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Omniverse—work anywhere, in any program, with your colleagues

It hasn’t been too many years since the siloed effects of specialists in the graphics production pipeline drove up a studio or company’s costs, and delayed projects because they used incompatible programs. At GDC 2020 Nvidia introduced Omniverse, its open collaboration platform to simplify workflows for real-time graphics. Don’t lose your marbles Nvidia has built … Read more

Middle East & Africa Personal Computing Devices Market Suffers Sharp Drop Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, with Impact Expected to Last Until at Least the End of 2020

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The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, saw shipments decline 10.2% year on year during the first quarter of 2020, according to industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s latest Quarterly PCD Tracker … Read more

BenQ Launches New Era of Interactive Flat Panels

Internationally renowned manufacturer of display technology, BenQ, launches new additions to its Premium RP Series of interactive flat panels for education and corporate environments. Available in three sizes: 65” (RP6502), 75” (RP7502), 86” (RP8602) each with 4K resolution and Fine IR Touch for precise control, BenQ has combined hardware and software features to enhance healthcare, … Read more

An Interview with Keyssa’s Steve Venuti: What is a Wireless Connector?

LG Electronics’ first dual-screen phone — the LG V50 ThinQ Dual Screen introduced in the first half of 2019 — featured a mechanical configuration the company has since used on two subsequent dual-screen phones. The basic platform is a largely conventional single-screen phone. The second screen is part of a hinged elastomer cover that stretches … Read more

NEC Display Adds to P Series Projector Lineup With 4K, 5,000 Lumen P506QL

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial-grade digital signage displays and projectors, announced their new, cutting-edge P506QL projector. Joining the already successful P Series, the P506QL provides an enhanced, high-quality viewing experience by combining Native 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution with 5,000 lumens of brightness. The first in the NEC P … Read more

PMA Research Reveals Best-Selling Projectors for High-Bright Laser-Phosphor, Interactive and 4K UHD Segments in April

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted highlights from their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 25 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading U.S. projector dealers, retailers, web resellers, and distributors. Their Tracking Service … Read more

IDC Expects Worldwide Smartphone Shipments to Plummet 11.9% in 2020 Fueled by Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges

The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The forecast follows the largest year-over-year decline in history in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20). Smartphone shipments are now expected to decline … Read more

Researchers Improve Both Conductivity and Transparency in SnO2 Films

A team of researchers headed by Shoichiro Nakao of the Department of Chemistry within the School of Science at the University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) have demonstrated the highest mobility in a thin film of tin dioxide ever achieved. The improved mobility not only enhances the conductivity but also the transparency of a thin film … Read more

Design and Build the Future of MPEG

Established in 1988, the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has produced some 180 standards in the area of efficient distribution on broadcast, broadband, mobile and physica medial, and consum­ption of digital moving pictures and audio, both conventional and immersive, using analysis, compression and trans­port technologies. It has also produced 5 standards for efficient storage, processing … Read more

Super Resolution: What’s the buzz and why does it matter?

Super resolution has been gaining steam recently. Many companies, secretly and not-so-secretly, have been incorporating this technology into their workflow. Most notably: Samsung has started advertising this feature in their latest flagship phone camera’s – boasting 64MP cameras that use super resolution for zooming in during the photo capture process Other upstart companies are exploiting … Read more

Boosting Work Productivity While Protecting Privacy is Now Possible: MMD Launches the New Philips 242B1V

MMD, the leading display specialist and brand license partner for Philips monitors, announces the new 24″ (23.8″ / 60.5 cm) Philips 242B1V LCD monitor. Designed to help professionals to improve productivity while protecting sensitive data and contents from onlookers, this new model features Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) and SmartImage to display images and … Read more