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iWedia Scores HiSilicon Design Win

by Tom Allen

iWedia’s Linux-based ‘Teatro 3.0’ software has been ported for Hisilicon’s Hi3798/Hi3796 SoC family. Teatro 3.0 is designed for hybrid (DVB+IP) set-top boxes featuring HbbTV.

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 36

by Tom Allen

An incorrect detail in our recent article, ‘Canon Claims World’s Lightest DCI Projector‘, has been pointed out. The XEED 4K500ST in fact has higher-than-DCI-4k (4096 x 2160) resolution: it is actually 4096 x 2400, …

Opera Rolls Out HbbTV 2.0 SDK

by Tom Allen

Opera TV is soon to begin shipping its HbbTV 2.0 SDK to TV makers and STB OEMs, to build the platform into their devices. HbbTV 2.0 is based on HTML 5, which – says …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Jumptuit Bypasses Airplay

by Tom Allen

US-based Jumptuit has launched an app to connect iPhone and iPads to smart TVs, without an Apple TV. The app will play media on a compatible smart TV (2015 Sharp, Sony, Vizio or Philips …

Tags:iPad| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Directable Lowers Signage Costs With Sony

by Tom Allen

A digital signage application called Directable, running on Android, has been launched for Sony’s smart TVs. The app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store, is intended to turn a consumer TV …

Google Cardboard App Provides VR Design Guidance

by Phillip Wright

Google is offering an application at the Play store that offers developers a framework and guidelines for virtual reality (VR) design. Google describes the application, Cardboard Design Lab (screenshot below) saying: “Enjoy an educational …

Nvidia’s Shield Goes on the Offensive

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD software update has been rolled out to Nvidia’s Shield STB (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console). Although already supporting UltraHD from local sources (via HDMI), software update 1.2 enables …

Scalable Display Technologies Announces InfoComm Participation with Eight Partners

by Chris Chinnock

Scalable Display Technologies (SDT), the leading provider of software for multi-projector display systems, featured on eight partner displays on the InfoComm 2015 show floor. This widespread adoption of Scalable software for immersive displays is …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Projection| Software

Wearable Software Ecosystem: Diversity or Monoculture

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 SID Display Week Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference hosted a session and panel discussion on Software for Wearables with speakers from Mozilla, Intel, and Runtastic. At this point in the penultimate session of …

Vukunet is NEC Success Story

by Tom Allen

NEC’s Vukunet ad serving platform has achieved more than 1.8 billion ad impressions – in 100,000 locations – since it was launched.

Digital Anarchy Speeds Digital Makeup Application

by Tom Allen

Digital Anarchy is an after-effects company, with software that digitally ‘touches up’ peoples’ faces in photographs. The company also has a version for video, Beauty Box Video, with real-time skin retouching and digital makeup …

Tags:Graphics Software| Large Display Monitor| Post Production| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Droiders Develops Apps for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

Droiders is a developer of apps for augmented reality hardware. While the company does not develop or manufacture its own augmented reality hardware it does offer a “cardboard box” approach for smartphones to provide …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 11