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HP Has Qualcomm-based 2-in-1

by Bob Raikes

HP has launched the HP Envy x2 a Windows 10 detachable PC that is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip. The device has a claimed battery life of 20 hours and uses a …

Will Royole Try to Make a Tablet?

by Bob Raikes

Royole, the headset and OLED developer is reported to have developed a tablet/phablet of around 6″ to 7″ that will use an OLED display. Analyst Comment We were unable to find any definitive confirmation …

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Google vs Amazon Fight is Stepped Up

by Bob Raikes

Variety has reported that Google has blocked access to YouTube from Amazon’s Fire TV devices and the Echo Show device. A spokesperson told the publication: “We’ve been trying to reach agreement with Amazon to …

Epson Extends Price Reductions on Moverio

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a rebate programme for the Epson Moverio Drone Edition of the BT-300FPV last week, and now we have news of new pricing on the professional headsets in Europe. The new pricing …

User Experience Becomes More Important in TV

by Bob Raikes

Parks Associates said that as the flat panel TV market has flattened, the focus of buyers is towards the user experience when they look at Smart TVs or media players. The company said that …

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Consumer Media Consumption to Continue to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Media consumption continues to rise globally and PQ Media said that it will rise by 1.9% to hit 50 hours per week (HPW) in 2017. The analyst expects consumption to increase again in 2018 …

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Football, Augmented Reality and More

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The National Football League (NFL), Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and the Thinkwell Group have teamed up to present American football fans with a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) …

Quanta Announces Partnership with Lumus and Infinity AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Israel based optics and display engine developer Lumus has announced a partnership with Quanta Computers and Jorjin Technologies. The partnership includes the newly presented AR developer kit, the DK-50. The developer kit is …

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Google Introduces Oreo – Android Lite

by Bob Raikes

Google has released Android Oreo (Go Edition), a ‘lightweight’ version of Android that is intended for lower cost smartphones and the announcement was made in India, which is likely to be one of the …

Fraunhofer introduces new OLED Microdisplay for VR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (Fraunhofer FEP) in Dresden has introduced a new OLED microdisplay specifically targeting virtual reality (VR) applications. This is part of the European LOMID …

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Research Project Looks at AR Occlusion

by Bob Raikes

A research group at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences has developed a prototype system for augmented reality that can occlude some parts of the view of the real world so that …

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VR/AR/MR is Alive and Well for Military Training

by Chris Chinnock

VR, AR and MR applications were in every other booth at I/ITSEC 2017 where the access to game engines and inexpensive headsets are driving a revolution in the way training is done in many …