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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

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 …

Scala Supports Chromebox

by Tom Allen

Companies including Samsung, HP and Asus have produced Chromebox productsScala has introduced a new player for digital signage devices that run Google Chrome, such as Chromebox products. As part of the work, Scala has …

Tags:Chrome| DOOH| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Google Starts New VR Group

by Bob Raikes

Google has created a VR computing division and has appointed Clay Bavor, previously Product Manager of apps including Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs, to run it. Google has already set up “Jump”, which …

Introducing Google’s Cardboard Camera App

by Arthur Berman

As a follow on to its Cardboard viewer and associated Cardboard app, Google has developed, and is now offering, a new virtual reality content creation tool for Android smartphones. Having taken about a year …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Chromecast Has 50Hz Support

by Tom Allen

Google has released a software update, which brings support for the 50Hz frame rate to its Chromecast dongle. Previously the device only ran content at 60Hz, the US TV standard, while European TV mostly …

Tags:Chrome| Google| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 50

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 50

by Tom Allen

More than two years after we first came across the Avegant Glyph headset (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41), the company is now preparing to ship the product. Orders will be honoured throughout Q1’16, …

Is the Time of Displays Driving Smartphone Sale Coming to an End?

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recent article published by Business Insider (‘A Google director explains how your smartphone will look in 5 years’) included an interview with Aparna Chennapragada, a Google director, at the Web Summit tech conference …

Google Patents Headband for Glass

by Tom Allen

A new patent, filed by Google, has hinted at what the next iteration of Google Glass might look like. Rather than the inflexible form factor of the original, patent 9,195,067 B1 shows a headband-type …