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[Interview] How Samsung’s HDR10+ Partnerships Are Bringing Colors to Life on More TVs

Samsung Electronics’ pursuit of perfect picture quality has yielded notable breakthroughs in TV technology. Included among these are exciting developments with HDR10+, a new, open standard for high dynamic range (HDR) video. The company recently received the official HDR10+ logo certification for its 2018 Premium UHD and QLED TVs, including QLED 8K – a testament … Read more

Samsung Introduces Remote Access, Enabling User Control Over Peripheral Connected Devices Through its Smart TVs

Samsung Electronics announced Remote Access, a new feature that will be available on its Smart TV lineups starting 2019. The Remote Access feature will provide enhanced wireless connectivity with PCs, tablets, and smartphones – allowing consumers to remotely control compatible programs and apps through their Samsung Smart TV. With Remote Access, input devices, including keyboards, … Read more

VR @ Educause

Educause, the recent higher-ed conference held in Denver, had a lot to offer the post-secondary education ed-tech crowd. One of the most prominent themes in both the conference sessions and exhibit hall was the immersive learning craze. At Educause, although the term XR superseded the usual AR/MR/VR nomenclature, the amour-of-the-day was VR, which held a … Read more

Samsung C-Lab to Reveal Eight New AI Projects at CES 2019

Samsung Electronics announced that it will showcase eight innovative new projects related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), developed from its C-Lab (Creative Lab) program, from January 8 through 11 at CES 2019 Eureka Park. In addition, eight start-ups which have been spun off from C-Lab will showcase their newly released commercial products at CES to explore … Read more

TCL North America Receives Top Sustainability Award from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

TCL

TCL, one of the world’s largest and America’s fastest-growing television brand, was recently awarded the Gold-Tier Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA annually recognizes leaders in the electronics industry, like TCL, for sustainably designing products and processes, while also keeping electronics out of landfills by sending … Read more

Xiaomi Overtakes Fitbit and Apple to Become the Largest Wearables Vendor in EMEA in 2018Q3, Says IDC

IDC

Shipments of wearable devices in EMEA grew 55% year over year to 6.6 million units in 2018Q3, according to data from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Basic wearables, including wristbands, grew 48% year over year to represent 55.5% of the market. Smart wearables, including smartwatches, increased 65% from the same period … Read more

Middle East, Africa, & Turkey Wearable Devices Market Enjoys Strong Growth

IDC

Shipments of wearable devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region reached 1.13 million units in the third quarter of 2018 (Q3 2018), according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker shows that shipments were up 77.6% on the … Read more

Displays for Christmas

In New York, everyone decorates for the Christmas holidays. Stores, libraries, homes, office buildings, etc. And, of course, public spaces, perhaps the most famous of which is Rockefeller Center, with its Christmas tree that becomes the unofficial heart of the Christmas season in the city A camera in one Bloomingdale’s window inserts your face into … Read more

Digital Projection INSIGHT 4K HFR 360 Brings Multi-Viewer 3D to the Industry in 4K

Prior to the launch of Digital Projection’s newest product, 3D technology suffered from a significant immersive limitation: each user was seeing exactly the same image, regardless of where they were positioned. Digital Projection has again moved ahead of its competitors with the INSIGHT 4K HFR 360 Multi-View 3D projector, which can finally offer truly immersive, … Read more

Mercari R4D Debuts AI Vision Shopping Experience Using Vuzix Blade AR Smart Glasses

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, together with Mercari, Inc., under its research and development organization Mercari R4D, are pleased to announce the start of a AI vision proof of concept shopping experience for the Vuzix Blade AR Smart Glasses … Read more