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Nvidia ‘Fills in Gaps’ in TV Industry

We found a display milestone in the Nvidia booth, where the chip company is first to support 4k resolution content at 60fps in its new Shield Android TV Box (and offering so much more to the game community). This was announced last May and covered in our Display Daily articles. At Siggraph, Nvidia said that … Read more

VR Village is a Success

This was year one for the VR Village at Siggraph, but based on attendance and interest level you can bet your boot they will be back in 2016New milestones were demonstrated at Siggraph, including ‘Hologram’ from NYU. This is a fully immersive nomadic VR interaction with real-time position tracking, using only the processing power of … Read more

Siggraph 2015 – Milestones in VR, AR and More

It was all things VR and AR at this year’s 42nd annual Siggraph, the Special Interest Group Graphics international conference sponsored by the ACM Association for Computer Machinery. The 2015 show was held in Los Angeles from August 9th – 13th. A new VR Village was highlighted by the group, as this technology became the … Read more

Trying to Make Portable Devices Exciting Again

Makers of eReaders, especially Amazon, are still selling a lot of eReaders; and makers of tablet PCs are still selling a lot of tablet PCs. But sales of eReaders have been stable for years and sales of tablets are now declining. Smartphones with really big screens (phablets) are a popular niche, with the new Samsung … Read more

DLNA Announces 3.0 Certification Program and Updated Guidelines

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA®) today announced it has expanded the DLNA Certification Program to give CE manufacturers more options for certifying their products based on how they plan to differentiate them in the market. The organization has also released updated Interoperability Guidelines that enable new product features for consumers who increasingly want to … Read more

Razer Brings Realsense to Consumers

Razer is using Intel’s Realsense 3D depth camera technology to create its own hardware for gamers. The company is building a consumer-ready camera for desktop and virtual reality use. Game streaming – letting other people watch you play a game, using a self-broadcast platform like Twitch – is an industry that is growing very fast. … Read more

Razer Brings Intel RealSense Camera to VR and Game Streamers

(Intel Developer Forum) – Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, is working with Intel to deliver a consumer-ready desktop and VR-enabled camera based on Intel RealSense technology for a wide range of experiential applications. With Intel RealSense technology incorporated into a new Razer product design, users can expect to enjoy … Read more

Japanese Art Gets Contemporary Twist With Panasonic

Panasonic has enabled one of the largest-ever water screen projections in the world, outside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, earlier this month. 16 of Panasonic’s PT-DZ21K projectors were used to support a Kabuki (Japanese dance) performance, with video projected onto the Bellagio fountains. The resulting image was up to 18m high and 300m long! … Read more

Panasonic Projectors Bring to Life One of the World’s Largest Water Screen Projections

Panasonic Corporation has achieved one of the world’s largest water screen projections as it provided special support for a Kabuki performance held August 14–16 at the Bellagio Hotel, owned by MGM Resorts International. Produced by Shochiku Co, Ltd. and titled “Panasonic Presents Kabuki Spectacle at Fountains of Bellagio: Koi-Tsukami” (Fight with a Carp), the event … Read more