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Toshiba Supplies Terminals to Deen

by Tom Allen

The Castricum branch of the Dutch supermarket chain Deen has become the first to use a self-service checkout solution from Toshiba. Three terminals have been installed, and Deen’s locations in Heemskerk, Zaandam and Almere …

Tags:Back Panel| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Visionect’s Displays Help to Counter Bullying

by Tom Allen

Visionect’s electronic paper displays are being used in a new anti-bullying product called the Community Hub. This “black box of violence prevention” can be used by students to anonymously report bullying. Visionect’s technology was …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| ePaper| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

VRLA Returns to LACC

by Tom Allen

The VRLA Summer Expo event will be held in the LA Convention Centre again this year, on the 5th and 6th August. More than 100 VR and AR exhibitors (including HTC, Google and Nokia) …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 27

NTD TV Upgrades PlayBox

by Tom Allen

Chinese language news broadcaster New Tang Dynasty TV (NTD TV), based in NYC, has upgraded its playout system with Playbox. The broadcaster was using Playbox’s Airbox system at its Houston channel, and has upgraded …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcasters| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Epson Scores CE Week Win

by Tom Allen

Epson’s Pro Cinema 6040UB projector was named as CE Week Best in Show by the Dealerscope editorial team. Dealerscope praised the projector’s design, innovation, features and overall value in the marketplace.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CE Week 2016| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

‘World’s Most Realistic Simulator’ Uses Barco

by Tom Allen

Norway’s Rørvik Safety Centre provides simulator-based training to the crew of fishing vessels. To provide the most realistic training experience, the Centre recently upgraded its MarinSim simulator, using nine Barco F22 projectors illuminating a …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Panasonic Builds Museum in the Cloud

by Tom Allen

You are now able to view the history of Panasonic’s technology without leaving your desk. The company has built a virtual museum (http://tinyurl.com/znvc4cf), where ‘visitors’ can view four different zones (‘Experiential projection’, ‘Informative display’, …

Tags:Back Panel| Cloud Computing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Airbus Develops ‘Promising’ AR Tool

by Tom Allen

The SART (Smart Augmented Reality Tool, aka MiRA) solution, developed by Airbus, and shown at Laval Virtual, has been listed as one of CIO Review’s ’20 Most Promising Augmented Reality Technologies’. The system imposes …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

AV Stumpfl Celebrates Norway’s Olympic History

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl’s Wings Engine Raw media servers and Wings Vioso calibration software have been used to resurrect Norway’s Olympic past in the Norwegian Olympic Museum. Opened in February, the Museum features the ‘Lysgaardsbakkene’ (‘Jump …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Olympics| Projection| Projection Mapping| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Barco Supports Hyundai’s 360° Projection

by Tom Allen

Hyundai has installed a 20m x 40m dome structure in King’s Cross, London to bring football fans to ‘the heart of each match’. The FanDome is a 360° experience, created to host 40,000 guests …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Dome Projection| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Mutlitaction Reaches Houses of Parliament

by Tom Allen

A Multitaction iWall was installed at the Houses of Parliament in the UK, to support a week-long exhibition held by the British Lung Foundation. The exhibition began on the 4th July and used the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Multitouch| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Foxxum Signs With Express Luck

by Milos Pavlovic

Chinese TV maker Express Luck has chosen to use Foxxum’s smart TV solution in TVs produced by its Romanian subsidiary, Contex Digital Electronics SRL. These sets will be sold across Europe.

Tags:Back Panel| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 27