Vol 24 - Issue 07

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Virtual Impresses Dr. Jon with Virtual Planetarium

by Bob Raikes

Altair Digital has developed planetarium software and a double layer five metre dome using a wireless projection system and a spherical mirror and that costs a cool $7,900. It has also developed a version …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Planetariums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

SmallHD Has OLED & P3 Monitors

by Bob Raikes

SmallHD, a Vitec company, has two new broadcast monitors, the 1703-P3 and the 702OLED. The 702OLED is an update to the 702 Bright and has a 7.7″ OLED display. The product, which has resolution …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 07

The IMax VR Experience is Tested

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported regularly on the development of VR ‘Experiences’ by IMax, so were intrigued to see a review of the Los Angeles Center on the Wareable blog. The blog reports that in the first …

Tags:AR/VR| Cinema IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

LCD Lets Down Amtrak

by Bob Raikes

The US rail operator, Amtrak, switched from a traditional departure board a few months ago at Penn Station in New York. However, in the middle of February, the system failed for around an hour, …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Transport| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Samsung Heir Apparent Under Arrest

by Alan Spencer

Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong, is under arrest in South Korea. He has been accused of bribery and other charges after first being questioned last month by prosecutors. Prosecutors accused Mr Lee of giving …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 07

ZTE Cancels Smartphone Crowd-Funding Campaign

by Alan Spencer

ZTE has cancelled the crowd-funding campaign for a smartphone design that was to be based on ideas submitted by the public. In order to go into production, the Chinese phone manufacturer needed $500,000 in …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 07

The eSight 3 Headset Offers Help to the Vision Impaired

by Arthur Berman

eSight Corporation (Toronto, Canada) has just announced the eSight 3, the latest version of the company’s headset product. The headset uses “augmented reality and digital technology to help bring the real world to individuals …

Tags:Human Vision| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

UniPixel Raises $10m in Public Offering

by Bob Raikes

UniPixel of Santa Clara in the US said that it has completed a $10 million public offering of common stock and warrants. The stock was placed privately and adds to the $3 million of …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Unipixel| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Smallest Radeon RX 460 Board?

by Bob Raikes

MSI has released some new small graphics cards based on the AMD Radeon RX 460. The MSI Radeon RX-460-2GT-LP and RX-460-4GT-LP use a small two-fan cooler and a single rear expansion slot. Clock speed …

Tags:Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Oculus Plans Tracking Fixes

by Bob Raikes

It has been reported that the latest updates to the Oculus tracking software, version 1.11 have remaining issues including mis-aligned virtual floor and jumps in sensor position. The company has said that it expects …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Nanolumens Installs 360 Degree LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Nanolumens has installed new curved LED displays that cover the surfaces of six curved columns that are designed with 5mm pixel pitch and a 4′ (122 cm) diameter in the Ron Pearson Center in …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 07

A New Way to Improve Eye Contact in Video Conferencing Systems

by Arthur Berman

One of the several driving forces behind the development of video conferencing technology was the desire to enable face-to-face communication between persons at physically separate locations. But something has been missing. In recent years, …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| VideoConferencing| Vol 24 - Issue 07