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SymbolShifters® will be at NAB with a demonstration of a patented technology for connecting traditional television broadcast to the digital universe of computers, tablets and smartphones, and is seeking a partner to commercialize this technology. The SymbolShifters technology briefly embeds a scannable code, such as a QR, into the video stream. The consumer does not … Read more
Hannstar Display has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net loss of NT$659 million ($20.9 million) in Q4,which compares with a net profit in the final quarter of the previous year of NT$148 million ($4.7 million), on turnover which was flat at NT$6.3 billion ($200.3 million). Hannstar’s net profit for the … Read more
Cinema chain Cinepolis has installed Latin America’s first high-brightness digital cinema laser projector. Barco’s DP4K-60L projector was rolled out to Cinepolis Parque Toreo in Mexico City, a 13-screen venue that solely uses Barco projectors.
We covered the Neptune Duo handheld display/smartwatch concept last month (Neptune Reverses Watch/Phone Paradigm), and the project has now reached Indiegogo – with a few changes. The Neptune Suite adds another peripheral: a 10″ tablet-like device with a keyboard, as well as a dongle to stream to a TV. The Neptune Hub (watch) will last … Read more
A report by Nanomarkets (http://tinyurl.com/lsj7kf8) predicts that the market for silver nanowire-based transparent conductor materials will be worth $485 million by 2022. These materials are currently seeing increasing adoption in touch sensors. The market is expected to be worth about $41 million this year and $158 million in 2018. Other end markets, notably solar photovoltaic … Read more
LG will soon move its TV production in Thailand to Vietnam, for logistical ease and efficiency, an executive has told Reuters. Nipon Wongsaengarunsri, marketing director of LG Electronics (Thailand), said that Vietnam was considered the “most worthwhile” country to invest in. LG produces about 600,000 TV sets annually in Thailand, of which 100,000 are exported. … Read more
During a panel at the recent SXSW festival, Oculus VR’s Nate Mitchell announced that the latest prototype of the Oculus Rift headset (Crescent Bay) uses two OLED displays – not just one. It was revealed at CES this year that Crescent Bay used an OLED display (widely thought to be the same 2560 x 1440 … Read more
ET News has summarised information about the flexible OLED plans for LG Display and Samsung Display. LGD currently has a monthly capacity of 14,000 substrates (LGD Succeeds in Doubling Flexible Capacity), and is now said to be building a G6 line with an initial capacity of 7,500 substrates, scaling to 15,000. Construction will apparently begin … Read more
ACC Liverpool, an exhibition centre in the city, has upgraded its AV equipment with two Christie Roadster HD14K-M projectors. The projectors were supplied by Preston-based Pure AV. One is permanently installed in the main auditorium (with seating for 1,350 people) while the other can be moved, and is available for third-party hire. Projection takes place … Read more
Projection Artworks and Justso have created a projection mapping demonstration at Harrods in London. For Easter, the department store decided to map a projection onto a 1.5m-tall egg-shaped model, creating the appearance of a Fabergé Egg. Projection Artworks used its DisplayMapper software and Optoma projectors (a collaboration between the companies was announced at ISE). The … Read more
We heard about Nvidia’s Titan X earlier this month (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console), when it was previewed at GDC 2015. Now, the company has officially announced the card at its GPU Technology Conference. UltraHD gaming will, of course, be supported by the new device. Virtual reality is also a focus. … Read more
The World Customs Organisation in Belgium has decided that Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch is a ‘mobile telecommunications’ device, rather than a smartwatch. The decision means that the product can be exported and imported between most countries without tariffs – which would be up to 10% in some countries, if the device were classified as a … Read more
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