Vol 23 – Issue 38 – Page 6

Enterprise Augmented Reality App Revenues to Approach $6bn B

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research said that revenues from enterprise AR apps will reach $5.7 billion by 2021, rising ten fold from an estimated $515 million in 2016. Consumer apps in AR will stay behind enterprise over …

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Pay-TV is in 82% of US TV Homes

by Yvette Raikes

According to research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG), currently 82% of US households are subscribing to a pay-TV service, back to 2005 levels and down from 87% in 2011. 2.6% of households have subscribed …

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Epson Uses SiBeam Wireless in Home Cinema Projector

by Milos Pavlovic

Lattice Semiconductor said that its SiBeam 60GHz wireless technology has been integrated into the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UBe 3LCD projector to support wireless transmission of UltraHD and HDR content. HDCP 2.2 content protection …

Lumus Extends To US Navy Collaboration

by Bob Raikes

The US Navy and Lumus of Israel have been working on a new helmet for divers that adds information to the view from the helmet. The helmet is called Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) …

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CDS Now Distributing Lumineq Displays

by Isaac Oburu

Crystal Display Systems (CDS) has added Lumineq electroluminescent displays (Beneq Exploits EL Advantages) to their portfolio. CDS will distribute the displays in the United Kingdom and will target aerospace, mining, marine, military, medical and …

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Manchester Pilots Super Bus Shelter

by Yvette Raikes

Close to Manchester Piccadilly rail station is a pilot “super” bus shelter – the first in the UK. The comfortable state-of-the-art shelter has free charging points and wifi, and digital touchscreens provide news and …

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Optoma GT5500 Sells in the US

by Bob Raikes

Optoma in the US has launched the GT5500 (shown at Infocomm), a FullHD UST projector based on a single 0.65” DarkChip 3 DLP chip. Output is 3,500 Ansi lumens and the unit is claimed …

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Two New Roku Boxes Support HDR

by Bob Raikes

After a series of rumours, Roku has now announced a complete line of four new boxes, along with a special version for Walmart. The Roku Express is a FullHD box replaces the Roku 1 …

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US Consumers want Longer Battery Life and a Headphone Jack in their Smartphones

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent infographic published by Statista, a survey was shown that indicates that the most desired feature of a new smartphone is longer battery life. The infographic is based on a US consumer …

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Snapchat is Now Snap Inc and Enters the Hardware Realm

by Norbert Hildebrand

Snapchat, the image messaging and multimedia mobile application has changed its name into Snap Inc. and is preparing to offer its first hardware product. With its short lived image and video clips, Snapchat has …

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IBC 2016 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 is a German STB maker that started by being more flexible than the global brands in making relatively small designs and production runs, which suits the many small cable vendors in Germany and …

A Recent Development in Nanowire-Based Touchscreen Technology

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers led by Professor of Experimental Physics Alan Dalton at the University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom) is developing a silver nanowire-based technology for use in touchscreens. The focus of the …

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