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Google Jump Captures the World in 360 Degree 3D

by Arthur Berman

One of the challenges faced by participants in the Virtual Reality industry is to make creating and watching VR simpler for consumers. To that end, Google has launched a new open source VR platform …

Tags:Google| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Google Smart Lens Kicks Off DAC 2015

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeGoogle’s glucose-monitoring contact lens was a prototype a year ago (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4), but was presented as a named product at the opening of the Design Automation Conference this …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

by Phillip Wright

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened …

Google Plans Chrome Players With AOpen

by Tom Allen

Sources say that Google is to launch two Chrome-based digital signage players, with AOpen, in the middle of Q3’15. Production was scheduled for Q2, but was deferred due to to certification issues. One product, …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Google and Qualcomm do the Tango

by Tom Allen

The next version of Google’s 3D-sensing smartphone, Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), will be driven by a Qualcomm processor. It will be the Snapdragon 810.

Google Looks to Radars as Camera Replacement

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA new sensor, called Project Soli, which can be used to accurately track tiny hand movements has been shown off at Google I/O. The chip, for wearables, differs from other motion trackers …

Google Shows Off Android M

by Tom Allen

Android M, the next version of the popular OS, has been announced at Google I/O. Google has focused on improving the quality of the platform. However, new features have also been added, which include …

Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Google is Committed to Cardboard. Really.

by Tom Allen

Google Cardboard (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) was presumed to be a simple marketing stunt. Google, however, appears to be taking the device seriously – enough that the company has released a second …

Tags:Google| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wearables

Tech Companies Dominate Brand-Value Rankings

by Tom Allen

Millward Brown’s annual ‘Brandz’ report (http://tinyurl.com/pmmjurd) contains quite the win for technology firms: four are in the top five, and six in the top 10. Apple (the overall most valuable brand in the world), …

Apple Readying Google Competitor

by Tom Allen

9to5Mac says that Apple is preparing ‘a major new iOS initiative’ known as Proactive, to challenge Google Now. The software will use Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook and third-party apps. It will apparently replace the …

Tags:Apple| Google| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Rumour: Two Nexus Phones Compensate for Lack of Tablet

by Tom Allen

Google’s newest tablet is the Nexus 9, released in 2014Google is likely to produce two new Nexus smartphones this year, but no tablet, according to Android Police. One phone will be produced by LG; …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Sling TV Releases App for Android TV, Including Google’s Nexus Player

by Helen Vince

Sling TV has launched its Android TV application for Google’s Nexus Player, available for immediate download in the Google Play Store. Sling TV and Google are kicking off their collaboration with a promotion that …

Tags:Android| Google