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TV – In a recent open letter to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, investor and billionaire Carl Icahn describes what he expects from Apple. Owning roughly 53 million shares in the company, his number one goal will always be to increase the shareholder value of Apple and his own wealth. Nevertheless, he also looks at other … Read more
Internet of Things – What will we be talking about after wearables are being worn by everyone? Many think it will be the Internet of Things. This term describes the connection of everything in our homes to the internet and our mobile devices. As a simple explanation, you can turn on the lights before entering, … Read more
Digital Cinema – Barco (Kortrijk, Belgium) announced that it has completed the acquisition of IOSONO (Erfurt, Germany), a technology company with expertise in immersive 3D sound. The transaction creates a new company called Barco Audio Technology. Barco also has a partnership with Auro Technologies that has resulted in the commercialization of the Auro 11.1 cinema … Read more
Emerging Technology – Haptic display technology has long been in discussion and solutions have so far fallen short of expectations. In an interview with Dr. Christophe Ramstein, President and CEO of Novasentis we explored how far away haptic displays are from the real world of consumer electronics. Novasentis (formerly Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.) is a US based company … Read more
3D in Education – In a previous article, Stereo Symbiosis Needed in the Education Market, I wrote that the growth trajectory of 3D will not accelerate to the degree desired without help from other, complementary technologies. 3D’s plus-one, if you will. “Only by joining 3D together in symbiosis with other enabling technologies will it be … Read more
Broadcast & Distribution – Last week, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Technicolor (formerly Thomson Broadcast) announced the successful deployment of Technicolor’s ATSC 3.0 4K/UltraHD testbed platform, including receiving an over-the-air signal. Based on various MPEG audio, video and transport standards, including Scalable HEVC, MPEG-H audio and MPEG-MMT transport, the Technicolor platform was combined with Sinclair’s experimental … Read more
Interview with Chris Parker of NEC about the new 32″ 4K/UltraHD desktop monitor with an OPS slot to allow SDI inputs
sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started. Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving. Some countries, such as the UK, have legislation that disallows the use of distracting devices while driving. Similar laws in other countries … Read more
Virtual Reality – Virtual reality has been around for some time and if you like, every movie theater experience is a form of virtual reality without glasses. People like movies, but so far don’t like to wear headsets providing a similar experience in their home. Sony and Zeiss had personal viewers in the market with very … Read more
Smartphone – When it comes to smartphones, the world is a two class society. Well actually, when we look at the data provided by IDC it is more on its way to a one class society. Android here, Android there, Android everywhere. So much for variety makes life better. As we can see, despite the great … Read more
Smartphone – Sony is not doing well this year and most of the business downturn relates to its mobile division. Sales of Sony smartphones have been not great and the value adjustment for inventory pulled Sony deep into the red, as we have reported earlier. As a result Sony is changing its strategy to go … Read more
While Mitsubishi is out of the US TV market, it is still a player in Japan where it used the CEATEC trade show to show off its new 4k Laser TV. To be clear, this is an LCD TV with a direct backlight composed of a red laser and cyan and blue LEDs. The REAL … Read more
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