Vol 25 – Issue 11 – Page 3

Lampix Developing a Tabletop AR System

by Arthur Berman

Lampix (with offices in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA) is developing an “interactive tabletop augmented reality system that uses machine learning and blockchain-based image sourcing to recognize, reveal and react to the …

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Can Electronic Viewfinders Match Optical Versions?

by Chris Chinnock

“Can Electronic Viewfinders Match Optical Versions?” That was the question that a panel of experts attempted to address at a recent SID-SMPTE joint meeting in New York on March 20, 2018. Speakers included David …

India to Enter the Mixed Reality Headset Market

by Arthur Berman

Dimension NXG Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) is developing what the company claims is India’s first locally designed mixed reality headset. The product will be called the AjnaLens. The headset is pictured in the figure …

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Samsung Debuts 3D Cinema LED Screen in Switzerland

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has introduced its 3D Cinema LED screen at Arena Cinemas’ Sihlcity theater in Switzerland. Designed and installed with the help of Imaculix AG, the 3D-ready variation of Samsung’s Cinema LED screen is designed …

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Flex Wins 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Award for Sustainability

by Andrew Fenn

Sketch-to-Scale solution provider Flex has announced that it has been honoured as a 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner for its achievements in sustainability. The company was recognised for its 2017 Earth Day campaign, which …

Socionex Claims World’s Smallest 8K Media Player

by Bob Raikes

Socionext said that it would show a new media player that can support 8K at the forthcoming DSE show. As well as supporting four 4K panels through HDMI 2.0, the company said that it …

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New digiTHIN on display at The Pixel Depot

by Bob Raikes

digiLED Group said that the digiThin LED displays that it showed at ISE are now installed at the ‘Pixel Depot’, the company’s London showroom – described as ‘Europe’s largest LED showroom’. At the location, …

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Nvidia and Microsoft Team for Real Time Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

Ray tracing in real time has long been the ‘holy grail’ of graphics engineers. Up to now, that has not been possible, although as we have reported, companies have worked on ray-tracing just the …

Sky Q is Company’s Fastest-Growing Product Ever

by Andrew Fenn

Sky Q is the company’s fastest-growing product ever, having amassed 2 million customers since its early 2016 launch. Strategy director Nick Herm made the statement at this year’s Connected TV World Summit, according to …

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Kagan: SVOD in Nordic Region Grew 22% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to a recent report from Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, SVOD in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland has increased its share of subscription-based video entertainment revenues to 22% …

OLED Info Makes Promotional Video

by Bob Raikes

OLED Info has released what it describes as ‘a short explanation of OLED’. The video is more promotional than neutral (we’d argue with or qualify some of the claims quite carefully), but it certainly …

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IHS: Global Digital Pay TV Subscriptions Exceeded One Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Digital pay TV subscriptions around the world, including cable, satellite and IPTV, exceeded one billion for the first time in 2017. This global growth comes despite the continued uptake of OTT subscription video services …

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