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Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition Now Available in United States

Wearables – Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung) announced that the Samsung Gear™ VR Innovator Edition powered by Oculus is now available in the U.S. Using the Galaxy Note® 4, Gear VR Innovator Edition gives content creators and VR enthusiasts a chance to get their hands on the first low persistence virtual reality experience powered by … Read more

More Than 50% of Users Will Use a Tablet or Smartphone First for All Online Activities by 2018

Market Intelligence – Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the first go-to device for communications and content consumption, according to Gartner, Inc. In the emerging economies, users are adopting smartphones as their exclusive mobile devices while in developed economies, multi-device households are becoming the norm, with tablets growing at the fastest rate of any computing device. … Read more

STEM and 3D

3D in Education – 3D continues to be a topic of interest at national and regional STEM conferences. (STEM is an acronym for [applied] science, technology, engineering and math.) On that note, I recently attended the recent STEMtech 2014 conference in Denver (CO) and my hopes for latching onto some suitable educational 3D content and happenings were not disappointed.  … Read more

Hardware and Standards Wrestle in the Marketplace

Broadcast & Distribution – Hardware manufacturers and standards developers have often clashed when it comes to inter-compatibility and longevity of solutions. Once a solution takes hold in the marketplace, it can be very difficult to evolve to better platforms if it requires consumers to replace expensive hardware. Courtesy, xkcd. Licensed under Creative Commons. Years ago, when a color … Read more

£8 Million Investment by Eye Airports

Eye Airports is to launch an £8 million ($12.8 million) investment in advertising media and technology across its UK airport network. Gatwick North and South terminals will benefit from new digital welcome and terminal displays, as well as a refresh of current screens. 4mm-pitch LED units will be installed as part of the work. Mobile … Read more

TCL’s LCD TV Sales Rose 5.7% YoY

TCL Multimedia’s LCD TV sales volume increased 5.7% from August 2013 to reach over 1.5 million sets last month, of which the volume of smart TVs increased by 32.8% In TCL’s home market of China, the company’s sales volume decreased 13.9% YoY to 752,816 sets, though the proportion of smart TVs increased 30% to 231,389. … Read more

ECS’ Tablet ‘Saves Soldiers’ Lives’

Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS), in the USA, has finished work on a tablet that helps to train soldiers in delivering aid to their wounded comrades. The Medical Training Command and Control (MTC2) tablet will be used in the US Army’s Medical Simulation Training Centres (MSTC). It operates a network of devices that simulate a … Read more

MasterImage 3D Challenges RealD’s IP Portfolio

Masterimage 3D is challenging the validity of four of RealD’s polarisation patents, claiming that the patents replicate pre-existing techniques. According to Masterimage 3D, RealD’s improper patent protection stalls competition in the 3D business and a correction would encourage innovation in 3D technology to the benefit of both moviegoers and the exhibition industry. Masterimage 3D filed … Read more