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A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to (yet another) webinar for a new product launch in virtual reality by HP. I really wasn’t looking forward to it – just another Windows VR headset, it seemed, but it turned out to be significantly more than that. So, let’s get the basics out of the … Read more
In my previous article, “More Tales from the Pandemic (Pain Points in Education, Part I)“, I highlighted five “pain points” that educational institutions are currently enduring due to the Pandemic. These five were, of course, all hurdles that were quite predictable. Today’s article, however, focuses on some newer and less foreseeable pain points that schools … Read more
This is the second part of a short series on how wider colour gamut content is coming to the market. Yesterday , I looked at how the technology allows content with wider colour gamut than Rec. 709/P3 to get to the wider colour gamut displays that are now available using, for example, quantum dots and … Read more
What They Say Vizio said that its M-Series Quantum, P-Series Quantum, and P-Series Quantum X, which have the firm’s ProGaming Engine, will be upgraded to support AMD FreeSync, with the P-Series going to the FreeSync Premium level. On P-Series, you also can take advantage of the Nvidia RTX30, a new 4K 120fps HDMI graphics card. … Read more
The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1.3% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, 353.6 million smartphones were shipped during 3Q20 and while the market declined, the results were … Read more
The worldwide tablet market delivered solid results in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with 24.9% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 47.6 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The demand for affordable access to basic computing and larger screens to facilitate remote work, … Read more
Lenovo™ announced it has become a reseller of Varjo’s human-eye resolution VR and XR headsets. This further deepens the existing collaboration between the two enterprise-class manufacturers and allows customers to easily access a complete solution for their professional virtual and mixed reality workflows. Through the reseller agreement, users can purchase “Certified for Varjo” workstations along … Read more
Corning Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of optical materials, including high-refractive index glass that enables superior image quality for augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) wearables, and Pixelligent, a leading high-quality compound material supplier, announced a new strategic collaboration to further the development of AR/MR optics. Pixelligent’s resins, which are optically transparent polymers, paired with Corning’s … Read more
What They Say The 8K Association is a sponsor of the 2020 SMPTE virtual conference. There are 13 talks that have been arranged that will touch on 8K covering Production, workflows, creative aspects and distribution. What We Think Things are coming together for 8K, but I think penetration is going to be a lot slower … Read more
Telia, together with partners Traffic Systems Incorporated, and Daktronics, have launched their first solar-powered Real-Time-Passenger-Information (RTPI) signs on Queens Boulevard in New York. Telia IoT Edge Smart Gateways currently provide public transport information to over 500 bus stops and digital information signs across New York City. The system provides real-time bus arrival times to passengers … Read more
Ceres Holographics an innovative developer of thin-film Holographic Optical Elements (HOEs) for next-generation transparent display (TD) and augmented reality head-up-display (AR-HUD) solutions, announced a partnership with lighting and projector expert TQ Technology to develop projection systems to illuminate its display solutions. The partnership leverages TQ Technology’s extensive experience working with Texas Instruments DLP® technology which … Read more
What They Say IntoPix said that it has a new range of 8K TICO-XS IP-cores supporting the JPEG XS standard. The company says that it has a 32-line delay, end to end, and can provide up to 16:1 compression without artefacts and without external memory. The core can support up to 8192×4320, 60fps, 120fps, 4:4:4, … Read more
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