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VR & Gaze Winning Applications in Medicine

by Bob Raikes

VR and some related technology is turning out to have a number of very interesting medical applications, going beyond the use of VR experiences that are designed to help people with psychological issues such …

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Eye Gaze Webinar to be Run by Tobii Dynavox

by Alan Spencer

A free thirty minute webinar on eye gaze technology is to be run by Tobii Dynavox on Wednesday 12th April at 7pm BST. The webinar, “The Tobii Dynavox Eye Gaze Pathway”, is designed as …

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Nintendo Switch Beats Targets

by Alan Spencer

Due to short supply of Nintendo’s Switch consoles, the company is ramping up production to 16 million units over the next 12 months, although the original plan was for only 8 million units. When …

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Swarovski’s Smart Watch Suffers Launch Delay

by Alan Spencer

For those looking forward to the Swarovski smartwatch at Baselworld 2017, the news is that the company is postponing the launch. The smartwatch was announced at CES 2017, and was advertised as an Android …

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Signagelive to Support Philips Android Displays

by Alan Spencer

Signagelive has partnered with Philips Professional Display Solutions to support Android-powered SoC-based Philips Displays. The displays will be launched in the US at Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas later this month. The first …

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One-Blue Calls For UltraHD Blu-ray Patents

by Bob Raikes

One-Blue LLC said that it is working to expand its Blu-ray Disc products license programs to include Ultra HD Blu-ray products, with respect to patents essential to the following Ultra HD Blu-ray standards issued …

Vuzix Result 16/03/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Vuzix Corp. announced its FY16 annual result with total sales of $2.13 million and with a net loss of $19.2 million. The net sales decreased by around 22% on a yearly basis due to …

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Qualcomm-based VRDK Headset to be Launched in 2H 2017

by Alan Spencer

As previously reported, the Qualcomm VRDK is a reference design for manufacturers to use to create headsets based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chip, which is built specifically for VR. The first headset to be …

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Leader to Support HDR Testing

by Bob Raikes

Leader Instruments said that at the NAB show it will show enhancements to its LV5490 waveform monitor to support new formats. The LV5490SER07 HDR option enables the LV5490 to measure both 4K and HD …

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Light Polymers Raises Funding for OLED Expansion

by Alan Spencer

Light Polymers has announced a $24.3 million funding round, so that it can expand research and development and scale up the chemistry and film production of its 35 micron-thick OLED circular polariser. The company …

Loewe Releases New Mobile App

by Alan Spencer

Loewe has released a new mobile app that replaces two current apps, Loewe Smart Assist App and Loewe Smart tv2move. The new Loewe app offers a TV guide, streaming and remote recording smartphones and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Apps| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Wall Wins Extension to Mannheim Contract

by Bob Raikes

The Wall subsidiary of JCDecaux in Germany has extended its contract until 2035 with the city of Mannheim, Germany. It has been working with the city since 1988. There will be a complete modernisation …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11