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EU Sees Benefit of Co-ordinated Approach to Spectrum

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has published the results of a public consultation on the Lamy Report (EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns). The results suggest that a co-ordinated EU approach; a common roadmap; and a …

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DTG Issues First Draft of Updated R-Book

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has revised the R-Book, which provides practical guidelines for the installation of digital TV receiving systems. The new version, a draft of which is available to review, seeks to …

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LeTV Collaborates for 4D

by Tom Allen

LeTV, the Chinese VoD provider (similar to Netflix), is working with Immersion Corp. to bring ‘a 4D’ experiences to its videos. In cinemas, 4D refers to extra effects such as light, rain and wind. …

African Countries Miss ASO Deadline

by Tom Allen

At the 5th African Digital TV Development Seminar, in China, it was announced that ‘most’ of Africa would miss the digital switchover deadline – which has now passed. Tanzania and Kenya are the only …

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Pelican Uses an Array of Cameras for Depth Capture

by Bob Raikes

Christopher Pickett is CEO of Pelican Imaging which has a depth camera for mobile devices. We have previously written about the company, which uses camera arrays and use the multiple images to calculate depth. …

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3D Depth Cameras Produce a Lot of Data

by Bob Raikes

Ken Lee is from VanGogh Imaging and he talked about mixed reality for smartphones and wearables. The company has expertise in software and 3D computer vision. VanGogh is seven years old and the firm …

Intel Shows Off its Toyz

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Shachar Oz from Intel’s RealSense software group, based in the Middle East and he gave a live demo of the technology being used in the Intel “Toyz” application, which he …

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SoftKinetics Captures the 3D World

by Bob Raikes

A speaker from the Fraunhofer in Dresden gave a presentation on the bidirectional microdisplay that it has developed. It is said to be ideal for gaze tracking, while showing data to the user. However, …

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Tobii Explains Gaze in AR

by Bob Raikes

The next session was on hardware and the first speaker was Matthew Clyne, from Tobii Technology, where he is a technology evangelist, working on developing partnerships and supporting developers. Tobii was founded in 2001 …

Will AR Kill Traditional Displays? Citrix Thinks So…

by Bob Raikes

Guy Bieber is from Citrix and he is from the office of the CTO. He showed a video of AR concepts – involving architecture and remote medicine. When you want to make a change, …

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AR to Kill the Display Business?

by Bob Raikes

Juergen Lumera of Bosch Automotive, where he is involved in technical documentation, started by saying its easier to get outsiders to introduce AR – insiders are not always trusted. To get out of “sandboxes” …

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AR in the Enterprise Needs Rich Data

by Bob Raikes

We moved to the AR for Enterprise track where where he heard that the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) is a trade association that is supporting the development of professional and corporate applications …

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