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Asus Teams Up With Flipkart to Launch ZenFone 5Z in India

by Andrew Fenn

Asus has collaborated with Flipkart to promote its new flagship smartphone in India. The ZenFone 5Z features a 6.2″ LCD display with a 1080 × 2246 pixels, an 18.7:9 aspect ratio and 402 pixels …

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Mi Hiepa Sports Trains Football Players with Virtual Reality

by Andrew Fenn

The Mi Hiepa Sports (MHS) VR training and cognitive development system for football players launched earlier this year. MHS uses sensor data collected from trackers worn by players during real-life football matches and enables …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Skardin and ALi Give Update on NOCS-Certified STB Performance

by Andrew Fenn

ALi Corporation, a set-top box chipset provider, and Skardin, an STB manufacturer, have announced “record-high” shipments of Nagra-on-chip Security-certified STBs to South American operators in 2018. ALi has established a long-term partnership with Nagra, …

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Philips and Magnavox Extend Licensing Partnership with Funai

by Andrew Fenn

Philips and Magnavox have extended their licensing agreements with Japanese OEM Funai, enabling the company to continue marketing, selling and distributing TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players under the Philips and Magnavox brand names, as …

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The (Almost) End of the Blu ray Era

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Panasonic has announced shipping of its a new UHD Blu ray disc player shown in January at CES. The box supports high dynamic range (HDR 10) format and will …

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A Preview of the NReal AR Headset

by Arthur Berman

At the recent Augmented World Expo 2018 held in Santa Clara, California, an AR headset was exhibited by start-up company nreal Technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China). It is pictured in the figure below. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

The Univet VisionAR Offers AR in Safety Glasses

by Arthur Berman

The VisionAR augmented reality safety glasses, produced by Univet S.r.l. (Rezzato, Italy), were designed for industrial applications (and were recently shown at AWE (UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses). The headset includes a monocular projection …

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Shadow Creator Shows the Action One Headset

by Arthur Berman

Shadow Creator Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) presented a new mixed reality headset at CES Asia 2018. It is called the Action One. In agreement with one of the reports on the aesthetics …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Huion Releases Professional Pen Display

by Bob Raikes

Huion of China has released the the professional pen display Kamvas Pro 22 which combines an anti-glare 21.5″ FullHD IPS LCD display with 1,000:1 contrast and a pen having 8192 pressure levels, reported 266 …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Vol 25 - Issue 27

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Barco Creates White Paper on Contrast

by Bob Raikes

Barco has produced a white paper that highlights the importance of the Ansi contrast ratio measurement, rather than simpler full screen on/off measurements. The white paper can be downloaded here. Analyst Comment As we …

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Marvell Technology Completes Acquisition of Cavium

by Andrew Fenn

Marvell Technology Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of Cavium. Marvell says that this combination “creates a leading semiconductor company focused on the infrastructure market, offering customers a portfolio of storage, processing, …

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Emirates Launches VR Plane Exploration Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Emirates has launched a new VR experience for customers booking a seat on one of its flights. Using a VR app accessible via the company’s website or mobile app, users can explore the plane’s …

Tags:AR/VR| Aviation| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 27