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VR Has a Serious Sex Application

by Bob Raikes

It’s often said that the driving force of much new technology is porn. But VR is having a more serious use in Spain. Institut Marquès, a private fertility clinic with centres in Barcelona, London, …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Spain| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Adidas Wearables Division Closes

by Bob Raikes

Adidas has closed the division that it was using to develop wearables, the Digital Sports unit. A report has said that 74 jobs will be lost or re-assigned as the company is moving its …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 48| Wearables

Having Enough Scale…

by Bob Raikes

The big business story this week is only obliquely related to displays, but I thought it was interesting. I’m referring to the deal for Disney to buy Twenty-First Century Fox Inc which will give …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47

DSCC Looks for DisplayWeek Speakers

by Bob Raikes

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) is again running the 2018 SID Business Track consisting of the SID/DSCC Business Conference, SID/DSCC Investor’s Conference, SID/DSCC Automotive Conference and SID/VeV/OLED-A Immersive Experience Conference. Speakers and panelists are …

Vuzix Raises $12.5 Million

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix announced that it has raised $12.5 million in a direct offering of 2 million shares at $6.05. The company also issued three year warrants for the purchase of another million shares at $7. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47| Vuzix

OTT Revenues to Reach $120 Billion by 2022

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research has forecast that OTT revenues will reach $120 billion by 2022, almost double the level of $64 billion this year. Over a quarter of all global households will subscribe by the end …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 48

T-Mobile Will Launch Its Own TV Service Next Year

by Andrew Fenn

T-Mobile has acquired start-up cable company Layer3 TV, and announced plans to launch its own TV service in the US in 2018. Layer3, founded in 2013, is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and currently available …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Vol 24 #47 Product Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Asus has a new laptop based on the Qualcomm snapdragon 835 and running Windows S. The display is a 13.3″ IPS FullHD LCD with 8.9mm bezels. The unit has 4G LTE connectivity (with up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Apple Announces Final Cut Pro X with Support for 360º Video

by Norbert Hildebrand

On the heels of the iMac Pro announcement, Apple is releasing an update to its Final Cut Pro X software. The new release offers additional options for this very popular software package. The new …

Apple Awards $390M to Finisar to Increase Production

by Norbert Hildebrand

After the investment into a Corning glass plant earlier in 2017, Apple announced the second recipient for a portion of its advanced manufacturing fund. The recipient of $390 million is Finisar Corporation, a US-based …

Tags:Apple| Laser| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Regal and IMax Launch Virtual Reality Centre in Times Square

by Andrew Fenn

Regal, in partnership with IMax, has unveiled the new IMax VR Centre at Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX in Times Square, New York City. The new centre is one of only six in …

Amazing Video of Lightning

by Bob Raikes

It has little to do with displays, but we assume that readers of a Display newsletter must be, at least a little, interested in great images. We recently saw an amazing Vimeo video of …