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Netflix Debuts Interactive Storytelling

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has released an interactive film entitled, Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale, which is the company’s first story that lets the viewer decide how the story progresses and ends. Technological development …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Younger Buyers Lead Growth in Chinese Notebook Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Growth in Chinese notebook sales is being driven by younger people, according to research from IDC China, based on figures from the annual sales on 18th June to celebrate eTailer Jing Dong (JD)’s anniversary. …

Five AR Head-Mounted Display Vendors Highlighted by IDC

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC has named five HMD vendors as ‘IDC Innovators’. They are: Daqri Meta ODG Optinvent Vuzix IDC has a new report on Commercial Uses HMDs.

VR Viewers Barely Turn Their Heads

by Alan Spencer

Google looked at the analytics for 360° videos posted on YouTube, and found that people rarely bother to turn their heads. In fact, people spend 75% of their time looking towards the front 90° …

Technology at Pepcom NY CE Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Pepcom events are often mostly full of silly apps and hardware gadgets targeted at consumers. Their June 15th event in New York was no exception, but I found three interesting technologies that should be …

Rubin Shows Phone and Assistant with Circular Display

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin is a well known name in mobile phone circles as he was a key individual in the development of Android. He now has a company, Essential, which has a new smartphone, a …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Microsoft Surface Laptop Scores Zero for Repairability

by Alan Spencer

The teardown experts, iFixit gave Apple’s new MacBooks a very poor 1/10 score for repairability, but now Microsoft has gone one worse with its new Surface Laptop which gets zero out of 10, meaning …

DNP to Supply FMM Products to BOE Display

by Alan Spencer

Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has reportedly signed an agreement to supply BOE Display with fine metal masks for patterning OLED materials. This follows the news that DNP has terminated the exclusivity of its …

Tags:DNP| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 23

IDC Bullish on AR & VR

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that AR and VR headset sales will grow with a CAGR of 57.7% from just under 10 million units to just under 100 million by 2021. VR headsets have led much …

Global LED Demand to Show Mild Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Worldwide LED demand is expected to show mild growth in the second half of 2017, according to Everlight Electronics chairman Robert Yeh, as reported by Digitimes. He went on to say that 2018 would …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Varjo Announces High resolution VR Solution

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Finnish start- up company Varjo (meaning shadow in Finnish) emerged from stealth operations by announcing a high resolution head mounted display system that far exceeds, by their measurements, any other AR / VR …

Oculus Gets Update for Mixed Reality Capture

by Bob Raikes

The latest version of software for the Oculus Rift is rolling out with support for Mixed Reality capture and a re-designed interface for future updates and a new Home environment. There is also multi-language …