Panasonic Shows Projection Mapping
Panasonic showed a couple of interesting projection mapping solutions at InfoComm 2015. One was illuminating a car and one incorporated a tablet-based augmented reality capability.
Philips Shows Backward Compatible HDR Signal Transport at Display Summit 2015
Philips used the Display Summit to show how it can deliver an SDR (standard dynamic range) video stream with metadata that can be used to derive an HDR (high dynamic range) image for an HDR-capable display. The company can do the reverse as well – deliver an HDR image that can be used on an … Read more
NEC Shows Blended Whiteboard Application
NEC showed how it can blend multiple short throw projectors to create an interactive white board solution for corporate or education markets.
Sharma Calls for Industry to Measure with L*a*b* (DS10)
Dr Abhay Sharma is a Color Consultant from Abhay Consulting and he is also a professor from Toronto University. He started by saying that we need numbers to measure colour, and he doesn’t understand why the industry uses Yxy. Many industries use LAB which is a better colour space for understanding human colour perception. Humans … Read more
rpVisuals Shows Ribbon of Content on Multiple Display Technologies
rpVisuals had a very nice demo where the same content was shown on a number of displays all side by side. This included front and rear projection, LCD and LED.
Sony Shows First Laser Phosphor Projector Capable of HDR
Sony showed several new 3LCD projectors with laser phosphor technology, but the most interesting one is a new 4k SXRD projector that will show 80% of the 2020 gamut. It is also the first true high dynamic range projector with a native contrast of 20,000:1.
Anoto Shows Novel Pen-Display Interface with 600 dpi Resolution
Anoto has a new film for pen input that offers very fine detail reproduction – up to 600 or more dpi. (This technology was also used by Panasonic on its ToughPad 4k tablet as well as being used in the LiveScribe note taking system.)
Cumulative Wearable Device Shipments to Surpass 750 Million Units by 2020, According to Tractica
The market for wearable devices is experiencing a period of heady growth, thus far driven primarily by consumer adoption of fitness trackers, but with smart watches catching up fast and expected to eclipse fitness tracker unit volumes by the end of 2015. According to a recent report from Tractica, wearables adoption among consumers and business … Read more
BenQ Wants Brightness Measured with sRGB (DS9)
Felix Pementel of BenQ looked at what makes a great image on a projector. “Do you really give the consumer the specifications they really need to make a good buying decisions?”, he asked. He agreed with Chinnock that sRGB brightness is often very different from the marketing brightness. (See Insight Reports on ColorSpark Testing (DS8)). … Read more
TV Makers Choose China
TV outsourcing will reach a record high this year, says IHS DisplaySearch. TV sets made by outsourcing specialists will represent 43% of LCD TVs shipped worldwide in 2015. Outsourcing is now one of the most important strategies for TV brands; it can improve both supply chain cost management and time-to-market business opportunities. Constraints in TV … Read more
Insight Reports on ColorSpark Testing (DS8)
Chris Chinnock of Insight Media gave more details about the testing of solid state projectors that it carried out to help get a sense of what users thought of the new ColorSpark technology, side by side with existing systems. The firm set up a number of different projectors with hybrid (LED & Laser), laser phosphor … Read more
NEC Chooses LCD for Education
NEC’s UM352Wi is a UST 3LCD projector for education, supporting multiple pen inputs at the same time. Up to 50 devices can be connected to the projector at the same time, wirelessly, with screen mirroring via Miracast and NEC’s Displaynote software. A maximum of 16 devices can be mirrored at once. Alternatively, content can be … Read more
