Volume 21

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Source: Osterhout Design Group

ODG Announces R-6 and R-7 Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Augmented Reality – The Osterhout Design Group (ODG) was in the news some time ago for selling augmented reality related IP to Microsoft. Whoever thought that this was a way for ODG to get …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Successful Mobile Ad Design Depends on GDP – Says Todacell

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Mobile Displays – Todacell is an international advertising network with offices in the US, Europe and Israel. The company found that there were some inconsistencies in advertising response which they could not explain -what worked …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Trumbull’s MAGI Cinema Solution Discussed at TIFF and IBC

by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Digital Cinema – Back in early May, I wrote an article about the first public debut of Doug Trumbull’s new cinema capture solution call MAGI (First Screening of 4K 3D 120 fps Content Coming …

Tags:3D Acquisition| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Opinion| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Analysts Say Samsung Faces Q3 Profit Slump

by Super User

Analysts in South Korea have lowered their expectations for Samsung’s third quarter profit because of the tough market conditions in which Samsung operates. They cite falling ASPs, the absence of any major product launches …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

China Works to Replace Windows, OSX and Android

by Super User

The People’s Post and Telecommunications News, of China, says that an OS to rival those from Microsoft, Google and Apple could be deployed by October. The paper quoted the head of an official OS …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

VTech Adds Rechargeable Batteries to 4th-Gen Products

by Super User

Children’s tablet developer VTech has introduced two new products, with rechargeable batteries and more than 800 apps in the ‘Learning Lodge’ store. The Innotab 3 Plus (4.3″, $60) and 3S Plus (5″, $80) are …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Ride Solo With Samsung’s Gear S

by Super User

Ahead of IFA, Samsung has announced a new smartwatch called the Gear S, with a curved, 2″ OLED screen. It is very likely the smartwatch that was previously rumoured to be called the Gear …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

UltraHD TVs Grow at 107% CAGR to 2018

by Super User

A report by TechNavio, on the worldwide UltraHD market (http://tinyurl.com/o2ada4b), says that UltraHD TV market will grow at a 106.8% CAGR between 2013 and 2018. Only LCD and OLED TVs will have UltraHD as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Worldwide

Daktronics’ Displays Chosen for Baku Olympic Stadium

by Super User

Daktronics is providing a new LED super-system featuring two HD video displays to the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Each display will feature a 15HD pixel layout and measure 10.97 metres high by …

Tags:Back Panel| CEDIA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

The Market for Wearables

by Super User

Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wearable Market

DTG Tests D-Book 7 v4

by Super User

The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

by Super User

IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide