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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
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 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 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
Following tests by Dutch website GSMinfo, Sony has admitted that its Z3+ smartphone (Xperia Z4 in Japan) is suffering from overheating issues. The company has blamed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip for the problem. Sony will release a fix, in a software update, in the summer.
Greek regulator EETT is seeking to end illegal analogue transmissions in the country. Several local municipalities are still permitting these broadcasts to take place for viewers outside of the DTT coverage area. EETT is working to end the transmissions and ensure that all households have access to TV services.
ARCEP, the French regulator, is updating its rules regulating the DTT transmission market, for the 2015 – 2018 period. The proposed new rules reflect ARCEP’s belief that the DTT broadcast market is shrinking. They aim to encourage competitiveness and discourage unnecessary investments.
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
Alibaba Group, one of China’s largest businesses, will launch an online video streaming service this summer. It will be known as Tmall Box Office (TBO). Patrick Liu, head of digital entertainment, said, “Our goal is to become like HBO in the United States, to become like Netflix in the United States”.
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
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
The Apple Watch is now shipping with predictions it will bust all records for the nascent wearable category, with the lift coming primarily from the fan-boy base (OK, girls too) that believes Apple can do no wrong when it comes to adding cool stuff to my ever so plugged-in life. Korea’s Center for Advanced Soft … Read more
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