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Gordon Wetzstein, assistant professor at the Stanford University Computational Imaging Group, and his team have developed a new virtual reality headset prototype they call “a light-field stereoscope”. They promise that their headset decreases motion sickness symptoms which some users experience when using current VR headsets for an extended period of time. The development aims to … Read more
On July 29th, the Rental and Staging Roadshow came to New York. The focus was on professional AV products as used by the rental and staging (R&S) industry. Two panel discussions at the roadshow were of interest to readers of Large Display Monitor, the first on Media Servers for the R&S industry and the second … Read more
Epson America will be demonstrating the latest consumer and enterprise applications on its Moverio® BT-200 augmented reality smart glasses at SIGGRAPH 2015 Aug. 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Additionally, Epson invites developers to stop by booth #937 to participate in live coding sessions and learn best practices for developing on the Moverio platform. … Read more
EverDisplay Optronics (EDO) announced this week the launch of the world’s first 6-inch 4K AMOLED display. Although 4K TV is already commonplace among the consumer market, replicating the same resolution onto a mere 6-inch panel, a huge PPI hike up to 734, presented a formidable, hundred-fold scale challenge in terms of both design and process. … Read more
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start the mass-production of the capacitive-type, highly sensitive, multi-touch capable automotive curved touch panel at the end of September 2015. The panels can enhance the design flexibility of vehicle cockpits and the operability of the panels of car navigation systems and, in addition, are suitable for the screens … Read more
Gesture-sensing control (‘gesture control’) user interface shipments are forecast to rise 10% YoY this year, to 1.8 billion units. IHS says that touchscreen technology is not suitable for some new and emerging applications, such as smartwatches, VR games and smart TVs, so gestures could fill a growing gap in the market. “Gesture-sensing control will not … Read more
Promethean’s directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept Netdragon Websoft’s $130 million offer for the UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider. Netdragon announced its intention to acquire Promethean last month (China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid). The recommendation came as Promethean released its interim results, recording a net loss in the first six months … Read more
NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the newest MultiSync P Series displays, the MultiSync® P212. The P212 desktop display is designed for use in digital image acquisition, command and control, and industrial applications, and capable of 24/7 usage. In medical environments, all of the … Read more
NEC has enhanced its range of professional displays with a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor, the P212. Available in with (P212-SV) or without NEC’s Spectraview II software, the monitor is designed for use in image acquisition; command & control; and industrial applications. It can be operated 24/7. When used in medical environments, Dicom calibration is supported. … Read more
CEE market research company has written about the Q2’15 IT market in Poland. Both 2014 and 2015 have been perceived as positive years for the industry by the country’s largest IT companies – reflected by a rise in PMR’s business climate index. However, limited capital for investments remains a barrier to market growth. More than … Read more
Universal Display Corporation (UDC) swung to a net loss in the second quarter of the year of $11.7 million, from a net profit a year earlier of $20.4 million. Turnover in Q2 declined 9.4% year on year to $58.1 million from $64.1 million in the second quarter of the previous year. For the first six … Read more
At the end of September, Panasonic will begin mass-production of curved touch panels (5″ – 12″) for automotive use. The company says that the panel will be a highly sensitive capacitive-touch unit. Film sensors are integrated into a plastic cover panel, reducing the thickness of the unit. Openings in the panel, in which input switches … Read more
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