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On a quiet day for news because of the public holidays in Europe, we thought we include a link to a useful article detailing recommendations for video wall best practices from NEC, Peerless AV and Sharp. Go to Digital Signage Today for the article.
Google has released a new tool, Arc (App Runtime for Chrome) Welder that allows Android apps to run in the Chrome browser, whether the browser is running on Windows, iOS or Linux. >The software can be freely downloaded from the Chrome web store and no porting is said to be necessary. Arc Welder is still … Read more
One of the more compelling applications to come from the (now defunct? – No, we reported on this a couple of weeks ago -it’s said to be too important to scratch – Man Ed.) Google Glass was live video streaming. Google’s pilot program empowered the rich, famous (or about to be…) and other “trend setters” … Read more
On March 1st, Toshiba announced a TransferJet adapter for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod. According to Toshiba, this is the first Apple-compatible TransferJet adaptor available on the market. Simultaneously, the company launched similar adaptors for Android and desktop PCs. The Android and PC adaptors are 30% smaller, have 30% lower power consumption and 1.7x … Read more
The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in California has installed a custom visual solution from Nanolumens. The curved LED display, which uses Nanolumens’ NanoCurve product, is 11.5m wide and 6.4m tall.
Elbit Systems of America, the US based high performance supplier of medical, aviation and military systems has been contracted to provide a head mounted display for testing in US Navy helicopters. The program administrator is Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and the program will be completed within a year. According to the press release, the … Read more
Google announced this week that Asus has developed the Chromebit – an HDMI stick that turns any HDMI monitor into a Chromebook, when paired with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. The stick, which costs "less than" $100, includes Wi-fi and a USB port as well as bluetooth and is based on a Rockchip 3288 processor … Read more
Ooyala has posted a blog that explains how the company’s SDK can be used to enable the watch to be used to control the playback of video on an iOS device. This means that using an Apple TV, which can display content from iOS devices, the Apple Watch could be used as a simple TV … Read more
A team of computer scientists in the Department of Computer Science, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany) has developed a technique that enables non-expert users to print their own custom thin film electroluminescent display – and the display can have an integrated touchscreen. The new technique allow objects made from a variety of materials to be augmented … Read more
There is not a day goes by where we or other analysts report on the latest development in the smartglass market. New devices and new software are released quite frequently. While there is no word on the success in the market, many see this development as the start of a new era for consumer electronics. … Read more
ResearchandMarkets has announced the addition of the “Global Video Wall Market 2015-2019” report to their offering. The Global Video Wall market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19.18% over the period 2014-2019. Video walls are multiple displays that are combined to form a single large screen. They comprise LCD panels, LED arrays, DLP … Read more
Combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) in the Asia Pacific region are forecast to total 1.2 billion units in 2015, an increase of 3.2 percent over 2014 (see table 1), according to Gartner, Inc. “Device penetration is very high in Asia Pacific – at or beyond saturation point in mature markets … Read more
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