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FETC Launches U.S. Ed Tech Conference Season

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2016), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends …

Tags:3D software| Education| Interactive Displays| Promethean| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 04

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BETT Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Albion supplies Apple solutions to the UK education market, as well as training. We asked about the competition from Google’s Chromebooks – which are significantly cheaper – and were told that Apple’s iPads etc …

Tags:Augmented Reality| BETT 2016| Education| Epson| Extron| Fujitsu| Google| Huawei| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Acer Integrates TeachSmart in Notebook

by Tom Allen

Acer expanded its TravelMate line with a new notebook called the B117: the first to support the company’s TeachSmart solution. TeachSmart will work in conjunction with an LED indicator on the the lid of …

Tags:Acer| BETT 2016| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Rugged Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Is Educational VR Content Ready for Prime Time?

by Len Scrogan

I was delighted by reading TI Fellow Karl Guttag’s recent piece on Display Daily entitled VR and AR Head Mounted Displays – Sorry, but there is no Santa Claus. In this remarkable piece, Guttag …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D Content Creation| 3D software| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 02

The Screen-time Debate Rages into 2016

by Len Scrogan

Consider for a moment these recently occurring episodes in a number of K12 schools: A Massachusetts educator notes that when their entire school community was surveyed last spring, the top concern of parents, teachers, …

Tags:display technology| Education| Visual Ergonomics| Vol 22 - Issue 01

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Acer Aims at Schools with Wistron

by Bob Raikes

The Chinese language Economic Daily News has reported that Acer has done a deal with Wistron to use its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) technology in smart classrooms in Chongqing. Previously, Acer had done …

Tags:Acer| Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Sony Plans Bett Attendance

by Tom Allen

Sony has announced what it will be showing at Bett 2016 (20th – 23rd January, London), the European education technology show. The primary focus will be on the use of technology to engage students …

Tags:BETT 2016| Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 52

ViewSonic Partners with Mersive to Provide Turnkey Collaboration Solutions

by Tom Allen

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, announced the company has partnered with Mersiveto offer its award-winning Solstice collaboration solution to ViewSonic’s corporate and education customers. Through this partnership, ViewSonic will …

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Sony to Unveil its latest Professional AV Solutions at ISE 2016

by Tom Allen

Sony Professional Solutions Europe will be back at ISE 2016 in Amsterdam (9-12 February), under the ´Beyond Definition´ theme, to unveil an impressive brand-new DOME stand designed to take visitors through an immersive experience …

Tags:business| Dome Projection| Education| ISE 2016| Laser Projectors| Projectors| sony

3D in Education: Before and After Shapshots

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. Refer to the introductory article for this series, entitled Chasing the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D software| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

ISE will Focus on Laser Projectors

by Tom Allen

An ‘ultra-bright’ laser projector will be on show at Optoma‘s stand (1.M80). This is only one of the new products on show, which will also include a 1DLP UltraHD projector; a laser phosphor projector …

Tags:business| Digital Signage| Dome Projection| Education| Interactive Displays| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 51