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Wearables Battle the Hype Cycle at WTS 2016

by Tom Allen

This was our first year attending the Wearable Technology Show in London’s ExCel Centre, which has been running since 2014. Already, the event is beginning to branch out to cover more areas, such as …

InstaVR Speeds App Creation

by Tom Allen

A new tool was recently bought to our attention, which can be used to develop publication-ready VR apps. InstaVR, from Candlify VR, is an app authoring tool that uses a drag-and-drop web-based interface. It …

Tags:Content Creation| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 09

Samsung Pay Continues Global Momentum in 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Samsung Pay, the most accepted mobile payment service that works at the majority of merchants today, has reached a global milestone – about five million registered users processed …

VR in the Soviet States

by Tom Allen

VoD service Megogo has launched its own VR app, Megogo VR. The service, which is available in 15 of the former Soviet states, is available on Android now; an iOS app will follow soon. …

Car Displays as the New “Wearable” Device

by Steve Sechrist

Admittedly, this may be a bit of a stretch but perhaps the next revolution in wearable devices is as close as your garage. That car (or pickup truck) we climb into every day could …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Mobile Apps| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Mobile Banking Will Double by 2020

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 1 billion people will use their smartphones for mobile banking this year. The global user base is expected to double, to 2 billion, by 2020 – representing 37% …

Tags:Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we refer to augmented reality technology we often make a mental connection to head-mounted devices, even though most augmented reality applications will continue to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. …

Tags:Advertising| Augmented Reality| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones

Consumer Usage of Smartphone Navigation Apps Rises Sharply

by Tom Allen

Navigation tasks are vitally important use-cases for the in-vehicle consumer. Regardless of device type (embedded or portable), a well-put-together and usable connected navigation system must provide information which is timely, relevant, and easily-consumed. A …

Tags:Mobile Apps| Navigation

Fogg Clarifies Mobile Mistakes

by Bob Raikes

Ian Fogg is originally from the cable TV business, but now looks at the mobile industry for IHS. He gave a high bandwidth talk that started by looking at the mistakes that had been …

Haptics Have Lots of Growth Opportunities (IC4)

by Bob Raikes

The next section was entitled “Evolution of the Immersive Experience” and covered a range of technologies. Immersion is a company that is “about haptics” which it sees as the feedback for touch experiences. The …

Juniper Forecasts Augmented Reality in Enterprise

by Tom Allen

Augmented reality technology in enterprise will drive app revenues of $2.4 billion in 2019 – an 870% rise from the $247 million in 2014. According to Juniper Research, interest in AR applications in enterprise …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Christie’s CEN Arrives in US Cinema Lobbies

by Tom Allen

Christie has begun the rollout of its new Christie Experiential Networks solution, introduced last October, to 200 cinema lobbies across the USA. CEN uses two display platforms: digital one-sheets (65″ vertically-oriented displays in wall-mounted …