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Crunchfish in Collaboration with Lenovo New Vision on Gesture Control in AR Smart Glasses and Applications

November 29, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Nasdaq First North-listed Crunchfish enters collaboration with Lenovo New Vision, part of Chinese Lenovo Group, to enable gesture control in their applications intended for use on their AR glasses. Lenovo New Vision will integrate Crunchfish’s software in a selection of commercial AR applications and conduct a field trial among prioritized clients on how gesture interaction … Read more

Quilla Debuts in Education

November 29, 2018 by Len Scrogan

I’ve covered QuirkLogic’s Quilla solution several times at InfoComm expos over the years, but was delighted to see their product now being officially fronted for the education vertical. QuirkLogic has begun featuring their Quilla product at a number of educational conferences as of late, most recently at EduCause, the higher-ed conference held in Denver last … Read more

Africa’s Mobile Phone Shipments Flatline as Major Markets Experience Differing Fortunes

November 29, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Africa’s mobile phone market declined 2.1% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q3 2018 according to the latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm newly released Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows overall shipments for the quarter totaled 52.6 million units, with feature phone shipments falling 2.7% QoQ and … Read more

Professional VR is Different from Consumer VR

November 28, 2018 by Norbert Hildebrand

Some weeks ago I argued that VR may not be ready for consumer prime time (Is Failure of VR an Option?). This was based on the observation of a very slow uptake of consumer devices even with falling prices, among other reasons like convenience, content, etc. However, I excluded professional applications from my discussion as … Read more

Deutsche Messe Restructures Event Portfolio

November 28, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Deutsche Messe announced on Wednesday in Hannover that it is streamlining its event portfolio: it will integrate CEBIT’s industry-related topics intoHANNOVER MESSE while also developing additional CEBIT topics into specialist events for decision-makers from vertical industries. The realignment is due to reduced space bookings for CEBIT 2019. Technological developments within the digital economy have reduced … Read more

Volfoni’s 3D Elliptical Polarization Patent Approved in the USA

November 28, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Volfoni is pleased to announce the recent granting of its three dimensional (3d) elliptical polarization patent no. US 10,151,932 in the US territory. Previous third-party cinema systems for 3d have required the use of passive 3d glasses based on either circular or linear polarization. However, Volfoni’s new innovation instead uses passive 3d glasses based on … Read more

Seamlessly Upgrade to RGB Laser and Boost Your 24/7 Video Wall Image-quality and TCO for Another 10+ Years

November 28, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Barco, a global leader in large video walls, announces the launch of its latest generation RGB Laser video wall upgrade program. This allows customers owning a Barco lamp- or LED-illuminated, rear-projection cube video wall to upgrade to the latest RGB Laser technology. The benefits include many years of additional service (more than 10 years in … Read more

DisplayLink Quad-Display Docking Station from Targus Wins CES 2019 Innovation Award

November 28, 2018 by Damir Lokas

DisplayLink, the leading provider of USB graphics and Wireless VR technology, joined Targus to announce the new Targus DOCK520USZ Universal Docking Station – the world’s first dock to support four extended HD displays – has been honored with a CES 2019 Innovation Award in the Computer Peripherals category. The DOCK520USZ utilises DisplayLink’s DL-3950 chip technology … Read more

Deepfakes: Can They Fool All of the People, All the Time?

December 21, 2022November 27, 2018 by Matthew Brennesholtz

Ever hear the term “Deepfakes” before? Unless you are a fan of on-line celebrity pornography, the answer is likely to be no. The term derives from an anonymous Reddit user who used the pseudonym “Deepfakes” when he posted several porn videos on the Internet in the fall of 2017. I discussed versions of the problem, … Read more

Stephan Heimbecher Joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland

November 27, 2018 by Damir Lokas

Imagine Communications has appointed Stephan Heimbecher as its new international director of consulting services, based out of Munich, Germany. Heimbecher joins Imagine Communications from Sky Deutschland, where he spent the last 16 years at the helm of innovation and standards for the German media company. In his new role at Imagine Communications, Heimbecher will lead … Read more

Mirrorcle Laser-cuts Ribbon On Cleanroom Facility For Volume MEMS Mirror Production

November 27, 2018 by Damir Lokas

In a ribbon cutting ceremony Mirrorcle Technologies inaugurated its new cleanroom space at the company’s Richmond, CA headquarters. Reflecting the company’s core competency of reliable optical beam-steering, the ribbon was cut by one of company’s latest products – a laser beam Scan Module which features a powerful 1W, blue (450nm) laser that was developed for … Read more

Allview Enters the Android Smart TV Market

November 27, 2018 by Damir Lokas

After entering the TV market in October, the Romanian brand Allview announces the signing of the contract with Google to launch its own brand of Android smart TVs. Closing the deal is a recognition from Google for Allview in terms of the capacity that the local brand demonstrated in Android integration on several product types. … Read more