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Booky Bets on VR

by Tom Allen

UK bookmaker William Hill is using VR to increase the declining number of horse racing bets it is receiving. Gamblers can wear an Oculus Rift headset (or use any Google Cardboard-like device) to view …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Google Signs Sweet Deal With Nestlé

by Tom Allen

Remember Android 4.4, also known as ‘KitKat’? The name was part of a deal between Nestlé and Google – and the favour is now being returned. A limited run of 600,000 KitKat bars in …

Tags:Android| Back Panel| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Barco Takes Home Edison Award

by Tom Allen

Barco’s Coronis Uniti medical display (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) has won a Silver Edison Award. (Clearly, I wasn’t the only person to be impressed with the features of this monitor! – BR)

Christie Ups Resolution at Cannes

by Tom Allen

Christie has supplied 31 Solaria series digital projectors to this year’s Cannes Film Festival (13th – 24th May). This is the first year that one of the CFF’s open-air screenings will take place in …

Laser Lands in Imax

by Tom Allen

The first Imax laser projectors will reach the UK at the end of the summer, along with a new 12-channel surround sound system. The Empire, in London’s Leicester Square, will be the first theatre …

Jump From the Mountains – in NYC

by Tom Allen

North Face is challenging customers to go on a high-octane adventure – in-store. The retailer is testing the use of virtual reality headsets to transport people visiting its NYC store to a remote hiking …

Arrow Takes Partner Award

by Tom Allen

EMC Corporation has named Arrow Electronics as its North America Distributor Partner of the Year for 2014. This is the second year in a row that Arrow has received the recognition.

SID Investors’ Conference Highlights Emerging Technologies

by Tom Allen

SID is partnering with IHS and Cowen and Company for its 11th Annual Investors’ Conference, The event will take place during Display Week (31st May – 5th June, San Jose). The conference will last …

OOH Awards Winners Announced

by Tom Allen

The 2014 Out of Home Awards marked the first year that the event hosted a ‘Digital Media’ category. The winners have now been announced, with Hutchison 3G Austria taking the overall second place award …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Barco Used to Break Projection World Record

by Tom Allen

Creative Technology has used the Hoover Dam as the USA’s largest-ever projection screen. To mark the launch of Freightliner’s new truck, CT Group was contacted for the project by OSK Communications. The dam’s surface …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Academy Upgrades With Digital Displays

by Tom Allen

A new 5m² projection room has been installed in the Hastings Academy in the UK. The 270° space uses three projectors, with content driven by a Onelan Net-Top-Box 6000 media player and Datapath multi-screen …

High-Res Remake Celebrates Welles’ 100th Birthday

by Tom Allen

The Third Man, Orson Welles’ 1949 film, is to get an UltraHD restoration to celebrate the actor’s 100th birthday. It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month, followed by a limited release …