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The Virtuix Treadmill is Now a Consumer Product

by Arthur Berman

A continuing challenge in virtual reality is dealing with issues that relate to user movement. One such issue is, perhaps, best illustrated by an example. Consider a user wearing a VR headset. If the …

Tags:Game Controllers| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Wearable Growth in Triple Digits

by Tom Allen

The worldwide wearable market jumped forward in Q4’15, says IDC, due to the rising popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. 27.4 million units were shipped in Q4, 126.9% higher than Q4’14. For …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 07| Wearable Market| Worldwide

Restructuring Halts Toshiba Product Launch

by Tom Allen

Wearvue grew out of the Toshiba Glass concept, first seen in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41)An augmented reality product from Toshiba, called the Wearvue TG-01, has been scrapped – just one week …

Tags:AR Glasses| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Users to Blame for 75% of Device ‘Failures’

by Tom Allen

No trouble is found with almost 75% of mobile devices returned to mobile network operators and manufacturers in Europe and North America, according to Blancco Technology Group – a provider of mobile device diagnostic …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 07| warranty

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Zenfone Shipments Lowered

by Isaac Oburu

Asus has adjusted the set target for worldwide shipments of its Zenfone-series smartphones from 30 million to 25 million units. Analysts suspect the downward adjustment is due to increasing competition from China-based smartphone vendors …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Google Pushes Android 6.0 to Shield

by Isaac Oburu

The Nvidia Shield (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console) is the first device to get version 6.0 (Marshmallow) of Android TV. The software update comes with new features and includes various …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Asustek Challenges Knox

by Tom Allen

Asus has released a video showing off a new series of business tablets called the Zenpad M Series, although information about them is still thin. Built for business, the 7″ and 10″ units are …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Software| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Liberty Global Prepares UHD Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, has said that their set-top boxes will be UltraHD-capable beginning next year. However, Liberty Global has said that it has no plans to introduce UltraHD services itself this …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Arris Warns of 10% Cuts

by Tom Allen

Arris has made ‘substantial progress’ in the integration of UK STB company Pace (Arris to Acquire Pace for $2.1 Billion). The company closed the deal in January, following a declaration of full year 2015 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Technicolor Uncovers Extra Cisco Synergies

by Tom Allen

Technicolor has ‘found’ an additional €30 million in synergies, following its acquisition of Cisco’s Connected Devices (set-top) business last year (Technicolor Acquires Cisco’s CPE Business). Synergies are now expected to exceed €130 million by …

Tags:Cisco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Technicolor| Vol 23 - Issue 07

NEC

NEC Successfully Showcases ‘Your World is Our Showroom’

by Isaac Oburu

NEC Display Solutions Europe concluded a successful ISE 2016 with the theme, ‘Your world is our showroom’. ISE 2016 highlighted NEC’s innovation in LCD, LED and laser technologies, touch and interactivity and sensor technologies …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Nanoco Shines at Prism Awards

by Isaac Oburu

Nanoco was selected as the winner of the Prism Awards, 2016 in the Materials and Coatings category, for its cadmium-free quantum dots. The award was presented at a ceremony held in San Francisco during …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 07