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The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the fingers, to make it feel as though a gamer is actually holding a real object. Analyst Comment Is this wearable the … Read more
Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at IBC 2014. It is an entry-level IPTV and OTT unit, with DLNA support and delivering 1920 x 1080 resolution. The box … Read more
Multiscreen solutions were the highlight of Amino’s stand. The company is an IPTV specialist and was highlighting the technology’s distribution capabilities. Amino was showcasing an UltraHD HEVC platform using its Aminet software, as well as the Live Advanced Media Platform and Premium Connect solution. The latter two products are used for multi-stream recording and multi-screen … Read more
The Display Monitor team has not visited TV Connect since it rebranded from IP&TV World Forum after the 2012 show. At the time, the buzz was about the replacement of set-top boxes by home gateways, and everyone wanted to talk about social TV. How times have changed! There was no question in anyone’s mind this … Read more
Anga Com 2015 will take place in Cologne, Germany from the 9th – 11th June, and bookings have exceeded expectations. 440 exhibitors from 35 countries have booked space so far. Anga Com managing director, Peter Charissé, said, “We have been able to more than compensate the market-driven decline among set-top-box providers by new participants from … Read more
Clear Channel has launched two new sites, under its Storm brand. The first, the Hammersmith Tower, is on the Hammersmith Flyover in London – the sixteenth location in the city for the Storm network. The screen is 5.38m x 6.91m, with a 12mm pixel pitch on the main screen and 6mm pitch on the logo … Read more
At the recent Interop Las Vegas Expo, DisplayLink showed a dock that connected to a new Macbook, Chromebook Pixel 2 and Windows notebook via USB-C, and existing notebooks, tablets and Android smartphones through USB-A. DisplayLink was highlighting USB’s flexibility and simplicity across connections and operating systems.
Kopin has secured a $1.8 million follow-on production order from the US government, for a high-brightness microdisplay. The displays, which will be supplied over a 15-month period, will be used in the F-35 Helmet-Mounted Display System from Rockwell Collins.
A 19.5″ LCD module, using Tianma’s SFT2 technology, will be presented at Embedded Systems Expo 2015 in mid-May. SFT2 is a new version of SFT, which is comparable to IPS panels. NLT says that the aperture ratio of SFT displays is improved, compared to conventional TFT units, due to a new pixel structure. The new … Read more
LG’s new ‘Mini Beam’ DLP projector, the PF1500G, is a bright LED projector designed for portability; it weighs 1.5kg and measures 132 x 220 x 84mm. The Mini Beam has installation flexibility. It features four-point (vertical and horizontal) keystone correction and a 1.1x optical zoom. Focus is manual. Projection can take place from 1m – … Read more
Smartphone shipments rose 83% YoY in the MEA region in 2014. The availability of cheap and dual-SIM models bolstered demand last year, with smartphones taking 41.9% of the region’s mobile phone market, according to IDC – up from 27% in 2013, with the overall handset market expanding 19.6% in volume terms. Affordable smartphones have hit … Read more
Blackberry is reported to be considering plans to close its offices in Sweden, with the loss of 100 jobs. A spokesman was quoted as saying that it is consulting with the employees’ trade unions before making any firm announcement.
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