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HTC Releases Major Update to Vive Focus Firmware

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has released firmware version 2.0 for its Vive Focus standalone VR headset. The device is currently only available in China, but releases in the US and other Western territories are planned for later …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

An Inflection Point at SID

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been in the US this week for the SID Display Week. Thanks to the team for getting the issues done even though we were strained because of time differences! As I was keen …

Trivisio Headsets Can be Customised

by Bob Raikes

Luxinnovations was at the show and was highlighting its ability to customise its Trivisio headsets, which we saw at the Wearables Event in London and in Laval. There was no new product in Stuttgart, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| ITEC 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20

New JVC Products are in VR

by Bob Raikes

JVC had nothing new in the projection area since its product launches at I/Itsec although it had blended displays on show that were supported by IGs from Thales, a partner company. The company told …

ITEC Reflects VR Interest

by Bob Raikes

ITEC is a show that we have covered only for the last three years, after it came to London in 2016. it then moved to Rotterdam last year and this year took up just …

Tags:ITEC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Does ZTE Get a Reprieve?

by Bob Raikes

Just as we went to press, US President Trump put out a tweet claiming that he had “let it reopen with high level security guarantees, change of management and board, must purchase U.S. parts …

Tags:Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 20| ZTE

New Technology Enables 360° Video Capture from a Single Photograph

by Andrew Fenn

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which took place earlier this month, VR studio DVMobile demonstrated its new technology, VolumeCapture, which facilitates the capture of 2D and 3D models from real-time scene data with …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

ISTE 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Chicago. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and will offer more than 1,091 educational sessions to nearly thirty …

Samsung Gear S4 Could Run Wear OS Instead of Tizen

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Gear S4, the company’s next smartwatch, could abandon its proprietary Tizen operating system and make a return to Google’s Wear OS platform (previously known as Android Wear) according to the rumour mill, including …

Tags:Android Wear| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Jury Sets Samsung Fine

by Bob Raikes

The long running patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has reached another stage with a jury awarding a lower amount of damages ($539m) to Apple, down on the $1.05 billion awarded last year. (Apple …

Report: Essential Has Cancelled New Smartphone and Is up for Sale

by Andrew Fenn

Essential Products, the smartphone startup headed up by Android founder Andy Rubin, has cancelled development of its next smartphone and is reportedly going up for sale. Rubin downplayed the reports in a tweet but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Samsung to Stage “TV Blackout” with UK Ad Campaign

by Andrew Fenn

Millions of TV sets across the UK will appear to turn themselves off this weekend as part of a marketing campaign by Samsung, which aims to showcase the evolution of television and its role …