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Visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club, in Cannes, experienced graphics projected onto their own bodies thanks to work between Microsoft and Christie. The project used Microsoft’s Kinect, to track movement, and Christie projectors (HD14K-M) and software. Images were projected onto visitors – up to six at a time, at 30fps – as they moved around … Read more
UK-based AVMI has announced a global recruitment drive, to take on more than 50 new employees. This will raise the company’s headcount across its London, New York and Hong Kong offices from 400 to 450. Visit http://tinyurl.com/qczn8ke or contact [email protected] to find out more.
Ronni Guggenheim and Atlona CEO and co-founder Ilya KhaynAtlona will open its first international headquarters next month, near Dübendorf, Switzerland. The company has hired Ronni Guggenheim – recently MD of Navori and CEO of Barix – as the general manager of Atlona International. He will oversee international sales, support and marketing – for all territories … Read more
Texas Instruments has developed a new evaluation module (EVM) and pico display chipset, which can be used to generate 1920 x 1080 images. The DLP Lightcrafter 4710 EVM is designed for use with the 0.47″ TRP chipset. Example applications include screenless TVs, interactive displays, mobile projectors, wearables and digital signage. The EVM features a mini-HDMI … Read more
TCL Display sold 11% fewer LCD modules in October 2015 than October 2015 (5.7 million). Sales volume of feature phone-sized modules (sub-3.5″) fell 48% to around 1.2 million units, while smartphone-size (3.5″ – 6″) module sales rose 14%, to 4.3 million units. 6″+ mobile device module sales fell 35% to around 217,000 units. For the … Read more
TCL has announced its LCD TV sales for October, which fell 1.3% YoY to 1.3 million sets – although sales of smart TVs rose 72.7% YoY, to 533,000 sets. Sales rose 11.7% in China, to 683,000 sets; smart TV sales accounted for 54.8% of these (374,000). In the international market, LCD TV sales fell 12.4% … Read more
More data on streaming devices has been released by Parks Associates, in addition to the prediction that the company made last month (Parks: Streaming Devices Will Rise 186%). ‘An increasing number’ of US broadband households are turning to streaming media players as their first option when searching for online content. 21% of these households with … Read more
QD Vision, the leader in quantum dot technology for QLED displays, today announced a new round of investment led by Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital, prominent venture capital entities in Europe and China focused on innovative cleantech companies. This new round of QD Vision financing – totaling approximately $22 million from both existing investors … Read more
Mitsuru Homma, head of Japan Display (JDI), has said that the company would not ignore the possibility of a partnership with rival Sharp. The news comes shortly after the announcement that JDI’s top shareholder, the INCJ, would invest in Sharp if it were asked to do so (INCJ Would Invest in Sharp). Previous rumours have … Read more
Panasonic is now selling its LF8 (500 cd/m²) and LF80 (700 cd/m²) professional displays (seen at ISE: Panasonic Emphasises Strength & Reliability). Available in 42″, 47″ and 55″ sizes, these units are capable of 24/7 operation, and replace the LF6 and LF60 products. Prices are between £800 ($1,215) and £1,310 ($1,990) for the LF8 series, … Read more
Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, a new addition to Acer’s Predator gaming monitor series has been found on some of the company’s regional websites. Importantly, despite being a gaming model, it uses an IPS panel rather than TN (we have long argued that the display industry should move away from TN panels – … Read more
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