Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Dell Results 08/12/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Dell Technologies announced Q3 FY17 financial results with net sales (GAAP basis) of $16.2 bn with an operating loss of $1.5 bn, resulting in an operating loss margin of 9.2%. On the non-GAAP basis, …

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NBA Leads the VR Sports Application

by Norbert Hildebrand

One of the potential applications for virtual reality is watching sport events. In some cases, currently the sports fan can’t get close enough to the action or has no chance to get tickets for …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

GVRA – Industry Association to Support VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

GVRA, the Global Virtual Reality Association, was formed by industry leaders in the VR field to “promote the responsible development and adoption of virtual reality globally”. So far the association includes Acer, HTC, Facebook …

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DSCC Shows Display Industry is Healthy

by Bob Raikes

DSCC has a new report that looks at the financial health of different segments of the display industry. Ross Young of DSCC said “This report was a monumental effort as we captured all financial …

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Mecca Sees Beauty in Displays

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to sixteen-nine for pointing us to a new case study of a project by Prendi in Australia for a beauty retailer, Mecca and its Maxima store. The store has six dual 55″ ‘portrait …

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Madrid Primark Uses 11 LED Displays

by Bob Raikes

Primark has installed 11 10mm pitch ‘transparent’ LED displays and a sound system at its four storey flagship store in Madrid. The installation was designed by Dalziel & Pow and the whole store is …

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Sky Agrees Sale to 21st Century Fox

by Bob Raikes

Sky plc in the UK has agreed to an offer from 21st Century Fox, Inc to acquire the company for a value of £18 billion ($22.9 billion). The company had previously tried to buy …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Entatech Returns to Profit

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, owned by display industry veteran, Dave Stevinson, has reported an operating profit of £339K ($430K) for the year ending 29th February, compared to a loss of £1.5 million ($1.9m) in the previous …

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HTC Reports on VR Education Test

by Bob Raikes

A research report called “The Impact of VR on Academic Performance”, published in November 2016, was jointly carried out by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Beijing iBokan Wisdom Mobile Internet Technology Training at …

Tags:China| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

DisplayLink And Targus Create Dual 4K Dock

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink and Targus have announced the first dual 4K USB docking station that can support 4096 x 2160 at 60Hz refresh with 24 bit colour over a single USB cable. The dock connects to …

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Microsoft Clarifies Holographic Platform at Winhec

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has released more about the VR headsets from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo et al at the WinHec event in Shenzen and it looks as they will sell from $300. The company has confirmed …

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Leap Motion Boosts FoV of Gesture Detection

by Bob Raikes

Leap Motion, which develops gesture and hand-tracking technology for A/R and V/R has released its Leap Motion Mobile Platform, a software and hardware combination that is said to be capable of a 10 fold …

Tags:AR/VR| Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49