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Fraunhofer Moves Light Field to Video & Works on Codecs

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofers had its usual booth in Hall 8, with lots of stations showing different technologies. Most of them were looking at audio developments as the Institute is very strong there, with MPEG-H being …

DVB Summarises Standardisation Progress

by Bob Raikes

The DVB held its traditional IBC press event on the Friday afternoon – the same 3.00pm procedure as every year. Peter MacAvock of the EBU started the presentation by saying that the industry is …

SES Exploiting Infrastructure & Services Combination

by Bob Raikes

At IBC, SES held its annual press event on the evening before the show started. Over the last few years, it has been interesting to see SES ‘pivot’ to ensure that its business would …

Internet Speed Makes CE Like Pop Music

by Bob Raikes

I got back from IBC on Tuesday evening and seem to have been catching up with the news, ever since. There was plenty of news, with the HTC & Google deal taking the front …

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VR @ ISTE 2017: In the Sessions

by Len Scrogan

The virtual reality meme at the ISTE 2017 conference this year reached a high mark, both in the quantity and quality of educational sessions offered. (The ISTE 2017 educational technology conference held in late …

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Samsung Gear VR Pass Tour Ends with 360° Concert Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung’s VR Pass project concluded in spectacular fashion last month. Owners of Samsung Gear VR were able to take a front-row seat at Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams tour, from the comfort of …

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Intel Demonstrates VR Game Streaming to Smartphone Over Wi-Fi

by Andrew Fenn

Intel demonstrated an interesting new proof-of-concept at last week’s O’Reilly AI Conference in San Francisco. According to Road to VR, the company’s new Portal Ridge system has been designed to make VR more accessible …

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Netflix Comes Out Way on Top in French VoD Study

by Andrew Fenn

Consulting company NPA Conseil has released a new survey revealing the on-demand video viewing habits of France, as reported by Advanced Television. According to the report, Netflix is the most used of all the …

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Business Smartphones and Tablets Show Recovery

by Alan Spencer

For business smartphones and tablets, the second quarter of 2017 was a buoyant quarter, as the market showed signs of a rebound according to Strategy Analytics. Business smartphone shipments grew 14.8% compared to the …

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Fraunhofer Updates on OLED on Stainless Steel

by Bob Raikes

At SID, we reported on the development of OLEDs on stainless steel substrates by the Fraunhofer FEP in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. (NSMAT) and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal …

Google and HTC Announce $1.1 Billion Cooperation Deal

by Andrew Fenn

Long-time partners Google and HTC have announced a new agreement between the two companies which will see a proportion of HTC’s smartphone team cross over to Google. That was one of the options that …

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Apple Enables iTunes HDR for iPad Pro

by Bob Raikes

Apple said in June that its new iPad Pro models would support HDR and it is now making UltraHD HDR content available on the iTunes store, so that the content can be played back …