Vol 22 – Issue 50 – Page 3

VR Investees Rise in 2015

by Tom Allen

More and more investment is taking place in the virtual reality space, triggered by Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR for $2 billion. In total, $800 million was invested in VR last year – $540 …

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FlexEnable-CPT Show Glassless AMOLED

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable and CPT manufactured a flexible, colour AMOLED display back in June (CPT-FlexEnable Partnership Marks Flexible Mass-Production), and have now published a video of it in action. Watch it below or visit http://tinyurl.com/q6tjc45.

Toshiba is Ready for Windows 10

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s new Satellite notebook is the P50-C-18N: a dedicated Windows 10 model. The 15.6″ product features microphones and a dedicated Cortana button. A Core i7 Skylake processor from Intel runs Windows 10 Home, with …

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John Lewis Gets Into VR Game

by Tom Allen

John Lewis is currently showing a VR experience at its Oxford Street store in London. The company is stocking the Freefly VR headset exclusively for the next four weeks, and is demonstrating it to …

50% of Consumers Will Use Mobile Payments by 2018

by Tom Allen

Mobile payments are gaining traction in developed countries, says Gartner; half of consumers in mature markets are expected to use smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. The trend is especially prominent in …

Bloomberg: Apple Building Screens at ‘Secret’ Lab

by Tom Allen

Apple has opened its own display division to develop new screens – at least, according to Bloomberg. People with knowledge of the facility, which is based on Longtan, Taiwan, say that ‘at least’ 50 …

Introducing Google’s Cardboard Camera App

by Arthur Berman

As a follow on to its Cardboard viewer and associated Cardboard app, Google has developed, and is now offering, a new virtual reality content creation tool for Android smartphones. Having taken about a year …

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WCG Standards Needed for Multi-Primary Displays

by Matthew Brennesholtz

One of the little secrets of the display, television and cinema industries is the “Red, Green, Blue” primary colors – aren’t. Red isn’t “Red,” it’s reddish-orange. More importantly, green isn’t “Green,” it’s yellowish-green. Only …

Sensational Displays at CES

by Tom Allen

AOC (Titian Ballroom 2,306, Venetian) will show new monitors, including a curved gaming unit, an UltraHD display and a quantum dot screen. The C3583FQ is a gaming monitor with an unusual 160Hz frame rate. …

What Should Advertisers Spend on DOOH?

by Tom Allen

According to a study by BrandScience – part of the Omnicom agency group – advertisers should spend about 45% of the outdoor spend on digital media. Above that level, extra advertising was found to …

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Toshiba Touches UHD

by Tom Allen

Ahead of ISE 2016, Toshiba has announced an UltraHD, 24/7 digital signage display range called TD-U. Currently featuring two models, the TD-U series is designed for retail environments requiring simple signage or interactive units. …

Workers Stay Healthy With NEC

by Tom Allen

NEC’s newest Multisync monitor is a mid-size desktop display for business users. Energy efficiency and worker health are the main factors influencing the design of the unit. The E233WM-BK is a 23″ product. It …

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