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I could not cover all the news from NAB 2015, but I can provide some impressions based on the companies I did meet with. You can see some of this coverage in videos posted from the event as well. Overall, I was looking at advancements in high dynamic range (HDR), 3D, virtual reality, LED displays, … Read more
Olive Garden, the Darden Restaurants Italian cuisine chain in the US, has announced that it will be using tablets in all of its restaurants this year. After a successful trial run in 2014, Olive Garden decided to make the tablets a permanent part of its restaurants. The tablet that will be used is the Ziosk, … Read more
During the NAB Show in Las Vegas BBright, an Ultra HD infrastructure and video compression startup, demonstrated its latest cost-effective 4K / UHD technology for Live encoding compatible with Main 10 H.265 profile, up-to 60 fps. The SLED-4K Live encoder reduces the necessary IP streaming bandwidth to bit rates compatible with real-life applications and existing … Read more
V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) took home a 2015 Newbay Media Best of Show award at NAB this month. Perseus is said to lower bitrates by up to three times compared to H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000. Analyst Comment Unfortunately, we were not able to see the company’s demo at NAB. … Read more
Speaking at NAB, Ericsson researcher Lukasz Litwic discussed the Implications of High Dynamic Range on the Broadcast Chain for HD and Ultra-HD Content. The talk described the need and impact of new Electro-Optical and Opto-Electrical Transfer Functions (EOTF, OETF) on the efficiency of video compression used for transmission of UHD content to user displays. Implications … Read more
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has carried out a number of live 4k terrestrial broadcasts of three major sports events in 2014, based on earlier terrestrial UHD experimental broadcasts. Transmissions covered the KBL (Korean Basketball League) finals, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. At NAB, KBS researcher Sansung Kim described plans … Read more
At the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas last week, NHK described its plans for rolling out a UHD over-the-air infrastructure and content services. NHK Executive Research Engineer Masayuki Sugawara gave the talk, originally scheduled to be presented by NHK Deputy Head of Science & Technology Research Laboratories Toru Kuroda. Sugawara described the efforts in … Read more
EA has been quick to jump on the Apple Watch hype train, having released an update to the iOS FIFA ’15 app supporting the device. According to Pocket Gamer, the app will send game notifications to the user’s Watch and enable some in-game functionality, such as conducting player transfers.
A Japanese start-up called Meleap claims that it has developed the world’s first augmented reality sport – and not an eSport, either. ‘Hado’ uses a head-mounted display to display the ‘arena’ and a smartwatch to detect controls – in this case, flinging a fireball at an opponent when a player thrusts his or her hands … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 65″ Full HD category covering sizes 65″ to 69.99″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are six brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, NEC Displays is second and Philips is third. The … Read more
LG‘s 65″ EC9700 curved UltraHD OLED TV has been reduced from $10,000 to $9,000 on Amazon. The E Series large-format displays (NEC Adds Entry-Level Signage to E-Series), from NEC, is due to be released in EMEA this month. The range includes models from 32″ to 65″, as well as 70″, 80″ and 90″ units for … Read more
Technavio has published a new report on the smart glasses market for augmented reality (AR), which is expected to grow at a CAGR 194.2% from 2015-2019. The latest report by Technavio draws attention towards the increasing number of vendors that are showing interest in developing smart glasses. New products being launched in 2015 include offerings … Read more
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