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Perovskites Will Compete with QDs

Perovskite is a mineral that was first discovered in the Ural mountains of Russia by Gustav Rose in 1839 and is named after Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski. Naturally occurring variations of perovskite have been discovered by other mineralogists over the years. Q: Why is this somewhat obscure mineral of interest to Display Daily readers? … Read more

Scale-1 Does VR Without a Headset

French company Scale-1 Portal will introduce a VR projection solution at CES in January, which brings owners right into the action. ‘SCALee’ is a Windows 10 PC, UST projector and camera, housed in a single chassis. Content is projected onto a wall as a 3m-wide screen and can be interacted with using the camera. A … Read more

Scale-1 Portal Unveils SCALee, the World’s First Social Virtual Reality Media Center, at the CES 2016

Scale-1 Portal, a leader in projection-based virtual reality solutions for industry and entertainment sectors, announces the launch of SCALee, a portable virtual reality media center for the consumer market. SCALee transforms any existing wall into a highly immersive universe where players can interact naturally in 1:1 scale games and applications. “This is a new form … Read more

Samsung Reveals Entire 2016 Smart TV Line-up Will be IoT Ready

Samsung Electronics announced that its entire 2016 Smart TV line-up will be Internet of Things (IoT) ready and connected with the SmartThings platform. SmartThings is an open platform that allows users to connect, manage and control smart devices and IoT services. Among the 2016 Smart TVs, all Samsung’s 2016 SUHD TVs will apply IoT hub … Read more

Rovi Renews Patent License Agreement for Entertainment Discovery Portfolio with Sony

Rovi Corporation today announced that Rovi has renewed its worldwide license agreement with Sony Corporation. The multi-year agreement continues to provide Sony with a license to use Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio for its consumer electronics devices worldwide. Rovi’s patents power entertainment discovery to help consumers navigate content across multiple screens and devices. With more … Read more

Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera

Intel Corporation (“Intel”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera Corporation (“Altera”), a leading provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The acquisition complements Intel’s leading-edge product portfolio and enables new classes of products in the high-growth data center and Internet of Things (IoT) market segments. “Altera is now part of Intel, … Read more

Fujitsu To Split PC & Phone Businesses

From February 1st, Fujitsu plans to spin off its PC (Company Split A) and phone businesses (Company Split B) as separate operations. The PC operation will be called “Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd”, while the phone company will be known as “Fujitsu Connected Technologies Ltd”. Analyst Comment This split will have relatively little impact immediately on … Read more

Wolf Achieves 4K60 at 4:4:4

Wolf Cinema has modified several existing D-ILA (LCoS) projectors to ready its lineup for the new year. Four models have been updated and two are ‘new’. The SDC-8, SDC-10, SDC-12 and SDC-15 projectors are the updated units. Wolf Cinema has changed them to support upcoming DCI-4k (4096 x 2160) consumer video content, with the addition … Read more

Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line with its efforts to “foster new growth engines”. The organisation will also encourage the elimination of unnecessary regulations. Just over 40% … Read more

Korean Government Invests to Boost Digital Signage

Yonhap News Agency has reported that South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday that it will spend 78.9 billion won (US$67.3 million) over the period to 2018 to develop the digital signage industry in line with its efforts to “foster new growth engines”. The organisation will also encourage the elimination of unnecessary regulations. Just over 40% … Read more