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VR in the Soviet States

by Tom Allen

VoD service Megogo has launched its own VR app, Megogo VR. The service, which is available in 15 of the former Soviet states, is available on Android now; an iOS app will follow soon. …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Toshiba Forecasts Record Loss

by Tom Allen

In a gloomy end to the year, Toshiba has announced that it will cut 6,800 jobs from its PC, video and consumer electronics divisions – representing 3% of the firm’s total employees. The cuts …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 51

BOE Signs G10.5 Supply Agreement with Corning

by Tom Allen

Corning is to establish a production base adjacent to BOE’s under-construction G10.5 fab in Hefei, China, from where it will supply glass substrates to the new plant. Glass production is expected to support BOE’s …

Tags:BOE| China| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 51

HEVC Advance Lowers Royalty Rates

by Milos Pavlovic

HEVC Advance CEO, Peter Moller, said, “We are…confident that the revised pricing structure and rates balance the needs of both HEVC users and patent owners”.HEVC Advance – one of the licensing bodies for the …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Peraso Speeds WiGig Rollout

by Tom Allen

Peraso Technologies has developed the W110 WiGig chipset, which is now in mass production. Targeting WiGig applications, the chipset includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC, to implement …

Tags:CES 2016| Chips| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51| WiGIG

ETSI Developing ‘Universal’ Transmission System

by Tom Allen

Standards group ETSI is working on a solution to define a scalable, flexible decoding system for CE devices – from UltraHD TVs to smartphones. According to the Industry Standards Group (ISG) of ETSI’s Compound …

Tags:ETSI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 51| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Essert Provides AR Solution With Vuzix

by Tom Allen

Essert GmbH has chosen Vuzix as a smart glasses partner for its AR service. Essert will sell Vuzix’s M100 glasses alongside its own augmented support and training applications. The first customer of the complete …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51| Vuzix

Popular Science Chooses HTC as VR Revolution

by Tom Allen

HTC’s Vive VR headset and platform has won two awards from Popular Science Magazine. Every December, the magazine’s editorial team chooses new technologies that it thinks will change the world. This year, the HTC …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Consumers Value Content and Quality in Online Video

by Tom Allen

Consumers in developed countries are increasingly watching online video ‘on their own terms’ – so says Limelight Networks’ new ‘State of Online Video’ report. The survey, of more than 1,200 consumers in the UK, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Video| Video over IP (VIP)| Video Quality| Vol 22 - Issue 51

ICDM Extends Working Meeting

by Tom Allen

The ICDM meeting in Boulder, Colorado next year (ICDM Hosts Boulder Meeting) has been extended to four days: 22nd – 25th February. This is to allow for a full day of discussions at the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 51

ETRI Uses Graphene to Raise Transparent Viewing Angles

by Tom Allen

Transparent OLEDs, like this 2010 Samsung prototype, suffer from poor viewing anglesBy integrating graphene into OLEDs, Korean scientists have managed to improve the transparency and image quality of display panels by between 40% and …

Tags:AMOLED| display components| Graphene| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

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eMagin Seeks to Raise Funds for Manufacturing Upgrade

by Tom Allen

According to OLED-Info, eMagin will raise around $6 million in a registered direct offering of shares and warrants. The new capital will be used to upgrade the company’s manufacturing equipment, balance its production line …

Tags:eMagin| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51