Vol 24 – Issue 06 – Page 4

Valve Believes in VR – Cautiously

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve has talked about Valve and its position in VR gaming market. The interview was reported by Polygon and includes a lot of personal observations about Valve besides some …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

300 Companies Now in VR in Europe

by Bob Raikes

The Venture Reality Fund from Silicon Valley and LucidWeb from France have released a report that identifies nearly 300 companies in Europe that are developing business in the VR ecosystem. The research shows that …

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Barco Result 09/02/17

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Barco announced its FY16 results with net sales of €1.1 bn ($1.15 bn) and EBITDA of €88.0 mn ($94.2 mn), resulting in an EBITDA margin of 8%. The net income was recorded at €11.0 …

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Taiwanese Panel Makers’ January 2017 results

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

AU Optronics announced its Jan. 2017 revenues at NT$ 28.4 billion ($909 million), which was slightly lower by 9% as compared to Dec. 2016 revenues due to fewer working days owing to Chinese New …

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Canatu Touch Used by Daimler

by Bob Raikes

Canatu is pivoting to exploit its flexible touch technology to non-display applications and joined in the Startup Autobahn project with Daimler and the University of Stuttgart to create a transparent thermo-formed touch sensor on …

Police Raid Illegal IPTV Operation

by Bob Raikes

Police in Spain have raided a store in Málaga that is believed to have been running an IPTV service that was supplying up to 100 international channels (including Premiership football) and was supplying content …

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BenQ Wins Schools in Texas

by Bob Raikes

BenQ announced that the firm’s RP653 IFPs were installed in 128 classrooms and administrative conference spaces by the Castleberry Independent School District (ISD), in Fort Worth, Texas. “Our previous solution, a whiteboard paired with …

Fell to Head WBU Technical Committee

by Bob Raikes

Simon Fell has been elected as Chair of the Technical Committee of the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) for two years (2017/18). The WBU coordinates the regional broadcasting organisations around the world. Fell is Director …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 06

We All Love a Show Reel

by Bob Raikes

RodeoFX has released a show reel showing its ability to create environments and creatures using 3D rendering. It’s called ‘Fantastic beasts and where to find them and shows how the effects were created for …

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Microsoft Increases UK Surface Prices

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has joined the increasing list of companies that have increased their pricing for Surface products in the UK following the drop in the value of sterling since the UK Brexit vote. The prices …

AUO Result 14/02/17

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

AU Optronics announced its FY16 Q4 result with a consolidated revenue of NT$ 91.8 billion ($2.9 billion) and an EBITDA margin of 23.8%. The net profit was NT$ 8.4 billion ($ 270 million), resulting …

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Optoma Projectors Used in 360º Project

by Bob Raikes

Optoma recently worked with Chester Zoo to use Dataton’s Watchout software to create a 360º projection installation for its Sumba School. Using bespoke Unicol brackets, eight EH503 Optoma 1080p projectors were installed and blended …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 06