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Europe’s Largest VR Facility is in Paris.

by Bob Raikes

There is now a permanent VR facility in the 13th arrondissement, called the mk2 VR facility that is available to consumers for a charge of €12 for 20 minutes or €20 for 40 minutes. …

Tags:AR/VR| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Samsung Uses Note 7 Parts for Note FE

by Bob Raikes

In Korea, Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note FE (Fan Edition) which uses hardware designed for the ill-fated Note 7 phone. The phone is priced at 699,000 won ($610), around 30% less than the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Azpen Tablet Projector is Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

Azpen Innovation of Plano, Texas, is a subsidiary of Mingtel Inc of Shenzen and has released the A848 8″ tablet which includes a projector. We spotted a review on Techware Labs and tried to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Projectors| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Nokia 6 Now in the US

by Isaac Oburu

HMD Global, which licenses the Nokia brand for smartphones, has launched the Nokia 6 phone in the US market. (New Nokia 6 To Arrive in China) The phone, unusually for the US, has a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 25

City Social Launches an AR Cocktail Menu

by Alan Spencer

Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred restaurant and bar, City Social, is set to radically change the way we consume cocktails with Mirage, which is claimed to be the world’s first AR cocktail menu. It has taken …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Increase 22.6% in May

by Alan Spencer

The Semiconductor Industry Association has announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.9 billion for the month of May 2017, which is an increase of 22.6% compared to the May 2016 total of $26.0 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Meizu Phone Has Dual Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

Chinese smartphone maker, Meizu, has said that its new Meizu Pro 7 smartphone, due in July would use a MediaTek X30 chipset and will also have an unusual secondary display on the back of …

iView Raises $14.7 million to Increase R&D into Pico Projection

by Alan Spencer

iView, the pico-projection engine developer based in Shenzen, has raised around $14.7 million as part of its series B funding round, the lead investor being CMS Zhiyuan Capital. iView was founded in 2006 and …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Apple & LG Display in Investment/Supply Deal

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that LG Display is in discussion (the report says it is ‘tentatively agreed’) with Apple about an investment that could be up to two or three trillion won ($1.75 billion …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Lextar Electronics to Focus on LED Backlighting for 2017

by Alan Spencer

The company chairman of Lextar Electronics, David Su, has told sources in Taiwan that the company will focus its 2017 operations on profitability instead of revenue growth, by maintaining improvements in product mix. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Fossil Focuses on Hybrids

by Bob Raikes

The Wareable blog spoke to Antonio Nigro, a Group VP of Europe North for Fossil group, which is developing many products this year. The company is launching a lot of products – as many …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Vodafone Spain Adds New 4K Channels

by Alan Spencer

Vodafone España has added UltraHD versions of AMC Networks International Iberia’s cooking channel, Canal Cocina 4K, and lifestyle channel, Canal Decasa 4K, to its Vodafone One TV offering. Both channels will be available in …