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GSMA Announces Nominees for 2016 Glomo Awards

The GSMA today announced the nominees for the 2016 Glomo Awards. Winners of this year’s Glomo Awards will be honoured throughout Mobile World Congress, which takes place on 22-25 February in Barcelona. In total, 285 nominees have been shortlisted for more than 40 awards over eight categories; the full list of nominees can be found … Read more

Samsung Blazes New Trails with VR Storytelling at 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., official mobile sponsor of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, is sparking VR storytelling at the Samsung Studio, the go-to venue for filmmakers, content developers, industry influencers and more to connect, learn and share experiences, all through the lens of the latest Samsung products and services, including the new Samsung Gear VR, … Read more

VRT LiveIP Performs the World’s First Full IP Remote Broadcast Production Using Open Standards

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is pleased to announce that on 15 January 2016, the Belgium public broadcaster, VRT, successfully accomplished the trial remote production of a live musical concert using IP and open standards across the whole production chain, thereby demonstrating the capabilities and benefits of IP in live broadcast production. The remote production … Read more

Eye-Worn Devices and the Next Wave of Wearable Displays

We saw how much of the buzz at CES was around virtual and augmented Reality (VR and AR), and the smartphones or near to eye micro-displays that power them. Out on the display horizon looms something even closer to the eye, smart contact lens technology that resides literally on-eye with the potential for display development … Read more

Aiptek Modularises a Projector

China’s Aiptek is a company focused on mobile projection. It was showing a modular projector concept called the iBeam Block, which will be released in March for £550 ($785). This consists of three modules: the LED projector (L400), a Windows 10-based touch PC (APP Unit) and a power bank. The three modules slot together (using … Read more

VRT Performs IP Remote Broadcast

Belgian public broadcaster VRT accomplished the trial remote production of a live musical concert, using IP and open standards, on the 15th January. The remote production set-up was an extension of a full IP local studio set-up previously demonstrated by the LiveIP project group. A 10km-long optical fibre cable connected the venue to the VRT … Read more

Inspiring Akyumen Falcon Education Tablet Project Made Possible After Securing Erasmus+ Funding

The project has been a culmination of a collaborative effort between Akyumen Technologies and the EU to provide advanced mobile tablet technology to students and educators. The project will allow students and educators in Spain to gain vital access to advanced mobility technology with Akyumen Falcon Tablets. The result of the project will see students … Read more

IDTechEx Research: Microdisplays enabling the AR-VR smartglasses revolution

If the buzz at CES is any indication of things to come (and it usually is), 2016 is expected to be the year of virtual reality (VR). Much anticipated VR headset launches, announcement of investment in enabling technologies, and developments of optimized components made virtual reality the words on everyone’s lips at the show. The … Read more