Vol 24 – Issue 08 – Page 2

Intel Working on Wireless VR via WiGig

by Bob Raikes

Intel had a setup to test the use of 802.11ad 60GHz radio for VR applications, allowing the untethering of the headset. The system was said to be transmitting 2K content at 90fps. The system …

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DisplayLink Extends Wireless to VR

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink was close to the HTC Vive booth and was getting a lot of attention for its reference design which uses the firm’s implementation of Wireless VR which uses the 60GHz radio band and …

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Samsung Finds Some Products to Launch

by Bob Raikes

Samsung held its annual MWC Press Conference to a full house at the event. Normally, it uses the event to launch the next update for the Galaxy smartphones, but after the problems with the …

Lenovo Has Lots to Show

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo had plenty to show us. We started by looking at the Tab 4 series which is an Android-based tablet available in two sizes, 8″ and 10″ (Tab 4+) both with FullHD displays. The …

Dolby Demonstrates Dolby Vision Smartphone Performance

by Bob Raikes

Dolby was happy to be talking about the adoption by LG of the Dolby Vision technology and in its closed booth, it was demonstrating a standard LG phone compared to a Dolby Vision playback …

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

Showstoppers is Busy – Blame the Beer!

by Bob Raikes

The first event that we got to at MWC was the Showstoppers event that took place in Central Barcelona. There were plenty of journalists, but not that many exhibitors. Amazing the reaction you can …

MWC Lively, but Not Much in Displays

by Bob Raikes

This week’s MWC was a bit of a disappointment from a display and handset point of view. It’s usually the place that Samsung launches its latest flagship smartphone, but the Note7 debacle meant extra …

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Power Is Nothing Without Batteries

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial on the plane on the way back from the MWC event in Barcelona. My tablet is having to be used with its ‘hunt and peck’ keyboard. Although I’m usually very …

New VR Motion Scheme Proposed

by Bob Raikes

At the GDC, a company called Survios said that it has developed ‘Sprint Vector’, a new game using a special way of moving in VR applications that avoids breaking the ‘suspension of disbelief’ from …

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The Pixel 2.0 is a Tiny OLED Display System

by Bob Raikes

The Pixel 2.0 is a new tiny OLED screen (1.5″ with 128 x 128 resolution) that is built around an Arduino and can be programmed to produce graphics. The display is available on Kickstarter …

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NBC Sports Using IP Routing

by Chris Chinnock

Sports Video Group (SVG) hosted a seminar on “Going Live with IP Workflows” at the NBC Sports Studios in Stamford, Connecticut. The idea was discuss how IP is being used today in live sports …