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New Partners for Android TV

by Tom Allen

Google announced new Android TV partners at I/O 2016. They include Xiaomi, Grundig, Vestel, Beko and RCA. The first sets from RCA will be launched in the USA in June, while Beko and Vestel …

Tags:Android| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Google Sets Specs for New VR Platform

by Tom Allen

At its annual Google I/O developer conference this week, Google unveiled a new platform for virtual reality built on the next version of Android (Adroid N), known as Daydream. It will be a combination …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 19

NComputing Launches Chromebook CX110 and Chrome app

by Isaac Oburu

Today NComputing launches the , giving U.S. schools the ability to easily run Windows applications on their Chromebooks. More than half of all computers used in U.S. K-12 schools are Chromebooks, and now NComputing …

Tags:Chromebooks| Google| USA| Windows

Google Patents Tearable Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to a patent Google received in the US, the firm is envisioning a display that can be physically separated by the user to provide information on the separated display portion. The patent was …

The New York Times to Deliver 300K Google Cardboard Viewers to Digital Subscribers

by Isaac Oburu

In partnership with Google, The New York Times will distribute 300,000 Google Cardboard viewers to its most loyal digital subscribers next month in conjunction with the publication of “Seeking Pluto’s Frigid Heart,” a stereoscopic …

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Vizio Prepares More SmartCast

by Tom Allen

Vizio has continued to expand the built-in Chromecast functionality (‘Google Cast’) of its TV sets. The P-Series was introduced in early April (Vizio Integrates Google Cast, Scraps Tuner), and now the company has described …

Google Wants to Use OTT to ‘Blow Up’ Current Model

by Tom Allen

Chris Levendos, head of network deployment at Google Fibre, has said that the company would prefer an OTT TV model to its current strategy of fibre TV. Speaking at the Incompas Show in the …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Vizio Integrates Google Cast, Scraps Tuner

by Tom Allen

In late February, Variety reported on a new Vizio TV series that would feature built-in Chromecast functionality from Google (Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android). The sets would also use an Android tablet as …

Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android

by Tom Allen

Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company …

Are we at a Codec Inflection Point?

by Tom Allen

The topic of codecs keeps coming up in the video industry. Not only are new formats like UltraHD and VR demanding ever-higher levels of efficiency, but booming levels of internet video herald a surge …

Tags:Codecs| Google| HEVC (H.265)| Vol 23 - Issue 08| VP9

WSJ: Google Working on Standalone VR

by Tom Allen

Google is continuing to work on virtual reality, undeterred by the withdrawal of its Google Glass product. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is developing an all-in-one headset that will operate without …

Tags:Google| Google Glass| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Will Education Miss Out on ‘The Year of VR’?

by Tom Allen

In a recent article (Is Educational VR Content Ready for Prime Time?), my colleague Len Scrogan bemoaned the lack of VR content for education. Having just returned from BETT – arguably Europe’s largest technology …

Tags:BETT 2016| Google| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 03