Collaborate Disseminate
Samsung recently unveiled its latest flagship televisions at CES 2017, the QLED series. The company is challenging the notion that OLED TVs represent the pinnacle of picture quality in the living room. According to Samsung, the QLED TV represents its b… Continue reading Samsung Claims Its New QLED TVs Are Better Than OLED TVs
OLED panels have always been known to have higher contrast ratios than LCD panels, but that may be about to change with Panasonic’s recently announced LCD IPS display. The display boasts a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, which is up to 600 times more contr… Continue reading Panasonic Announces 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio LCD Panel To Rival OLED
Quantum-dot televisions promise “better picture quality and are also cheaper to manufacture than organic light-emitting diode sets,” ZDNet reports. And now Samsung has confirmed their acquisition of Massachusetts-based QD Vision for $70 million, accord… Continue reading Samsung Places A Big Bet on Quantum-Dot TV, Acquires QD Vision
Apple squeezes every last bit of performance out of LCD. The post Why the iPhone 7’s Screen Looks So Amazing Despite Its Dated Tech appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Why the iPhone 7’s Screen Looks So Amazing Despite Its Dated Tech
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from TechHive:
On Friday, HDMI Licensing announced a new cable standard that connects USB-C and HDMI devices… The idea, naturally enough, is to to develop an HDMI-to-USB Type-C cable that ties together the… Continue reading New HDMI Mode Will Allow USB-C Connections
Calling it “A weekend that transforms the future of immersive technologies,” MIT’s Media Lab is hosting a big Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality hackathon. An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes this report from UploadVR:
Game jams, hackathons, and meetup… Continue reading MIT Announces VR and AR Hackathon
“We can now hack the monitor and you shouldn’t have blind trust in those pixels coming out of your monitor…” a security researcher tells Motherboard. “If you have a monitor, chances are your monitor is affected.” An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes M… Continue reading One Billion Monitors Vulnerable to Hijacking and Spying
An anonymous reader quotes an article from Road to VR:
Apple has just been granted another AR/VR related technology patent, to add to their growing list. In this case it’s a transparent, high field of view display which looks to be aimed at the augmen… Continue reading Apple Patents Augmented Reality Display, May Be Building A VR Headset
If the world’s going to be filled with screens, those screens are going to be e-paper. The post Get Ready for the World to Be Covered in Electronic Ink appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Get Ready for the World to Be Covered in Electronic Ink
And it may be coming soon to an iPhone near you. The post The iPad Pro’s Killer Display Proves Pixels Ain’t Everything appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading The iPad Pro’s Killer Display Proves Pixels Ain’t Everything