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HTC has responded to reports that its larger rival, Asustek Computer, was interested in taking over the company. Asustek’s chairman, Johnny Shih, had been quoted as saying, ahead of the company’s AGM, that the two companies had held informal talks. However, HTC issued a statement saying it had not made any contact with its rival, … Read more
The PC market in the MEA region is suffering from currency fluctuations and unstable global oil prices, says IDC. Shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1, to 4.3 million units. Desktops were down 10%, to 1.6 million units, while portable PCs fell 9.4% to 2.7 million units. Key markets such as Nigeria, Turkey, Egypt and Algeria … Read more
Analogue switch-off has been completed in Serbia, 10 days ahead of schedule.
The European Commission has published the results of a public consultation on the Lamy Report (EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns). The results suggest that a co-ordinated EU approach; a common roadmap; and a cost-efficient transition are needed for the successful release of the 700MHz spectrum in the European Union. 356 stakeholders gave their views, … Read more
The UK’s Digital Television Group has revised the R-Book, which provides practical guidelines for the installation of digital TV receiving systems. The new version, a draft of which is available to review, seeks to prepare the DTT installation industry for future spectrum changes. Contact Alex Buchan at [email protected].
LeTV, the Chinese VoD provider (similar to Netflix), is working with Immersion Corp. to bring ‘a 4D’ experiences to its videos. In cinemas, 4D refers to extra effects such as light, rain and wind. However, LeTV intends to enable the technology on smartphones, via haptics. The touch-based simulations will be enabled in film trailers, and … Read more
At the 5th African Digital TV Development Seminar, in China, it was announced that ‘most’ of Africa would miss the digital switchover deadline – which has now passed. Tanzania and Kenya are the only countries that have come close to achieving ASO – and only 70% of Kenya will be covered by August.
Scalable Display Technologies (SDT), the leading provider of software for multi-projector display systems, featured on eight partner displays on the InfoComm 2015 show floor. This widespread adoption of Scalable software for immersive displays is fueling Scalable’s growth. Scalable has OEM and marketing partnerships with many top tier projector brands, component suppliers and integrators. A partial … Read more
Christopher Pickett is CEO of Pelican Imaging which has a depth camera for mobile devices. We have previously written about the company, which uses camera arrays and use the multiple images to calculate depth. Simple patterned light sources help the process – you take the edges and the patterns and calculate the depth of objects … Read more
Ken Lee is from VanGogh Imaging and he talked about mixed reality for smartphones and wearables. The company has expertise in software and 3D computer vision. VanGogh is seven years old and the firm has worked in medical, 3D printing and has even worked on weighing cows! There are lots of AR applications and Lee … Read more
The next speaker was Shachar Oz from Intel’s RealSense software group, based in the Middle East and he gave a live demo of the technology being used in the Intel “Toyz” application, which he helped to design. (For more on RealSense see our recent report on the Intel keynote speech at SID Intel Concentrates on … Read more
A speaker from the Fraunhofer in Dresden gave a presentation on the bidirectional microdisplay that it has developed. It is said to be ideal for gaze tracking, while showing data to the user. However, we covered the technology in our SID report last week, where we got more information. See Fraunhofer Shows Bidirectional SVGA Microdisplay … Read more
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