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Last year we reported on a new type of display presented by David Fattal. The display uses a diffracting light guide to create 3D images floating in space. This report from my colleague Matt Brennesholtz explains how the display, which was developed at HP Labs, functions. After the company spun out of HP Labs as … Read more
This week, I made a visit to FlexEnable, the company that is the ip and technology part of the Plastic Logic company that split between the factory in Dresden (which continues as Plastic Logic GmbH) and the R&D/licensing group in Cambridge. I was surprised to realise that although they are relatively local and we have … Read more
LG has launched a new mobile display panel that offers an enhanced color gamut and QHD (2,560 x 1,440) resolution. This translates into a pixel density of 538 ppi. The new panel also includes in-cell touch technology and increased brightness at the same power consumption. According to the press release from LG, the new display … Read more
Impression Pi, the virtual and augmented reality headset that took Kickstarter by storm last month, has announced a new stretch goal and a referral program. The VR/AR headset has already raised 212% of its initial goal and is funding until May 7. Having surpassed their $75k goal quickly and raising more than $165k to date, … Read more
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
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