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Big Plans for Nvidia’s G-Sync This Year

Nvidia has shared a whole host of new products that will support its G-Sync technology at Computex 2015, in Taiwan. There are no fewer than six laptops and seven monitors with G-Sync built in that will be making an appearance on the market over the coming months. Laptops will include Asus’ 17.3″ G751; MSI’s 17.3″ … Read more

SEL Shows ‘Seamless’ OLED Video Wall

Photo credit: OLED-NetJapan’s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory and Advanced Film Device co-developed an 81″ 8k video wall, using SEL’s OLED displays. 36 13.5″ flexible OLED screens were used in the project, said Ron Mertens of OLED-Info. Each of the screens had ‘transparent edges’, for a more seamless join with neighbouring units (although the image shows that … Read more

European DOOH Sentiment Begins to Reverse

OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) results, for the France and Benelux regions, show mixed results in the May/June period, since the last survey in January. Benelux’s DBCI, which tracks sentiment in the industry, was up 3.57 points to 75 points. The market is positive, with almost 90% of companies saying that … Read more

LG Readies Curved Monitors

After seeing a German listing for a selection of LG monitors, we questioned the model numbers with LG. Four units were covered in the German source: the 34UM95C, 34UC87C, 34UC97C and 29UC97C – we have reported on all of these before, but without the ‘C’ appended to the end. Our immediate assumption was that the … Read more

Google Looks to Radars as Camera Replacement

Click to enlargeA new sensor, called Project Soli, which can be used to accurately track tiny hand movements has been shown off at Google I/O. The chip, for wearables, differs from other motion trackers in using radar, rather than cameras. The system can recognise very fine movements, and is intended to replace all current interfaces, … Read more

Google Shows Off Android M

Android M, the next version of the popular OS, has been announced at Google I/O. Google has focused on improving the quality of the platform. However, new features have also been added, which include fingerprint recognition; USB-C support; and Google’s own Apple Pay competitor (the innovatively-named Android Pay). Another new feature to improve battery life … Read more

Apple Buys VR Start-Up

Apple is reported to have acquired German virtual reality start-up Metaio. The company currently makes a number of SDKs and toolkits that help to create augmented reality apps and has created a holodeck-style game with an iPad. Metaio’s software is used in applications in retail, industrial and automotive markets. Apple has not confirmed the acquisition, … Read more