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The Therme Erding water park in Erding, Germany has incorporated VR technology into its water slide attractions. Visitors can choose from a range of virtual worlds to be immersed within, including a snowy mountain peak, outer space or a hot air balloon ride through the sky. Sensors placed along the slide track the position of … Read more
Fraunhofer FEP will present OLED elements that can be integrated into textiles at the ESTC2018 conference, which takes place in Dresden, Germany from September 18th to the 21st. To simplify the integration of OLED elements in clothing and to give designers the opportunity to use the technology, scientists have developed a functional button. The “O-Button” … Read more
The Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit (EWTS), the leading and longest-running conference for business and industrial use of AR, VR and other wearable technologies, is being held October 9-11, 2018 in Austin, Texas. Enterprises with large mobile and deskless workforces are beginning to move away from the use of traditional devices like smartphones and tablets towards … Read more
The early part of the week saw us still at IFA and we have shorter issues this week as we have also been working on the IFA special report, which will be out early next week, just before we get off to IBC. While the IFA event is a bit of a press scrum, with … Read more
Arecent report from Morgan Stanley has estimated that Apple’s forthcoming video-on-demand service will be worth $4.4 billion by 2025. Analyst Katy Huberty remarked: “While not a first mover, Apple’s attractive and sticky customer set combined with low friction sign-up and payment system could drive users to its video platform, even with a less complete content … Read more
Eizo Corporation globally announced the ColorEdge CG279X, a 27″ QuadHD 2560 x 1440 monitor designed for colour critical applications and using a number of features for content creators. The monitor supports HLG and PQ HDR curves and supports 98% of DCI-P3 with 1,300:1 contrast from an IPS panel with 350 cd/m² of output and recommended … Read more
Fujifilm has added a new mirrorless camera, the X-T3, that is able to record true DCI 4096 x 2160 video at 60fps with 10 bits of grey scale in 4:2:2 format through its external connector. The video can then be captured in an external recorder, such as the Atomos Ninja V which supports the Pro-res … Read more
A patent filed by Apple back during the second quarter of 2018 has surfaced, lending credence to recent reports that the Apple Watch Series 4 will feature a curved edge-to-edge OLED display. An additional patent details an anti-burn-in solution for OLED displays, saying, “The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of … Read more
According to IDC, smartphone shipments in Indonesia reached 9.4 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a growth of 22% quarter-on-quarter and 18% year-on-year, marking the highest shipments ever recorded in Indonesia. While the top-five companies continue to dominate the local smartphone market with more than 85% share, the new historical high was largely … Read more
Eutelsat is launching Eutelsat Cirrus, a hybrid satellite-OTT delivery solution, which the company says will enable broadcasters to offer a flexible, seamless content experience across multiple screens. It will provide a turnkey content delivery solution via satellite and OTT to operators seeking to launch or upgrade their service. Eutelsat Cirrus will provide satellite TV broadcasters … Read more
KPN in the Netherlands has said that it has started the transition of its DTT service to support DVB-T2 which will maintain the number of channels, but will move from SD to HD by using the improved transmission method and adopting the HEVC codec. As a result, new boxes will be needed.
TV service provider, Free, in France, which has been an innovator in the market, has been having a hard time recently, losing 70,000 subscribers and revenue in the first half of the year. To turn the business around, the company plans to release V7 of its FreeBox STB shortly and has said that it is … Read more
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