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Titan X Should be Used for UltraHD – And Only UltraHD

by Tom Allen

In a series of benchmarking tests, Hexus has determined that Nvidia’s new Titan X GPU (Titan X: A Low-Cost Answer to Titan Z) is capable of driving UltraHD content at very high frame rates …

Tags:Chips| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Magic Leap Shows a Glimps of Augmented Reality Game

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magic Leap made headlines after closing a financing round of over half a billion dollars last year. Just in case you wonder what you can do with that amount of cash, the company has …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Titan X: A Low-Cost Answer to Titan Z

by Tom Allen

We heard about Nvidia’s Titan X earlier this month (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console), when it was previewed at GDC 2015. Now, the company has officially announced the card at …

Tags:Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| UltraHD| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Tobii Moves Objects, Blocks Sounds and Enables Eye Contact

by Tom Allen

Tobii has written a new post (http://tinyurl.com/puh8q2a) about four different ways in which eye-tracking can be used by developers. All of these have been used by Tobii at some point. Multi-dimensional movement is a …

Tags:Game Controllers| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 22 - Issue 11

AOC Continues eSports Sponsorship

by Tom Allen

AOC will be the official monitor provider to the ESL UK Premiership eSports competition. Covering teams from the UK and Ireland over three seasons, qualifiers began in late February. The finals, for games including …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Valve Streams Games Cheaply, Provides Console Release Date

by Tom Allen

Valve has finally provided a date for the release of its Steam Machine consoles. Units will begin to be released from November this year. At the same time the company showed off the Steam …

Tags:Broadcast| Consoles| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Steam Consoles| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 10

AOC Sponsors Ireland’s Gaming Tournament

by Tom Allen

AOC is the official sponsor of Ireland’s G-Series 2015 gaming tournament. The tournament consists of three major events (G-Series 4, 5 and 6), plus sub-tournaments and side events. AOC is providing 14 of its …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Gameface’s HMD Uses Samsung OLED

by Tom Allen

Gameface Labs, which is developing an untethered gaming VR headset, has provided an update on its progress. The Gameface EP1 uses an AMOLED display from Samsung, with 2560 x 1440 resolution, a 60Hz refresh …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Wearables

Huawei’s Mediapad is for Film Lovers

by Tom Allen

The Mediapad T1 8.0 is a new 8″ tablet from Huawei, apparently covering more than 90% of Adobe RGB. It has an IPS panel with 1280 x 800 resolution, 178 deg viewing angles and …

Tags:Game Playing| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Shield Successor Set for March Debut

by Tom Allen

Fudzilla claims that Nvidia will release a successor to the Shield tablet this year, powered by its new X1 processor (which follows 2013’s K1). Expected to be announced in March, the tablet will have …

Tags:Broadcast| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Nvidia| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 08

BenQ Begins Freesync Introduction

by Tom Allen

High resolution, a high refresh rate and low response time are all part of what makes BenQ’s XL2730Z monitor suitable for desktop PC gaming. As well as its own specifications, the 27″ unit boasts …

Tags:BenQ| Colour (Color)| Desktop Monitors| DisplayPort| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

NanoTech Finalises High Velocity Acquisition

by Vanessa Browning

NanoTech Entertainment has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in High Velocity Enterprises (HVEL), as part of an overall corporate reorganisation. NanoTech will place its gaming labs division into HVEL which will include the …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 06