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Russian Gallery Allows Visitors to Become Artists with VR Technology

by Andrew Fenn

An art gallery in Moscow, Russia has enabled its visitors to step into the shoes of two 20th-century Russian artists, in collaboration with Dutch VR company VRTech Group. Wearing a head-mounted display, visitors can …

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

Russian VR Firm Presents Stroke Recovery Technique at CEBIT

by Andrew Fenn

Russian developers have revealed “TauTracker”, a new VR technique for patients recovering after a stroke, at the CEBIT 2018 event in Hanover, Germany. The user manipulates objects in VR with their own hands to …

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

Lorem Ipsum Uses Cylindrical Display to Show 8K Video at Airport Exhibit

by Andrew Fenn

Platov Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia is home to an exhibit by creative studio, Lorem Ipsum. Titled “Platov and his Time,” the exhibition uses technology, artwork and video to pay tribute to the role Platov …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Russia| Vol 25 - Issue 24

IDC: Russians Spend More on Phones But Go for Utility Over Bling

by Andrew Fenn

Russians continue to spend more of their disposable income on phones and the first quarter of 2018 confirmed the trend, according to IDC. The total value of the Russian mobile phone market was $1.63 …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Russian OTT Market Grew by 50% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to data from TMT Consulting, the value of the online video market in Russia grew by 50% last year to 7.2 billion rubles ($124 million). As reported by Broadband TV News, Ivi was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Russia| Vol 25 - Issue 11

MSU Working on FLCD

by Bob Raikes

We noted a number of articles appearing that talked about developments in the Moscow State University of Ferroelectric LC materials which can be used in frame-sequential LCDs, which would have the advantage of not …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 25 - Issue 10

All Moscow Schools to be Cloud Connected Within Two Years

by Andrew Fenn

By the end of 2018, every school in Moscow will be connected via a cloud-based platform which is claimed will “revolutionise the entire concept of education”. The Moscow Online School pilot project began in …

Tags:Education| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Netflix and Amazon Prime Video Expected to Withdraw from Russia

by Alan Spencer

The Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research has forecast that Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will considerably boost the Eastern European SVOD sector. The report estimates that Netflix …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Tricolor to add Youth-Oriented Channel in UltraHD

by Alan Spencer

The Russian pay-TV operator, Tricolor TV, is to add the youth-oriented 4K TV channel C4K360 to its programming line-up on 1st August, and will include the channel in Tricolor’s Ultra HD package. The channel, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Russia| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Zytronic Supply Sensors to Over 1600 Moscow Metro and Bus Ticket Machines

by Alan Spencer

Zytronic has announced that it has supplied nearly 700 touch sensors for self-service ticket machines installed on the Moscow Metro and at Moscow bus stops. The 17” and 19” sensors were supplied by, Zytronic’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Russian Pay-TV Suffers Quarter Drop

by Alan Spencer

Russia’s pay-TV market added 180,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2017, which was the lowest growth rate in five years. Kommersan, a Russian daily newspaper, quoted figures produced by TelecomDaily, indicating that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Russian Law Affects Netflix Expansion

by Alan Spencer

Russia’s State Duma has approved a law on audiovisual Internet services that could have a bearing on Netflix’s expansion in the country. If audience share is over 100,000 users per month in Russia, foreign …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Russia| Vol 24 - Issue 16