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Hisense Selects Seraphic for Vidda Smart TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

Hisense has chosen the Seraphic Sraf HTML5 browser for its Vidda smart TV platform. Hisense claims that it has 19 million active users of its internet-connected TVs. The Vidda platform was designed by Jamdeo …

Tags:Back Panel| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Presto Engineering to Host Euro Plugfest in France

by Bob Raikes

Presto Engineering, European Authorized Test Centre specializing in HDMI and HDCP compliance testing, is organizing an International HDMI Plugfest in France. The event will take place in Caen, Normandy, at the Presto Engineering offices …

Google now lets you explore U.S. National Parks via 360-degree virtual tours

by Milos Pavlovic

Google has created 360 degree ‘virtual tours’ of five US National Parks in Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Utah and Florida. Rangers guide viewers through the parks and are available on iOS and Android devices …

UK School Buys Elementary Mimio Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

Showing the potential if many schools decided to go digital, Girlington Primary School in the UK recently bought 15 70″ Mimio interactive touchscreens (one for each classroom), three 55″ Mimio displays for break out …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 34

AnyTiles from IAdea wins Tsai Ing-wen Award

by Isaac Oburu

Presented by the Taiwan president, IAdea’s AnyTiles won the Tsai Ing-wen digital signage award. The system is a video wall technology that uses a distributed control architecture.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Harmonic and TNO Show UHD VR

by Tom Allen

Harmonic is to show native UltraHD VR at IBC 2016 (9th-13th September, Amsterdam; stand 1.B20), in collaboration with Dutch research institute TNO. The demonstration will use TNO’s HEVC tiling technology, which enables VR content …

Christie and Founders Work Together to Light Up Citibank

by Isaac Oburu

Citibank with the help of Founders, have installed 19 Christie’s Christie GS Series laser phosphor projectors in their flagship branch in Nova Faria Lima in São Paulo, Brazil. The projectors were installed on the …

Fraunhofer Uses OLED in Medical Therapy

by Tom Allen

‘Light therapy’ is an important means for promoting the healing of wounds, especially in the epidermis (skin). Fraunhofer FEP has been examining flexible OLEDs as an area light source for applications in the medical …

Haptics Will be VR’s Next Push

by Tom Allen

Dexta Robotics has shown a new version of its DexMo ‘exoskeleton glove’, which is designed to add touch feedback to VR. Like the PowerClaw, the DexMo cannot track hand movements (yet – it is …

CCI Digital Signage Day Changes Venue to Cologne-Deutz

by Isaac Oburu

The venue for this year’s CCI Digital Signage Day has been changed to a larger one in Cologne-Deutz, due to the high number of registrations. The one-day event will be held at Hotel Dorint …

Smartphone Orchestra Plays Music Through Thousands of Phones

by Tom Allen

The Lowlands music festival in the Netherlands hosted the first edition of the Smartphone Orchestra this month. Attendees used their phones to collectively play a single piece of music, composed ahead of time for …

The PowerClaw Will Burn You Up

by Tom Allen

The PowerClaw is a set of haptic gloves that promise to make users feel not just touches, but wider sensations in virtual reality. Having recently launched an IndieGogo campaign, a prototype version was at …