities of a smartphone including navigation into a voice controlled HUD. Carloudy was launched at … Read more

KOE TFTs at Embedded World 2016 (UK)

Industrial LCD manufacturer KOE will be represented at the Embedded World 2016 exhibition and conference in Nuremburg, Germany by regional distributors Data Modul and MSC Technologies. KOE Europe’s sales channel partners will be exhibiting a range of KOE’s industrialised Rugged+ TFT LCDs featuring IPS technology, high brightness Lite+ displays and ‘IPS Like’ ultra wide viewing … Read more

VEFXi Gives Sneak-Peak Demo of New Microchip Tech at CES

VEFXi shared sneak-peak demonstrations in private meetings during CES 2016 of its new microchip’s conversion technology which takes 2D & 3D video and converts it to no-glasses 3D. Customers said that the live video conversion has 3D pop-out and depth comparable to hand-crafted autostereoscopic (ASD) 3D, a big advancement for mobile displays. Attendees included investors, … Read more

VESA Updates Display Stream Compression Standard to Support New Applications and Richer Display Content

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced it has released version 1.2 of the Display Stream Compression (DSC) Standard. An extension to the feature set offered in version 1.1, DSC v1.2 was developed to support a wider range of display applications—in particular, externally connected displays such as PC monitors and televisions. A key feature … Read more

AptoVision Celebrates BlueRiver Wins

AptoVision has announced 10 new design wins for its BlueRiver NT and NT+ chipsets. Aurora Multimedia; AvenView; Creator; C-Win Technologies; DVIGear; Go-Max Electronics; Grandbeing; IDK Corporation; iMAGsystems; and ZeeVee are all now using AptoVision’s BlueRiver products. They will be shown at ISE, where AptoVision will be in stand 10.P151. Analyst Comment I will be moderating … Read more

VESA Updates Display Stream Compression

VESA has released v1.2 of its Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 5), which extends the feature set of v1.1. A key feature is the ability for DSC v1.2 to provide native compression of the YCbCr 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 formats commonly used in digital TVs. DSC v1.2 was developed to support … Read more

Dixons Carphone to Close Stores

UK electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has said that it is to close more than 130 stores in the UK and Ireland. There will be no job losses as part of the move. Dixons is closing the stores as it rolls out its ‘three-in-one’ format, which combines its three main brands (PC World, Currys and Carphone … Read more

THine Claims 16Gbps Interface

THine Electronics has developed a 16Gbps ‘ultra-high-speed’ interface technology, which could be used as an internal interface in 8k TVs and other high-resolution applications. The new development is applicable to THine’s V-by-One technology, but also to other interfaces such as USB 3.1, PCIe 4.0 and Fibre Channel 16GFC. As well as 8k TVs, the technology … Read more

Live Autostereo Conversion Shown at CES

News is just now being released by VEFXi of a 3D conversion technology, embedded on a microchip, which it showed privately at CES this year. The chip takes 2D or stereoscopic 3D video and converts it to glasses-free (autostereoscopic) content. The conversion is done in real-time, and the chip can be used in mobile devices. … Read more