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HTC will narrowly miss the Q1’16 launch of its HTC Vive headset, which it provided in September (Valve and HTC Backtrack Over Vive Launch). The company has now said that the wearable will be launched in April.
ET News of Korea has said that Samsung Electronics doubled its LCD panel purchases between Q2 and Q3’15. The company is preparing for a busy Christmas period in North America, as well as high demand in early 2016 during China’s Lunar New Year. Most purchases were made by Samsung’s Visual Display and Consumer Electronics businesses.
ANFR, the French communications regulator, has allocated an €82 million budget, to help viewers migrate from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC on the DTT platform. The switch must occur before the 5th April. It is estimated that 6.3 million TV sets will need to be upgraded.
The Port Lympne Reserve for wild animals in Kent, UK, is accustoming its lemurs and langurs to living with others of their kind, using the magic of technology. UltraHD TVs from Son have been installed in their enclosures, showing footage of their own wild cousins to prepare them for release away from man-made reserves. Port … Read more
DISH Network has said that it added approximately 751,000 gross new pay-TV subscribers in Q3, compared to approx 691,000 gross in the same period last year. However, net pay-TV subscribers declined 23,000, compared to a loss of 12,000 in Q3’14. The company closed Q3 with 13.9 million pay-TV subscribers, against 14 million last year.
I have just returned from the I/ITSEC 2015 trade show, North America’s big event for training and simulation. As expected, solutions continue to become more complex and more realistic, and displays play a key role – from collimated Level D flight simulators to virtual and augmented reality headsets. The other major element of great simulation … Read more
Held at the start of December in Orlando, Florida, I/ITSEC (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) 2015 is the world’s largest modelling, simulation and training event. Attendees come from the education, retail, military and games sectors to see the progress in industries such as projection, simulation and – a relatively new area – virtual and … Read more
Almost 1.6 billion coupons will be delivered annually to consumers via beacon technology by 2020, says Juniper Research. The figure is an increase of more than 14,400% on 2015’s 11 million. Click to enlargeIn-store beacons – now being used by several retailers worldwide, including Macy’s – are consistently generating high redemption rates. Juniper’s research (http://tinyurl.com/ot5rsvl) … Read more
Building on its previously-announced work (Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free Projection), Barco has shared news of two new solid-state DLP projectors, which will reach up to 18,000 lumens of brightness. The DP2K-20CLP and DP2K-15CLP are laser phosphor projectors, set to be shipped in Q2’16. Both new models are designed for the digital cinema market, as … Read more
Amazon today introduced the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition, which combines the all-new Fire HD 8, a year of Kindle Unlimited with access to over 1 million books, and a limited edition leather cover for only $249.99. Reader’s Edition also includes Blue Shade, an innovative new feature that adjusts and optimizes the display on your … Read more
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology integrator of advanced IT, networking, communications, and multimodal biometric solutions, today announced that it enhanced its portfolio of industry leading biometric solutions by licensing Michigan State University’s (MSU) face search system software. NEC is one of the largest providers of biometric technology to law enforcement and commercial … Read more
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting and the City of San Jose officially announced a project to pilot 50 Philips SmartPoles, which bring together energy efficient LED lighting and fully integrated 4G LTE wireless technology by Ericsson. This pilot was initiated through the City’s Demonstration Partnership Policy, which was established to support the City’s … Read more
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