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Virtual reality headsets fall into two categories so far; there are the dedicated headsets and then the smartphone plug-in cases that provide a cheap way to get a first VR experience for the consumer. Now Sensics and Razer have announced the Open-Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), that offers not only an alternative way to get your … Read more
Corning has been a leader in the display glass material market for many years and the company has worked hard to stay ahead by adding new and improved materials. The latest addition is Iris, a high transmissive glass aiming to provide an alternative for plastic light guide panes. According to Corning’s press release, Iris is a … Read more
Imacwear showed off its new smartwatch at an event in Times Square this month. The Sparta M7 watch is an IP67-rated watch with 3G cellular connectivity and is waterproof. It features a 1.54″ LCD display (240 x 240) with capacitive touch; a Mediatek processor; 512MB of RAM; 4GB of storage; and Android 4.2.2. The watch … Read more
SMPTE, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has announced the launch of its 2015 Section Seminar series, with the topic ‘Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem’. The seminars, which will take place worldwide, will begin at SMPTE UK, in London (9th February) and Salford (11th February). The seminar will exmaine the potential impact … Read more
Gigabyte’s premium gaming notebook brand, Aorus, has been expanded with 13.9″ (X3) and 15.6″ (X5) models. Specifications are still lacking, but what we do know looks very interesting. The Aorus X5 is the top-end version, using Nvidia’s new G965M mobile chip – two, in fact, in an SLI configuration. Why does it need this much … Read more
Quantum Materials has announced that it is to increase production capacity to 2000 kilograms of quantum dots and nanoparticles per year in the second quarter of this year. The company said that it is able to leverage short development timelines to plan for increasing quantum dot production and anticipates further production expansion during the rest … Read more
Eizo has added Comptek to its network of distributors in Russia.
In the same week that Samsung forecast its first fall in annual profit for three years, the company also unveiled plans to streamline its smartphone line-up, cutting new releases this year by 25-30% from 2014 and introducing lower-priced models. According to reports, the first low cost models will go on sale in India as early as … Read more
Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, the Smart Spider Dress is the result of a collaboration between Intel and designer Anouk Wipprecht. The dress – which is 3D-printed – uses Intel’s Edison platform, embedded inside, and reacts to real-time biometrics – meaning the animatronic spider legs on the shoulders can sense up to 7m around the wearer. Based … Read more
Intel’s Brian Krzanich gave a keynote address for the second year in a row. Intel also had a booth with its partners. In his keynote, Krzanich said that we are on a wave of change that replicates the wave of 1995, when the Intel Pentium Pro was launched, the internet and browsing started to be … Read more
Few of the tier one and two firms showed new mobiles at CES – many were waiting for MWC in March. Asus was one that did, introducing a convertible series and two new smartphones. The Transformer Book Chi (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) series is a range of three convertible Windows 8.1 tablets. The … Read more
AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales for 2014 fall 2% year on year to NT$408.2 billion ($12.8 billion), though in December and the final quarter of the year, sales improved slightly YoY. AUO’s sales in December reached NT$33.7 billion ($1 billion), down 3.1% sequentially but 1% higher than December of the previous year. For Q4, AUO … Read more
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