Vol 22 – Issue 37 – Page 4

UltraHD Alliance Wants to Bring Order to the “Wild Wild West”

by Bob Raikes

The UltraHD Alliance had a meeting room at IBC to introduce itself to the European business. There was a feeling that there was a feeling of the “Wild Wild West”. A group of companies …

Embraer Embraces Mixed Reality for Aircraft Design

by Chris Chinnock

In a seminar at the Canon EXPO, Embraer’s Paulo Pires described the mixed reality market and its use in aircraft design and simulation. They have been using Canon mixed reality systems and are seeing …

IDC Sees Big Growth for Mixed and Virtual Reality

by Chris Chinnock

IDC’s Ramon Llamas kicked off a special seminar session by defining mixed reality as the combination of augmented reality (virtual objects overlaid on a view of the real world), augmented virtuality (interaction with an …

Mixed Reality Headset Demos at Canon EXPO

by Chris Chinnock

Canon has developed an augmented reality headset that they refer to as mixed reality. The currently available headset, the HMA-1, uses two OLED panels for a total resolution of 2560×1024 (dual SXGA). There are …

Is M-RAM the Next Big Thing in Memory?

by Chris Chinnock

M-RAM stands for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory. It is non-volatile memory, like Flash memory and uses magnetic elements like hard drives. Now, after 20 years of development, the first products are coming to market. …

Canon Showcases HDR Monitors

by Chris Chinnock

Canon offers two reference displays at 24 inches (DP-V2410) and 30 inches (DP-V3010). Both offer DCI-4K resolution 4096×2160) and a wide color gamut (essentially P3, not 2020). Both are targeted at broadcast and cinema …

Canon Reveals 4K Projector Plans

by Chris Chinnock

At InfoComm, Canon was showing a 4K projector but with no information available for the media. At the Canon Expo, it was in plain sight and powering several demos. In fact, according to Canon …

Masterpiece Paintings Reproduced with Incredible 3D Printing Process

by Chris Chinnock

Canon held their special EXPO in the Javits Center in New York last week. Over 9,000 people attended the cavernous exhibit. There were so many different aspects of Canon on display, it was a …

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IBC 2015 on Course for Record Attendance

by Bob Raikes

IBC closed with record attendance of 55,128 delegates and 1,800 companies. There were 250 speakers in many sessions, panels and keynotes and the exhibition seems to be on a positive curve. (although we found …

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Sky Finalises Deutschland Buyout

by Tom Allen

Despite Sky Deutschland initially recommending that its shareholders reject the deal, the company has now been fully acquired by BSkyB (‘Sky’) (EU Approves BSkyB Deal). Sky completed its buyout of Sky Deutschland’s remaining shares …

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Peerless Takes on FollowMe

by Tom Allen

Peerless-AV has taken on FollowMe GmbH as a distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. FollowMe will offer Peerless-AV’s 42″, 47″ and 55″ ‘Xtreme’ outdoor displays to its customers.

Steam’s Big Data Holds Gaming Insights

by Tom Allen

Regular readers might know that I quite enjoy my gaming. I’ve spent many nights on my PC, crossing gaps, beating down baddies and using improbably well-placed solutions to solve puzzles. At the end of …

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