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OVAB Europe has released the results of its Digital Signage Business Climate Index surveys in various regions of Europe, for the July/August period. The DBCI tracks sentiment in the digital signage industry. France is Europe’s third-largest digital signage market in Europe. Its DBCI stood at 50.05 points in July/August: a 5.15 point rise from the … Read more
‘Sources familiar with Apple’s plans’ have told Buzzfeed that the next iPhone and iPad Pro will be revealed on 9th September, with sales starting on the 18th. The sources were unsure if the phone will be the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, announced this week a reorganisation of the company which will make Google a division of a much bigger company called Alphabet. Alphabet, the new parent company, will be run by Page and Brin as CEO and president respectively, and is mostly a collection of companies, the largest … Read more
A study by IDC (paid: http://tinyurl.com/q6q8twz) has found that retailers in Western Europe are increasingly moving towards in-store digital transformations, to gain a competitive edge. All top retailers in the region are currently evaluating how digital impacts them, and what their approach and strategy should be. Two areas are being prioritised: equipping sales assistants with … Read more
Taiwan’s main notebook ODMs reported sequential declines in sales for July, as they experienced a slowdown in notebook demand. Quanta Computer said sales were down 21.4% in July from June, to NT$83.6 billion ($2.6 billion). though this was 7.3% higher than July 2014. Total sales to date reached NT$539.8 billion ($16.7 billion), up 6.2% compared … Read more
The Virtual Reality Village opened for the first time at the Special Interest Group Graphics (SIGGRAPH for short) conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles. A VR Village highlight included a nomadic Virtual Reality system called “Holojam” from NYU. NYU Labs Nomadic Virtual Reality Space in SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village, Source: Sechrist The demonstration showed a … Read more
Unlike many Taiwanese component makers, TPK Holding posted a healthy 36% month on month growth in sales in July, to NT$9.5 billion ($294.9 million), though this was 10.3% lower than July 2014. For the January to July period, TPK’s sales were down 8.4% from the same period of last year, at NT$62.2 billion ($1.9 billion).
Taiwan’s major chip companies reported strong sales in July, with Mediatek achieving monthly revenue which was the highest in four months. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales rise 35% sequentially and 24.7% year on year to NT$80.9 billion ($2.5 billion), bringing sales for the year so far to NT$508.4 billion ($15.8 billion), 28.3% higher than … Read more
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
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