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Vuzix Scores Eight CES Awards

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has secured eight CES Innovation Awards, for products that will be on show at CES 2016 this January. A new product, the iWear Wireless Video Headphones, was named ‘Best of Innovations Awards Honoree’ …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CES 2016| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Vuzix

Forbes Chooses AV Stumpfl

by Tom Allen

AV Stumpfl supplied one of its curved projection screens – 4m x 30m – for use at Forbes’ international conference. Held in Athens, the event was attended by more than 500 people. Five of …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Projection Screens| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 45

LG and Samsung Secure CES Awards

by Tom Allen

LG and Samsung have both taken multiple CES 2016 Innovation Awards: 21 and 38, respectively. Winning products for LG included the 77″ UltraHD OLED TV, V10 smartphone and G Watch Urbane 2nd Edition; other …

Tags:Back Panel| CTA (was CEA)| Events| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 45

DCS Explores the 4k Finish

by Tom Allen

On the 21st November, the Digital Cinema Society will explore the challenges of and solutions to finishing content in UltraHD, at an event in Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Approaches to be examined will include …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 45

IFA Launches Chinese Event

by Tom Allen

A new event will take place in China next year, organised by IFA. Consumer Electronics China will run from the 20th – 22nd April in the Shenzen Convention and Exhibition Centre. Both Chinese and …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

US Coast Guard Chooses Daisy

by Tom Allen

The US Coast Guard has chosen to purchase flat panel displays from Daisy Data Displays, because of their compatibility with night-vision goggles. The displays, which have a night-vision imaging system, will be used in …

Tags:Avionics| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Le Petit Chef Keeps Diners Entertained

by Tom Allen

A French restaurant, Le Petit Chef, is using a unique way to entertain their guests while waiting for their order: projection mapping. Projectors above the table show an animation – involving a literally ‘petit’ …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mapping & Cartography| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Using People as a Billboard in Cannes

by Tom Allen

Visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club, in Cannes, experienced graphics projected onto their own bodies thanks to work between Microsoft and Christie. The project used Microsoft’s Kinect, to track movement, and Christie projectors (HD14K-M) …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| France| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Smart to Run Webinar on Interactive Displays

by Bob Raikes

Smart is running a webinar to introduce the idea of the Smart kapp whiteboard for those interested in the use of interactive displays in the corporate market. Check http://tinyurl.com/ojyxwzr for details.

Tags:Back Panel| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

German TV Platform Celebrates 25 Years

by Milos Pavlovic

The German TV Platform, an association of companies involved in setting the direction of German TV, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a meeting in Berlin on 10th November that will look at how …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 44

HTC’s Vive win Best Accessory Prize

by Milos Pavlovic

HTC’s Vive VR headset has won the best accessory award at the Paris Games Week. The Vive product is due to ship to developers later this year, with volume shipments in 2016. Attendance at …

Tags:Back Panel| Game Playing| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Microtiles Installed in Madrid

by Tom Allen

Christie Microtiles have been chosen to form a video wall at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas’ new assembly hall, at its Cantoblanco campus in Madrid. Originally the University wanted a projector, which would have generated …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Cubes| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 44