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Google and Qualcomm do the Tango

by Tom Allen

The next version of Google’s 3D-sensing smartphone, Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), will be driven by a Qualcomm processor. It will be the Snapdragon 810.

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23

SID Reveals Winners of 20th Annual Display Industry Awards

by Bob Raikes

The Society for Information Display (SID) today announced the winners of its 20th annual Display Industry Awards. The honorees will be recognized during a special luncheon on Wednesday, June 3, as part of Display …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2015| Smartwatches

Lenovo Challenges Google

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has unveiled a bevy of new devices at an event in Beijing, including a Chromecast rival. First are three new laptops for consumers: the Z41 and Z51 are for multimedia use, and the …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Streaming Dongles| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 22

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Looks Like 3D Depth Capture is a Hot Topic

by Bob Raikes

We have a quieter week this week in the mobile area, while the large display side has plenty of news because of the NAB show. I have attended NAB in the past and much …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Apple| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 16

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Fraunhofer IIS Does Lightfield Movie Production Test

by Chris Chinnock

At the Technology Summit for Cinema, Frederik Zilly of Fraunhofer IIS told a very interesting story about the making of their first movie using light field production techniques. Over the last couple of years, …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Cameras| NAB 2015| Post Production| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Cancelled Flights & Depth Cameras

by Bob Raikes

After the Easter break, there seems to have been something of a slow down in “big news” so Front Page stories were not so obvious as last week as we went to press. (The …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Editorial| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Exceet Claims Inexpensive Gesture Recognition

by Tom Allen

Exceet Electronics GmbH claims to have developed a way to implement gesture control, without using cameras. The system is based on electronic field lines, and their modification through gestures. It can be installed in …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Tango Leaves Google Labs

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Tango, the 3D-sensing smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), has been moved from the conceptual ATAP labs and into the main body of Google. What the move means isn’t clear, but …

Tags:3D Cameras| 3D Depth Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Intel Gives a Keynote – and Might Have Convinced us About Realsense

by Bob Raikes

 Intel’s Brian Krzanich gave a keynote address for the second year in a row. Intel also had a booth with its partners. In his keynote, Krzanich said that we are on a wave of …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 3D Depth Cameras| CES 2015| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation

by Tom Allen

Unlike other tier one companies, Acer had taken a suite in The Cosmopolitan, with no presence on the show floor at all. We visited on Sunday, two days before CES officially began. Mobility was …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Acer| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 03