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Facebook Earnings Call Implies No Oculus in 2015

While there had been rumours of a consumer launch this year, it appears that the Oculus Rift will not be reaching shelves in 2015. The CFO of Facebook (which bought Oculus last year – see Display Monitor Vol 21 No 13), David Wehner, said in an earnings call, “We have not announced any specific plans … Read more

Microsoft Result 30/04/2015

Microsoft Corporations’s Q3 net profit dropped 11.9% to $4.9 billion from $5.6 billion in the third quarter of last year, as turnover increased 6.5% to $21.7 billion from $20.4 billion in Q3 of the previous year. Microsoft’s net profit for the first nine months of the year was down 11.8% year on year to $15.4 … Read more

Comcast Abandons Time Warner Bid

Comcast has terminated its $45.2 billion merger agreement with Time Warner Cable, largely because US regulators were against the merger. Go-ahead for the merger had been in doubt since March after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicated that it needed more time to conduct a thorough review of the deal. Comcast first announced its intention … Read more

Convertible Component Order Increase Expected From China

Sources in Asia say that supply chains are preparing for an increase in component orders for convertible tablets. Sub-$250 Windows convertibles, based on Intel’s Bay Trail-T CR platform, will be a ‘key target’ for vendors in China this year. Asus and Lenovo are among the companies developing such products, which will also be launched in … Read more

Streaming More Popular Than Linear TV

Deloitte’s Digital Democracy survey shows that streaming popularity is continuing to climb across the USA. Such services are now used by more than 42% of households in the country, with streaming content having overtaken live TV as the viewing method of choice. 56% of consumers now stream films and 53% stream TV every month. 45% … Read more

ATSC 3.0 Work Described at NAB Conference

Sunday afternoon at the NAB Show Broadcast Engineering Conference was dedicated to a report on the ongoing development of the ATSC 3.0 standard. This next-generation broadcast standard is being developed to replace the existing ATSC terrestrial standard currently used in North America and elsewhere. The technology is being based on state-of-the-art advances in video and … Read more

3D: The Why and Not the Wow

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) has released their latest 2015 Ed Tech Next report “Dimensions in Learning: Visualizing, Designing, and Making in 3D.” The report focuses on the growth and potential of 3D in education. “Visualizing, designing and making in 3D are our future.”– Ed Tech Next 2015 Report CoSN is a leading international … Read more

Barco’s Escape Theatrical Format Gains Acceptance at CinemaCon

Barco is pioneering the development of a new theatrical format called Escape. The idea is to flank the main theatrical screen with two side screens that can screen a big panoramic image or three separate images – depending upon the creator’s preferences. The movie Maze Runner was the first to feature a 10 minute segment … Read more

360-Degree Cameras Proliferate to Support Virtual Reality (Part 2)

There were a lot of developers of 360-degree camera or software companies at NAB – all to feed the growing need for virtual reality content. NextVR NextVR was in the RED booth where it was showing stereo content acquired with its stereo rig featuring RED cameras, of course. This was shown in an Oculus headset, … Read more