Vol 23 – Issue 47 – Page 7

Xiaomi to buy HTC Smartphone Business?

by Bob Raikes

The Economic Daily News in China reported that HTC might be planning to sell its smartphone business to Xiaomi of China. Sources in Taiwan point out this would be unlikely, partly because of barriers …

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YouView Shifts Hybrid Service to the Cloud

by Bob Raikes

The YouView UK DTT + OTT hybrid service, originally developed as ‘Project Canvas’, has redesigned its platform and has moved to the cloud. A new HTML5-based interface will be rolled out across the UK. …

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Flexenable Wins Awards

by Bob Raikes

Flexenable has won the Emerging Technology Design Award and the Start-up Award at the annual IET Innovation Awards ceremony in London, organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The company was chosen …

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Make Up Brand Tries AR

by Bob Raikes

Rimmel, a popular brand of make-up in the UK and owned by Coty, has developed an A/R app that allows users to “steal the look” from friends or from photos. The aim is to …

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DHL Scales AR Picking

by Bob Raikes

DHL has been working on using augmented reality to help with picking in the Netherlands (Vuzix Excited by HMD Opportunity (IC11)) for some time and it is now extending the programme to other regions …

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John Lewis Invests in VR

by Bob Raikes

UK retailer, John Lewis has invested in “virtual interior design” company DigitalBridge as part of its JLab accelerator programme. The investment was made after a successful trial of the firm’s technology which allows customers …

Covent Garden To Try AR for Xmas

by Bob Raikes

140 shops and restaurants in London’s Covent Garden shopping district are taking part in an AR project over the period up to the end of the year. The project is being run by Blippar, …

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Orlando to Build New Terminal

by Bob Raikes

Plans for a new terminal at Orlando International airport, Florida, USA, have been approved and construction will begin in Q1 2017. The project will cost $1.8 billion and the plan is to complete by …

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Macquarie University Uses Highlite Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Australia’s Macquarie University has used four of Digital Projection’s Highlite Laser projectors (1920×1200) to create an 8m diameter (18.8m wide) 240º cylindrical projection system for its new VR lab. The system uses active S3D …

DisplayNote Gets to 3 Million Licences

by Bob Raikes

DisplayNote Technologies said that it has hit three million licences for its collaborative software since it was founded in 2012. The company supplies its software through BenQ, Dell, NEC, Sahara and Triumph Board, among …

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Christie To Work with Barbican Centre

by Bob Raikes

Christie said it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with the Barbican Centre in London, UK, for laser phosphor projection, LED video walls, as well as Christie MicroTiles and Christie Pandoras Box media servers. …

DVB Approves ABR Multicast

by Bob Raikes

Following on from its approval of HDR last week (DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast), the DVB Steering Board has approved the Commercial Requirements for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Multicast, the stage …

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