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Rumour Claims ‘PS4.5’ Will Run Games at UHD

by Tom Allen

Prolific rumour mill, Kotaku, claims that Sony is developing a Playstation 4 that can support UltraHD games. The ‘PS4.5’ may be a new device or a simple addon, and will include a new GPU …

Tags:4k| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Forecast for AR and VR Promises the Next Big Thing

by Norbert Hildebrand

Whenever a new technology comes along, the ultimate question is ‘How much revenue will it create?’. In the case of VR and AR most researchers see this as a high potential technology that is …

Tags:AR Glasses| Game Playing| Market| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Virtual Sets| Vol 23 - Issue 11

VR Takes Over GDC 2016

by Tom Allen

The Game Developers’ Conference took place in San Francisco this month. With the advances in virtual reality, this event is becoming ever more relevant to display makers. AMD estimates that it has an 83% …

Tags:AMD| Events| Game Playing| Gamer| GPUs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Imagination Tech| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 10| xBox

Gaming Hardware Will Grow This Year

by Tom Allen

The value of the worldwide market for gaming hardware will pass $140 billion in 2019, according to a Jon Peddie Research presentation made at the Game Developer Conference 2016. After shrinking slightly in 2015 …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Will Gaming Outsell Pornography for VR?

by Tom Allen

It is a maxim that ‘porn drives technology’ – one that we have referenced ourselves a number of times. Demand for pornography helped to driver consumer adoption of the internet, and the genre was …

Tags:Game Playing| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 12

The Open Gaming Alliance at The Game Developers Conference

by Isaac Oburu

Portrait Displays, Inc., a global leader in visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry, will be demonstrating how a membership with the Open Gaming Alliance can provide an opportunity …

Tags:Events| Game Playing| Gamer| Portrait Displays| USA

Embedded World Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

Alpha Display is Korea-based although it also has offices in San Jose and Sofia. It specialises in industrial and touch displays and was showing four models in 10.4″, 15″, 17″ and 19″ that are …

Tags:Automotive| Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2016| Game Playing| Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Acer Compensates for 30Hz With G-Sync

by Tom Allen

We first heard about Acer’s new offering for the gaming market – a large UltraHD monitor called the XB321HK – back in November last year (Leak Reveals New Acer Gaming Monitor), and it is …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 09

JPR Hosts Breakfast Briefing at GDC

by Isaac Oburu

Portrait Displays has announced that it will sponsor the Jon Peddie Research (JPR) press briefing breakfast at the Game Developer’s Conference. The breakfast will take place at 8:15 AM on the 16th March, at …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 08

ViewSonic Eliminates Tearing

by Tom Allen

Having shown off its new gaming and multimedia displays at CES (Digital Experience Has Lots to See), ViewSonic has presented them to the market, sharing prices and specs. Both the XG (gaming) and VX57-MHD …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IPS| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 08

AOC Gearing up for CeBIT 2016

by Tom Allen

AOC is inviting attendees to this year’s CeBIT show to view its recent B2C, B2B and gaming products. CeBIT will take place between the 14tth and 18th March in Hannover, Germany. The manufacturer will …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 08