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VR for PT: Towards Educational Advantage

Can virtual reality actually make a difference in the educational endeavor or is it all ballyhoo and exaggeration? That’s a question I asked in my previous article, “Flying High with Educational VR”. Recently I discovered another clear exemplar of how VR can actually deliver on meaningful educational goals. It’s another story worth telling. This fall, … Read more

ViewSonic Introduces the Compact and Ultra-Portable M1 Mini LED Projector

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of display solution products, introduces the latest member to its award-winning projector family with the M1 Mini LED-based portable projector. Weighing about half a pound, the ViewSonic® M1 Mini features an integrated JBL speaker and a built-in battery with power bank compatibility so entertainment can be easily and conveniently … Read more

North Focals AR Glasses Look Like…..Glasses

North Focals are AR glasses that have been designed to look like a common pair of eye glasses. The Focal glasses are primarily intended to present notifications and/or app imagery in the user’s line of sight that derive from a linked smartphone. In a sense, Focals can be thought of as a “glasses equivalent of … Read more

Plessey Launches a MicroLED Direct-Drive Display Platform

Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) display applications has introduced a microLED Direct-Drive display platform and development kit, based on its proprietary monolithic GaN-on-Silicon technology. Plessey’s Direct-Drive displays provide OEM’s and product developers with a solution to retrofit current products or develop new concept … Read more

New Industry-Approved “NEXTGEN TV” Name, Logo Will Distinguish ATSC 3.0-Enabled Tech Devices, Says CTA  

In advance of ATSC-3.0 IP-enabled broadcast transmission in 2020, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® announced “NEXTGEN TV” as the go-to-market name for this groundbreaking television technology. In coordination with broadcasting companies, device manufacturers and standards engineers at CTA’s Technology & Standards Fall Forum, the association also unveiled the NEXTGEN TV logo for devices meeting newly … Read more

Experience WWII With Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, Coming Exclusively for Virtual Reality, on Oculus Rift

At Oculus Connect 6, Respawn™ Entertainment, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. and Oculus from Facebook revealed Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond, coming next year exclusively to VR, on the Oculus Rift platform. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will deliver its most authentic and immersive World War II experience from the series to … Read more

Amazon Introduces 8 New Echo Devices

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Amazon introduced an all-new line-up of Echo devices that give you even more ways to add Alexa to your daily life—whether at home or on-the-go. Amazon also announced new Alexa features, smart home experiences, developer tools, and devices and services from eero, Ring, and other Alexa device makers. To learn more about the other products, … Read more

For Vehicle Displays, OLED’s Lustre Fades

At the exhibits of the 2019 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium, held September 24 to 25 at the Burton Manor Conference Center in Livonia, Michigan, I saw only one automotive OLED display on the show floor. Steve Vrablik of Japan Display (JDI), a leading supplier of automotive displays, explained it succinctly in a one-on-one conversation … Read more

MediaTek Introduces MT5670 Chipset for 4K UHD Smart TVs

MediaTek introduced its newest chipset for smart TVs, the MT5670. The highly integrated chipset lets consumer electronics manufacturers build high quality, feature-rich 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) digital TVs at affordable price points. MediaTek owns 70 percent market share and is the No. 1 chipset provider for digital and smart TVs. MediaTek currently powers more … Read more

Flying High with Educational VR

Hype is everywhere in the trendy world of virtual reality. That also applies to virtual reality babble in education, where promotion always seems to outweigh actual benefit. We are forced to ask ourselves: “Is there any meat on this bone?” “Hype is supposed to overpromise and underdeliver, not overpromise and overdeliver. Usually, it doesn’t deliver … Read more

Optoma Adds Compact and Versatile Projectors to its DuraCore Laser Range

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Optoma has expanded its range of DuraCore laser ProScene projectors with the launch of three new high-specification compact projectors – the ZU606TSTe, ZU606Te (WUXGA) and ZH606e (Full HD 1080p). These feature rich projectors boast a brightness of 6,300 lumens along with 4K and HDR compatibility. Powered by a long-lasting, low maintenance laser light source with … Read more