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Oculus has announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision, a UK-based company which has been working to refine software that can accurately and quickly build 3D maps of physical environments, which it calls simultaneous location and mapping. Financial details were not disclosed. Surreal Vision describes itself as a “team of computer vision scientists tackling the most … Read more
Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has said that the company is aiming to develop between 10 and 12 facilities in India, and could spend “a few billion dollars” on them. “A lot of our customers, especially Chinese customers, need us to manufacture…in India, to make phones, tablets, TVs, as soon as possible”, Gou said in an … Read more
A new LG monitor has appeared on the company’s Australian website, with no accompanying announcement. The page is currently pretty sparse, with only the key features of the monitor listed. It is a 27″ unit with UltraHD resolution and is called the 27UM67. As well as 99% sRGB coverage, an IPS panel and 10-bit colour … Read more
A new smartphone from Gionee has appeared in a TENAA listing in China. The M5 is the successor to the M3, featuring two batteries and four days of lifetime. The display is a 5.5″ AMOLED unit (1280 x 720). Android 5.1 runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
When the thing that you take away from this image is that he named his Pikachu Platypus, you know that you’re of the Game Boy generation.A Belgian student, known as Raz, has built what might be the world’s largest Game Boy. Remember the original? A handheld hunk of white plastic that consumed a generation. Raz’s … Read more
Credit: CnetA titanium-body smartwatch prototype, running Android 4.4, was recently spotted at CES Asia. The Rockioo Watch is currently being funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/oa8hfqq). It has a 1.63″ OLED display (320 x 320) and features 3G connectivity, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. A micro-SIM card enables text messaging and voice calls. Fitness is the … Read more
Tianma NLT America’s new TFT LCD displays feature long-life LED backlights – lasting for up to 100,000 hours. Available in 8.4″ and 10.4″ sizes, the displays have 800 x 600 resolution and are intended for industrial applications. They feature NLT’s ColorXcell algorithm to optimise colour performance, reproducing it in comparable intensity to the original source. … Read more
China’s Economic Daily News says that HTC is to use AMOLED displays on a version of its One E9+ smartphone. The One E9sw will be launching in China with a 5.5″ display and 1.5GHz octa-core CPU. The source says that the company will buy AMOLED displays from China’s Hehui Optoelectronics.
The CEO of Samsung SDI, Namseong Cho, has signed an MOU to set up a polariser plant in Wuxi, China. Samsung will invest more than KRW200 billion ($180.3 million) in the project, which will have an annual output suitable to supply 20 million – 30 million 48″ TVs. Production will begin at the end of … Read more
Google’s newest tablet is the Nexus 9, released in 2014Google is likely to produce two new Nexus smartphones this year, but no tablet, according to Android Police. One phone will be produced by LG; codenamed the LG Angler, it will have a 5.2″ display. Huawei will apparently produce the other, known as Bullhead, with a … Read more
Pope Benedict did not follow the same rule, but presumably Gogglebox wasn’t his show of choice.The Vatican is notoriously free of vice, but Pope Francis has revealed that there is another aspect of modern life missing from the country-in-a-city: TV. The Pope told Italian media that, through choice, he has not watched TV since 1990 … Read more
Apple plans to take on a new LCD driver IC supplier, according to sources in the supply chain. Taiwanese suppliers including Novatek, Himax and FocalTech are being linked with the rumour.
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