Vol 22 – Issue 50 – Page 2

IDC: Wearables Will Grow at 28% CAGR to 2019

by Tom Allen

The market for wearable devices will rise 44.4% YoY in 2016 to 111.1 million units, up from this year’s expected 80 million units. By 2019, IDC expects total shipments to have reached 214.6 million, …

Apple Buys Chip Facility

by Tom Allen

Apple has paid $18.2 million to purchase a new building in north San Jose, only a few minutes from 86 acres of land that was also recently acquired by the company. The 6,500m² building …

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NASA Presents Ultra-Realistic Rocket Launch

by Tom Allen

NASA has published an UltraHD video of the recent launch of the Cygnus spacecraft, which was sent to take supplies to the International Space Station on the 6th December. Watch it below or at …

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Disney and ETH Convert 3D to AS3D in Real Time

by Tom Allen

Disney Research is working with ETH Zurich, to build a system that can convert existing stereoscopic 3D content into multiview (autostereoscopic) content in real time. A combination of computer algorithms and hardware is used …

Philips Drive Lighting and Displays Together

by Phillip Wright

Philips Lighting, with several recent press releases, is making it plain that the firm plans to remain an innovator in developing new higher value added solid state lighting applications. Philips’ press releases span a …

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More Details on Barco’s Laser Phosphor Cinema Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

RGB laser projectors are the top of the pyramid in terms of image performance. These are being slated to the largest flagship venues today. But laser-phosphor based models are no poised to offer a …

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Christie is on the Light Sight

by Tom Allen

Christie was taken on to provide the red carpet experience at the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the 14th December. Christie pre-configured and staged much of the equipment in its California …

Jaunt Brings Middle East to VR

by Tom Allen

VR content producer Jaunt Studios is working with Ryot, a VR production studio, to produce a documentary series in – you guessed it – VR. Holy Land will be filmed and directed by David …

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Bank Predicts First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

A research note from Morgan Stanley predicts that 2015 is the year that iPhone sales peaked – and it’s downhill from here for Apple. Sales of the iPhone shot up this year, from 169.2 …

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UK Footfall Trends Down in December

by Tom Allen

Ipsos Retail Performance’s Retail Traffic Index (RTI) shows that shopping footfall in the UK fell 2.6% last week (beginning 6th December), compared to last year. Ipsos believes that 2015 will be a ‘muted’ Christmas …

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Updating Agriculture for the 21st Century

by Tom Allen

Farmers Edge is a North American company that exhibits at trade shows across Canada and the USA. The company recently took on Advance Pro, of Canada, to design a modular and portable AV solution …

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Iiyama’s Gold Phoenix Takes Flight

by Tom Allen

Another of Iiyama’s ‘bird of prey’ gaming monitors has been revealed, joining the Red Eagle (Iiyama is Top of the Food Chain) and Black Hawk (Hunt in the Dark With Iiyama): the slightly-more-friendly-sounding Gold …