Vol 24 – Issue 26 – Page 5

VR Dunkirk Experience Created by Practical Magic and Intel

by Alan Spencer

Practical Magic has worked with Warner Bros and Intel to create a VR experience for the film Dunkirk. The VR experience enables the viewer to see the film’s three perspectives of land, sea and …

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Arabsat Launches New Free-To-Air DVB-S2 Platform

by Alan Spencer

Arabsat has launched a new free-to-air DVB-S2 platform that will carry a number of premium HD channels across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe via the BADR-4 satellite at 26° East. Recent sign-ups …

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Euskaltel Introduces a 4K Android STB with Google Play

by Alan Spencer

Euskaltel has launched a 4K Android STB and is making Google Play available to its customers, enabling them to run a number of Google apps from their STBs. Euskaltel is hopeful that this will …

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New Family of TADF Emitters Based on ESIPT

by Bob Raikes

Researchers at Kyushu University’s Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) demonstrated that a molecule that slightly changes its chemical structure before and after emission can achieve a high efficiency in OLEDs. “Many …

Xiaomi Sees Big Upswing in Q2

by Bob Raikes

The Commercial Times in China reports that Xiaomi sold 23.16 million smartphone shipments in Q2, up 70% on the number for Q1 by continuing to innovate in its products and by increasing its exports, …

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Arabsat Announce Free-to-Air DVB Service for MENA and Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Arabsat has announced the launch of its free-to-air DVB-S2 broadcasting platform. The new service exclusively provides a multitude of international HD channels such as BBC World News, TV5 Monde, France 24, TRT World and …

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Parrot Faurecia Media Center for European Car Market

by Andrew Fenn

Parrot Faurecia has announced via its official website that its in-car entertainment solution, Media Center, has been chosen by a “premium European car maker as a line-fit option”. Media Center incorporates a worldwide digital …

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Intersil Ships First FullHD LCD Video Processor for Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Intersil, a subsidiary of Renesas announced the TW8844 LCD video processor that interfaces with the latest generation of automotive SoCs. The highly integrated TW8844 is said to be the first FullHD LCD video processor …

The Argus Rearview Mirror

by Arthur Berman

Argus (Taipei City, Taiwan) is developing a hybrid rearview mirror system that is designed, in part, to eliminate the blind spots experienced with conventional rearview mirrors. The Argus mirror displays real time images captured …

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VR for Social Media

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Display Daily, like most on-line news services, invites its readers to share content on Social Media. The default Display Daily sharing screen shows the ten most popular ways to share content. At least I’ve …

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Will New iPhone Display Go Bezel-less?

by Steve Sechrist

LG Display just published an infograph report this week on the topic “Why Bezel-Less Matters”. In it, the company cites an IDC study on cell phone display size preference based on user multi media …

Automotive Cockpit Electronics Market to Reach $51.54 billion by 2022

by Alan Spencer

According to Markets and Markets research, the global automotive cockpit electronics market is projected to reach $51.54 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 8.60% from 2017 to 2022. The major factors driving …

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