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Explore the Wilds With Tobii

by Tom Allen

An online hunting simulation game (probably the safest place to do it, considering the furore surrounding Cecil the lion – TA) named ‘The Hunter’, by Avalanche Studios, is now compatible with Tobii’s EyeX eye-tracking …

Design Flaw Breaks Note 5 Pen Detection

by Tom Allen

A design flaw has been uncovered in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, which can break the pen detection mechanism. Inserting the S Pen stylus the wrong way round (i.e. with the nib pointing out of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 34

V-Nova Ports Perseus to Nvidia

by Tom Allen

The Perseus codec from V-Nova (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) has been ported to run on Nvidia GPUs. GPU-enabled Perseus technology is now available to V-Nova customers. The parallel approach to signal processing …

Portugal Pay-TV Subs Rise With Fibre Popularity

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 1.1% (33,000) QoQ and 5.6% (183,000) YoY in Q2, ending the period at 3.43 million customers. Most growth came from the rising popularity of fibre optic connections. Cable TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 22 - Issue 34

LG to Unveil G Pad Tablets at IFA 2015 in Berlin

by Tom Allen

LG will unveil its second-generation G Pad tablet – the G Pad II – at IFA next month – although, considering how comprehensive the information is that we’ve already seen, we’re not sure what …

Tags:IFA 2015| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Exertis UK Adds Philips Monitors

by Helen Vince

Exertis Home and Exertis IT in the UK have been appointed as official distributors for MMD’s Philips-branded monitors, for both the retail and B2B markets.

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Pioneer and Mitsubishi Debut No-Blue OLED Panel

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer have developed an OLED lighting panel that is almost completely free of blue light. The OLE-P0909-C3S module, which contains the panel, is already shipping. Produced using the wet coat process …

Blackberry Running Android Appears Online

by Tom Allen

Credit: Dudu Rocha Tec, via YouTubeThere have been rumours about Blackberry phones running Android for several months, and now a video has appeared that supports the claims. A Blackberry Passport running Android can be …

Tags:Android| BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Microsoft Mobiles Expected in October

by Tom Allen

A Chinese site, WPDang, claims that Microsoft will hold an event on the 19th October, where it will show new mobile devices. These will include the Surface Pro 4 tablet, two Lumia smartphones and …

Asus Focuses on 5.5″ in 2016

by Tom Allen

Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, has said that the company will launch six or seven new Zenfone smartphones next year, with 5.5″ displays as the main screen size. The family will include one premium …

Tags:Asus| IFA 2015| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Next Steps in VR – Education and Games

by Steve Sechrist

In a rather nondescript pipe and drape booth at the SIGGRAPH VR Village earlier this month two Google employees sat under a – well, cardboard sign that simply read Google Cardboard. It is evidence …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Google| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 34

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 34

by Tom Allen

The Radiforce GX540 medical monitor, from Eizo, has received FDA 510(k) clearance from the USA’s Food and Drug Administration. This means that the display can be used for breast tomosynthesis (a method of breast …