Vol 24 – Issue 01 – Page 6

VR Used for Retail Planning

by Bob Raikes

Italian supplier, inVRsion, is using VR and its ShelfZone ‘Retail Space Simulator’ to understand store planning and how consumers might react in a store. There’s a slightly clunky video below which is worth a …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Absen Teams with Panasonic on UHD Sports LED

by Bob Raikes

LED display maker, Absen Inc, said that it had worked with Panasonic’s systems business to supply what it says is the ‘first ever’ UltraHD centre-hung video board at the Golden 1 Center, the home …

Tech Data Selling Huawei Tablet

by Isaac Oburu

Tech Data has started to distribute the Mediapad M2 tablet from Huawei in France.

Tags:Distribution| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Ingram Micro and DynaScan Boost Partnership with Iberia Deal

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro and DynaScan have entered into a new distribution agreement. DynaScan, the specialist in high brightness displays, has appointed Ingram to be their official wholesaler in Spain and Portugal.

Tags:Distribution| High Brightness Displays| Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Irdeto Available for Frog by Wyplay

by Bob Raikes

Irdeto has worked with Wyplay to license the company’s security/DRM software for the Frog middleware software. Specifically, the Irdeto Rights and Irdeto Cloaked CA technology will be available to developers. The deal is expected …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Security| TV (Television)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Dish Adds Alexa Voice Control to Hopper DVR

by Bob Raikes

Dish in the US has added Alexa voice control to its Hopper DVR that will allow voice control for the Echo or Echo Dot. Starting in the first half of this year, users can …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 01

New White Paper Discusses QD vs. OLED TV Battle

by Chris Chinnock

A new white paper from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) provides an analysis of quantum dot (QD) TVs vs. OLED TVs. It discusses the technology trends of the two but adds some unique perspective …

Tags:OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 01| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Kopin’s New 2Kx2K OLED on Si Panel to Advance VR Image Quality

by Chris Chinnock

At CES 2017, Kopin released a new 1-inch OLED microdisplay panel, branded Lightning, with a resolution of 2048×2048 and a fast 120 Hz frame rate. Both are firsts for the VR industry and will …

Tags:AMOLED| Kopin| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Andromium Kickstarter Delayed

by Bob Raikes

The Andromium Kickstarter campaign that is producing ‘clamshell’ add-ons for smartphones to enable PC-like functionality, has been delayed until June. The company said that the response had been much bigger than anticipated and that …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Holovis to Run AR/VR Zone at ISE

by Bob Raikes

Holovis will run a special Immersive Technology zone at ISE next month in a dedicated area of the RAI at the rear of Hall 8. The environments on display at ISE 2017 will feature …

QMC Sees Boardroom Shift

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp has seen the resignation of its CEO and President, Sri Peruvembra and other board members, Daniel Carlson and Ray Martin, according to an SEC filing. Stephen Squires, Shane Squires and Ghassan …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 01

UK National Lottery Books ClearChannel for a Day

by Bob Raikes

Showing the particular advantages of the digital medium, Camelot, the company that runs the UK’s national lottery took over the whole of the Clear Channel ‘digital estate’ for a single day campaign on New …

Tags:ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 01