Vol 22 – Issue 15 – Page 8

Live Streaming the Next Wave

by Steve Sechrist

One of the more compelling applications to come from the (now defunct? – No, we reported on this a couple of weeks ago -it’s said to be too important to scratch – Man Ed.) …

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Toshiba Launches First TransferJet Adapter for Apple iOS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On March 1st, Toshiba announced a TransferJet adapter for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod. According to Toshiba, this is the first Apple-compatible TransferJet adaptor available on the market. Simultaneously, the company launched similar …

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Nanolumens Takes on Largest Casino Install

by Tom Allen

The Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in California has installed a custom visual solution from Nanolumens. The curved LED display, which uses Nanolumens’ NanoCurve product, is 11.5m wide and 6.4m tall.

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Elbit Systems to Provide Head Mounted Display for US Navy Helicopter

by Norbert Hildebrand

Elbit Systems of America, the US based high performance supplier of medical, aviation and military systems has been contracted to provide a head mounted display for testing in US Navy helicopters. The program administrator …

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PrintDisplay Enables Do-It-Yourself Displays with Touchscreens

by Arthur Berman

A team of computer scientists in the Department of Computer Science, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany) has developed a technique that enables non-expert users to print their own custom thin film electroluminescent display – and …

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Augmented Reality – Hype and Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

There is not a day goes by where we or other analysts report on the latest development in the smartglass market. New devices and new software are released quite frequently. While there is no …

European Signage Sentiment Rises Through Spring

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe has released the March/April results for its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI), which tracks the mood in the signage market in several European regions. The DACH market rose slightly from the …

The Amazing, Shrinking LED Pixel Pitch

by Ken Werner

Not many years ago, if you went out to buy an LED sign you could choose between a pixel pitch of 6 mm (for viewing at large distances) and a pixel pitch of 12 …

Tags:Digital Signage| Planar| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 22 - Issue 15

NeuLion Adds UltraHD Streaming With HEVC

by Tom Allen

NeuLion, owner of an end-to-end distribution platform, has announced support for secure UltraHD streaming using HEVC and MPEG-DASH. Pay-TV operators can use the platform to stream live content to multiple platforms including mobiles, TVs …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 15

by Tom Allen

Promising to allow a user to ‘dive in’ to the action, Sony’s new wearable – Playstation Flow – completely re-imagines what a swimming level means to gamers. Now, console owners can head to the …

Barco Creates a Fashion ‘Moment’

by Tom Allen

Barco helped Canadian studio Moment Factory to create an installation called ‘The Staircase of the Muses’ for a fashion exhibition in France, by Jean Paul Gaultier. Using an HDX-W20 projector and a Moment Factory/Barco …

Vivitek Projectors Smooth Fast-Pan Artefacts

by Tom Allen

Vivitek’s new DLP home theatre projectors are the H1186 and H1188, with a six segment colour wheel and ISF calibration. The products are very similar, although the H1188 features Vividmotion technology. Vividmotion smooths images …

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