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Powerful Audio in Acer’s S1385WHne

by Tom Allen

Acer’s S1385WHne professional DLP projector can throw images from short distances. Presenters can use a pen input using Acer’s Smart Pen – from up to 9.7m from the screen – and the unit can …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Tablet Processors to Shrink for First Time

by Tom Allen

The global tablet processor market will continue to slow this year, says Taiwan’s MIC, based on a saturated market; phablet competition; and low-cost notebook popularity. The market will reach the point of stagnation ‘in …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Worldwide

Wistron Forecasts Positive Second Half

by Tom Allen

Wistron expects its notebook shipments to be flat in this quarter, from last quarter’s 4.7 million units. However, the company has told the Taipei Times that it is optimistic for the second half of …

Slingbox Comes to Europe

by Vanessa Browning

Sling Media has launched its Slingbox M1 in Europe. The Slingbox can send HD TV content from a user’s home to a mobile device, worldwide.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 21

BAE Focuses on Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

BAE has announced a partnership with the University of Birmingham with the goal of developing augmented reality systems. The new “augmented reality systems could revolutionize complex emergency response and military battlefield operations, by drastically …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

OTOY Developing Means for Light Field Capture of Real World Environments

by Arthur Berman

OTOY Inc. (Los Angeles, CA), is developing a camera system that can capture a spherical light field of a real world environment. Such imagery can be transformed into a virtual world scene that is …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Fujitsu Works on Smartglasses in Different Forms

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we had a chance to see a smartglass device that was developed by Fujitsu for the vertical markets(Fujitsu Looks to Industrial Apps and Iris Recognition). Now Fujitsu …

Intel Promises Thunderbolt at Computex

by Tom Allen

Companies have begun to release information about their presence at the upcoming Computex show in Taipei this June. China’s Holitech produces LCD and touch panel products. At Computex, it will focus on mobile devices …