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Popular Science Chooses HTC as VR Revolution

by Tom Allen

HTC’s Vive VR headset and platform has won two awards from Popular Science Magazine. Every December, the magazine’s editorial team chooses new technologies that it thinks will change the world. This year, the HTC …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

ICDM Extends Working Meeting

by Tom Allen

The ICDM meeting in Boulder, Colorado next year (ICDM Hosts Boulder Meeting) has been extended to four days: 22nd – 25th February. This is to allow for a full day of discussions at the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Flickr to Support Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Flickr has said that it will support the Samsung Gear VR by producing an app for the Gear VR that makes it easy to see a range of curated 360º content. The content can …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 50

USB-IF Certifies Analogix for Power Delivery

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor’s ANX7428 USB-C port controller has achieved USB- Power Delivery certification, from the USB Implementers Forum. The ANX74XX family is an integrated single-chip solution for mobile devices.

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| Certification| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 50

LG Hopes to Win at Super Bowl

by Tom Allen

Ridley and Jake Scott will work together to direct the advertLG will show its first Super Bowl advert during the next game, due to be played on the 7th February 2016, which will promote …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Christie is on the Light Sight

by Tom Allen

Christie was taken on to provide the red carpet experience at the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the 14th December. Christie pre-configured and staged much of the equipment in its California …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Cinema going| Events| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Jaunt Brings Middle East to VR

by Tom Allen

VR content producer Jaunt Studios is working with Ryot, a VR production studio, to produce a documentary series in – you guessed it – VR. Holy Land will be filmed and directed by David …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Updating Agriculture for the 21st Century

by Tom Allen

Farmers Edge is a North American company that exhibits at trade shows across Canada and the USA. The company recently took on Advance Pro, of Canada, to design a modular and portable AV solution …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| North America| Vol 22 - Issue 50

FlexEnable-CPT Show Glassless AMOLED

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable and CPT manufactured a flexible, colour AMOLED display back in June (CPT-FlexEnable Partnership Marks Flexible Mass-Production), and have now published a video of it in action. Watch it below or visit http://tinyurl.com/q6tjc45.

Tags:AMOLED| Back Panel| CPT| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50| YouTube

John Lewis Gets Into VR Game

by Tom Allen

John Lewis is currently showing a VR experience at its Oxford Street store in London. The company is stocking the Freefly VR headset exclusively for the next four weeks, and is demonstrating it to …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| John Lewis Partnership| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Bitkom Discusses German TV

by Tom Allen

Biitkom will hold the New TV Summit 2016 on the 27th February in Berlin, on the topic, ‘The TV in German living rooms – a discontinued model’. The event will discuss the proliferation of …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 50

HTC Shows Vive in Taiwan

by Tom Allen

HTC is showing off its Vive VR headset in Taipei’s Syntrend Creative Park, from now until the 13th January. The event gives Taiwanese consumers a chance to try the headset before it goes on …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 50