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Landmark Entertainment Look at Virtual Reality for a Theme Park in China

Landmark Entertainment Group projects

Landmark Entertainment Group is known for creating theme park attractions like Kongfrontation, Terminator 2 3D, and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man 5D at Universal Studios. Now it has developed a design concept for the L.I.V.E. Centre (Landmark Interactive Virtual Experience). Source: Landmark Entertainment Group This concept combines virtual reality and augmented reality elements into a … Read more

What Apple Means for the Tech Sector and for Investors

Apple iPhone expectations 07 2015

Since the release of the latest quarterly result data from Apple, the stock has fallen around $5 per share or about 4.5% in one day’s trading. Of course, this comes after an investors call on 7/21 when Apple presented the latest record numbers for the latest quarter. The second quarter of calendar year 2015 (which … Read more

IEE 25.5” WUXGA Large Format Display Now Fully Qualified for Airborne Operations

IEE, the enhanced display experts, has completed all environmental qualifications necessary for airborne operations for their 25.5” rugged WUXGA display (1920 x 1200 resolution) with wide viewing angles. Production has begun in their Van Nuys manufacturing facility. IEE developed this avionic monitor in conjunction with BAE Systems for a U.S. Air Force Airborne Platform. The … Read more

Apple Watch Captures 75% Global Smartwatch Marketshare in Q2 2015

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments grew an impressive 457 percent annually to hit a record 5 million units in the second quarter of 2015. Apple Watch was the star performer, capturing a dominant 75 percent marketshare in first place. Cliff Raskind, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartwatch shipments … Read more

Infocomm Issues Draft Standard for Contrast on Direct View Displays – But is it Right?

InfoComm has issued (July 9, 2015) a new draft standard called “Direct View Display Image Systems Contrast Ratio”. It can be reviewed here. But some believe the system contrast specification for watching movies is just plain wrong – and they have posted a video showing side-by-side examples to prove the point (see video here). You … Read more