Vol 23 – Issue 29 – Page 7

SMI Joins HTC

by Isaac Oburu

SensoMotoric Instruments has unveiled a developer kit for the HTC Vive headset. The head mounted display (HMD) has been modified with the addition of small cameras and IR light sources, to enable eye tracking …

ICDM Cancels IMID Meeting

by Tom Allen

The SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) was considering hosting a meeting on the 23rd and 24th August at IMID 2016 in Korea. However, it has decided that there is no support and …

OTOY/Imagination Tech Lower Ray Tracing Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Imagination Technologies has agreed a partnership with OTOY, a company specialising in graphics processing in the cloud. Imagination will integrate support for its PowerVR ray tracing technology into OTOY’s upcoming OctaneRender4 rendering engine, for …

German Pay-TV Revenues to Increase this Year

by Isaac Oburu

German commercial broadcasters’ association VPRT has projected that pay-TV and VoD revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries will pass €3 billion this year. VPRT predicts that revenues will grow by between 8% and 11% this …

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UKTV Extends Contract with Ericsson

by Isaac Oburu

UKTV has extended its contract with Ericsson, which covers broadcast channels and media management for on demand services. The broadcast channels includes mini-pay entertainment channel W; free-to-air channels Really, Yesterday and Home; and Gold, …

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Innolux to Produce Flexible Sensors

by Tom Allen

Innolux and Next Biometrics (of Norway) have announced that they are investing in establishing mass-production capacity for a new flexible fingerprint sensor technology. Next already uses Innolux’s factories to produce rigid sensors. It now …

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Sony Cuts US Jobs

by Tom Allen

According to the New York Post, Sony Corporation of America (SCA) (which includes Sony Pictures, Sony Music and Sony Electronics) has cut 100 people from its 700-strong workforce. The decision was made by the …

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Germany’s Advertising Market Records Growth

by Isaac Oburu

Germany’s overall advertising market was up 5.7% YoY in 2015, according to Nielsen. OOH advertising grew 6%, led by DOOH. OOH advertising represents 16% of the overall German advertising market. Mobile advertising recorded a …

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Emirates’ Passengers Enjoy AR Entertainment

by Isaac Oburu

Economy class passengers on Emirates will get augmented reality in their flight package starting from August. Passengers can scan a a QR code using an app from Blippar that can be downloaded and used …

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Audi Uses VR in New Showroom

by Isaac Oburu

Audi has opened a new showroom at Munich airport dubbed “myAudi Sphere”. Visitors to the Customer Private Lounge can configure their dream Audi, thanks to a VR application called “Audi Walking VR experience”.

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Apple Decline Constrains Whole Smartwatch Market

by Tom Allen

Q2’16 was the first time that the global smartwatch market contracted YoY, with shipments falling 32%, says IDC. Shipments reached 3.5 million units: significantly down from the 5.1 million shipped in Q2’15. Apple, shipping …

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MediaTek 10-core Chip to be Used in Sharp’s New Smartphone

by Isaac Oburu

Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and …

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