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Totoku Develops Per-Pixel Gamma Scale

Totoku, a division of JVC Kenwood, will be showing a new multimodality breast imaging display at RSNA 2015 (29th November – 4th December, Chicago). The CCL550i2 is a 21.3″, 5MP monitor, and is already FDA-approved. Gamma curves can be tricky to work with in medical displays. Greyscale screens should use the Dicom curve, while colour … Read more

ICDM Works to Revise UltraHD Specifications

We were recently alerted to a move by the SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM), which we heard is considering revising its Measurement Specifications for UltraHD TVs. The aim behind the move, we heard, is to prevent TV panels without 3840 horizontal lines of resolution from being sold as UltraHD. We questioned this with … Read more

Samsung “Delighted” With Gear VR

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Samsung has said that its Gear VR headset was sold out ‘hours’ after it was launched in the USA and Europe on the 20th November at its price of $99. Samsung said, “We are delighted with the overwhelmingly positive response”. Analyst Comment We saw a review in the NYT, which recently gave away “Cardboard” display … Read more

BIMA Launches Digital Day in VR

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) held a Digital Day at schools across the UK last week. 10,000 students used Google Cardboard headsets and 360° live streaming technology from Visualise to watch the opening address by Ogilvy & Mather Group UK’s vice chairman, Rory Sutherland. Through the rest of the day, students worked with professionals … Read more

Gartner: Endpoint Trends Herald Mobile Workforce

Gartner has released several predictions covering ‘endpoint’ technology in a new report (log-in required) (http://tinyurl.com/o79fs8u). The most interesting forecast, for us, is that 30% of businesses will spend more on displays than on PCs by 2018. This trend will grow due to workers demanding more screen real estate for their workspaces, leading to increasing sales … Read more

EC Approves Avago’s Broadcom Buyout

The European Commission has approved Avago Technologies’ acquisition of Broadcom (Avago to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion). The EC’s investigation showed that the company’s portfolios are mainly complementary; Broadcom produces ‘off-the-shelf’ chips for the broadband and connectivity markets, while Avago makes custom chips for special applications. Some concerns were raised about the vertical relationship created … Read more

Atheer Reveals More about AiR in Interview

With the recent release of their AiR glasses as well as platform, Atheer is aiming strongly at the enterprise market like so many other AR glasses and software developers. The recipe is simple, develop the glasses according to some science fiction Hollywood movie and when the consumer are not lining up to buy the hardware, … Read more

ACES WCG/HDR Encoding Explained

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The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) has long puzzled me. At the November 18th section meeting of the Society of Motion Picture and Television New York chapter, Jim Houston, co-chair of the ACES Project Committee, gave an explanation of ACES that finally made sense to me. He primarily discussed the recently released version 1.0 of … Read more

Tellywood Focuses on Immersive Content

2015 hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster film release year but SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) 2015 Symposium attendees are eternally optimistic that tomorrow’s releases will be richer, better and there will be more. While VR (virtual reality) has become a steady fare for the video game industry, manufacturers and academics opened the … Read more