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A New Headset is about to Debut from JVC

JVC Kenwood has announced the upcoming availability of the company’s enterprise focused, extended reality headset, the HMD-VS1W. The headset is intended to be connected to and operate in conjunction with an external computer. A feature of a so-called extended reality headset is that it does not block the user’s direct view of the outside world. … Read more

More Education, On Demand

As if anyone doesn’t already sense it, everything is changing in the education world due to The Rona. While I have a pretty good handle on what’s happening in the U.S. on those counts, it’s always instructive to see what’s transpiring in other parts of the world. The other day I had a catch-up Zoom … Read more

VR and the Virtual: SXSW 2021 Online Preview, Part 2

In today’s installment, I continue to offer a preview ‘sampling’ of some of the most intriguing VR, virtual production, and virtual event use cases slated as presentations for SXSW Online, along with some supporting video exemplars. In the previous article in this series, I took the reader on a short tour of VR-related use cases … Read more

Universal Display Corporation and PPG to Expand Global Production of UniversalPHOLED Materials

Universal Display Corporation and PPG announced that UDC Ireland Limited and PPG will jointly establish a new manufacturing site in Shannon, Ireland, for the production of UDC’s highly efficient, high-performing UniversalPHOLED® materials. The new facility will be designed to double the production capacity and diversify the manufacturing base for UDC’s phosphorescent emitters to meet growing … Read more

In a Pickle after the Mitsubishi EOL Announcement? Look No Further then the New CDS Range of Drop-In Replacements

In June 2020 Mitsubishi announced that it was withdrawing from the TFT LCD market. To alleviate customers’ worries and concerns from the fall out of this, CDS decided to design and launch a full range of alternatives to Mitsubishi TFT LCDS. This new range from CDS will act as replacements for the Mitsubishi displays which … Read more

VR Preview at SXSW 2021 Online, Part 1

Are you interested in keeping up with the most innovative use cases for VR? One of the most predictive technology conferences today is the world-renown SXSW conference, a conference that specializes in the future. At SXSW, VR has always had a nice footprint, and this year no different. On three occasions, I have been chosen … Read more

Content Piracy Isn’t A Victimless Crime

We like IP (Internet Protocol) because without it there would be no streaming content industry. “I’m the good guy here. I told them this could happen if they didn’t prepare. Did I get a “Thank you”? No, I got crucified. But, they wouldn’t listen.” – Thomas Gabriel, “Live Free or Die Hard,” 20th Century Fox, … Read more

PMA Research All-Displays Tracking Shows Improving US Sales Through the Distribution Channel in 2H2020

PMA February 2021 Press Release proc

What They Say PMA Research said that its US distributor sell-through data for professional large-format flat panel displays (32″ and larger) and professional projectors (above 500 lumens) showed that sales improved in line with the recovery in Q2. Usually Q4 sales are softer than Q3, but this year volume was almost flat. The trend from … Read more