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Christie and Microsoft project on people at Cannes

Christie® and Microsoft brought mixed-reality technologies to the beachfront in Cannes, where visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club experienced the latest in projection mapping collaborations thanks to customized projects which used Microsoft Kinect technology (which tracks movements) with Christie projectors and software. The projects were customized for Microsoft Beach Club during the 2015 Cannes Lions … Read more

Virtual Reality in Gaming Market to Expand at 39.2% CAGR From 2013 to 2019 Thanks to Rising Disposable Incomes of Users

A new report has been published by Transparency Market Research, titled “Virtual Reality in Gaming Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 – 2019”. TMR, a market intelligence company based in the U.S., states that the global virtual reality in gaming market was estimated at US$466.6 million in 2012 and … Read more

Using People as a Billboard in Cannes

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

Atlona Expands Outside USA

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

TI EVM Speeds Pico Time to Market

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 Module Sales Fell in October

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

Roku Leads Streaming Media Players

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 Closes New Funding Round Adding Tsing Capital and BASF Venture Capital as Investors

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

Japan Display Would Not Ignore Sharp Deal

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