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StarVR More Than Doubles Oculus FoV

Starbreeze Studios, a Swedish games studio, has decided to cut out the middle man and develop its own VR headset, under the name ‘StarVR’. Introduced at E3, the headset offers an extremely wide field of view. Compared to the Oculus Rift’s 100° FoV, Starbreeze says that StarVR reaches 210°. It also features two displays with … Read more

YouTuber Goes to Extreme Lengths for Views

A YouTuber known as TechRax is garnering views (and media attention) with his latest stunt, which may be one of the most expensive private videos to ever hit the site. TechRax’s channel mostly focuses on destroying expensive pieces of technology, but even he will likely find it hard to break even on this video: crushing … Read more

Pegatron Predicts Record Turnover in 2015

Pegatron says it expects to achieve record turnover this year, following last year’s NT$1.02 trillion ($32.6 billion), thanks to the company’s strategy of widening its portfolios of communication, IT and consumer electronics products. The company’s communications business generated around 63% of Pegatron’s total revenue in Q1, while the notebook unit contributed 16%. The launch of … Read more

TPK Expects Q3 Upturn

TPK says it expects sales in Q3 to rebound 30% sequentially, thanks to demand for wearables, curved displays and fingerprint detection modules. In Q2, TPK’s sales are expected to decline anywhere between 15% and 30% from the first quarter of the year. The company’s touch panel subsidiary, Cando, has said that it expects its efficiency … Read more

Nvidia’s Shield Goes on the Offensive

An UltraHD software update has been rolled out to Nvidia’s Shield STB (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console). Although already supporting UltraHD from local sources (via HDMI), software update 1.2 enables the box to receive and display UltraHD content from Netflix; the Google Play Movies app; and Google’s own Photo and Video … Read more

OTT Revenues Rocket as SVOD Overtakes Advertising

Netflix’s continued global rollout, which has pushed local players to step up their efforts, was cited as a reason for SVOD’s growth.According to Digital TV Research, global TV and video revenues from OTT will reach $51.1 billion in 2020 – up from $26 billion this year. The USA will dominate ($19.1 billion), growing by $16.6 … Read more

Philips Introduces ColorSpark

In a presentation on the first day of Display Summit on Monday, June 15th, Dr. Ir. Peter Vankan from Philips announced a new product from Philips Lighting, ColorSpark. Color Spark, also known as High Lumen Density (HLD) LED technology is targeted at the étendue limited market for LEDs in projection systems. According to Dr. Vankan, … Read more