Game, set, match: The kiosk as tennis coach.

For recreational and club tennis players, it's all too easy to continue to play and hit the ball just as they've always done - whether that's been successful for them or not. Without a coach, as professional and collegiate players have, the opportunities to garner good advice on their strokes or their game-playing strategies are limited at best.
PlaySight Interactive Ltd., an Israeli-based company, is looking to change all that with its SmartCourt kiosk.

Bron; www.kioskmarketplace.com

An "after-action review system" the interactive SmartCourt kiosks comprise hardware and software installed directly on the court; these are augmented with on-court cameras. Using advanced image-processing and analytical algorithms, the SmartCourt system automatically tracks the players and the ball - recording all of the activity and motion during the match or practice. The collected video and activity log is then analyzed and uploaded to the Cloud, and the player's performance can be reviewed directly via the court kiosk just moments after the action has taken place (as well as post-match or post-practice online).
PlaySight has already installed 50 SmartCourts globally, it reports, including 31 here in the States. It's scheduled to install more than 100 SmartCourts in Florida, California, New York and at other locations around the world in the near future.

We had to keep the balance between very good hardware and affordability so that each club around the world could afford the system. Systems cost about $10,000 per court.

Players using the kiosk can experience really dramatic changes in their game. They can watch video to see how to correct specific moves. A lot of players have never seen themselves on video or their stats, so the kiosk can help bring out the pro in each player. A player can try to improve his serve over the next two years, but by watching it on video, these improvements can happen in minutes. For example, one player's coach was always telling him he wasn't bending his knees, but by watching himself on video he could improve his game after one session. This is a way to make the game a lot more fun, too, because you have feedback, which is most important in any training or practice.

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FlatFrog adds 78-inch curved digital signage Samsung touch display.

FlatFrog Laboratories AB, provider of InGlass multitouch screens, is now demonstrating a new class of UHD 78-inch curved multitouch display. The touch technology is bezel-free with "perfect transparency" suitable for UHD touch displays that the company says cannot be matched by existing capacitive or IR touch solutions. This solution is part of the 15- to 84-inch high-resolution multitouch platform supported by FlatFrog.

Touchscreen technology provider FlatFrog has launched a new 78-inch ultra-high-definition curved touchscreen display that it is demonstrating at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company announced.

"Our ability to support curved UHD interactive displays up to 84 inches is a true differentiator for our customers, and demonstrates the broad capabilities of InGlass touch technology," said Dhwani Vyas, CEO of FlatFrog, in the announcement. "In the second half of 2014 we have accelerated our multitouch product offerings first to 65 inches, followed quickly by 84-inch sizes and now with support for curved displays. We will continue to add more exciting features to our offering in 2015."

FlatFrog's InGlass touchscreens enable thin edge-to-edge design with optical clarity. At this form factor, the clarity combined with edge-to-edge design is well suited for interactive digital signage, conferencing, interactive whiteboards, education, control centers, gaming and hospitality displays, the company said.

To capture the end consumer attention, OEMs design large interactive displays, interactive touch content and now have additional curved display options with FlatFrog that support widescreen panoramic effect, the company said. This allows users to immerse themselves in the interactive digital experience for signage, gaming, and other applications. According to FlatFrog, InGlass touch has no sensor grid obstructing the visual clarity. In addition, InGlass touch technology allows for tablet-like bezel free design.

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Skymedia omarmt 3D-TV technologie van Dimenco.

Skymedia, een grote Koreaanse tv-producent, gaat toestellen produceren op basis van 3D-technologie van het Nederlandse Dimenco waarvoor geen speciale bril nodig is.
Dimenco maakte het tekenen van deze licentieovereenkomst bekend tijdens de CES (die van 6 t/m 9 januari in Las Vegas word gehouden).

Bron; www.sign.nl

Ervaring
“De enige manier waarop de consument 3D zou moeten ervaren is zonder de noodzaak van een speciale bril,” zegt Alex So, CEO van Skymedia. “Daarom ben ik zeer enthousiast om te werken met dit toonaangevende No-Glasses 3D-bedrijf in de wereld en zo de beste 3D televisie-ervaring voor onze klanten te bieden.”

Optische laag
Tot nu toe werd 3D auto-stereoscopische (No-Glasses) displays altijd aanzienlijk aangetast door de waargenomen resolutie, beperkte bewegingsvrijheid en de hoge kosten. De reden hiervoor is de optische laag die extra is gelamineerd op de bovenkant van de LCD. Deze optische laag wordt gebruikt om verschillende informatie naar elk oog te ‘zenden’, waardoor de 3D ervaring onstaat. Dit is vergelijkbaar met een lensvormige (lenticular) kaart. Naast deze optische laag is slimme beeldverwerking nodig om een optimaal 3D-beeld te genereren.

Optische structuur
Dimenco’s technologie heeft de beperkte bewegingsvrijheid en verlies van resolutie opgelost door het aanbrengen van een unieke optische structuur op de top van de 4K (UD) resolutie LCD-panelen. De combinatie van deze optische structuur (Dimenco Clear View) en de onderliggende hoge resolutie van het scherm scherm resulteert in een prachtige No-Glasses FHD 3D-ervaring.

Screen mirroring with ClickShare and IOS devices.

The new software update of Barco’s ClickShare CSC-1 Base Unit, available for free here, includes the unique feature to mirror the screen of any iOS device. This means you can show the content from your iPhone or iPad directly on the central meeting room display. In this video, we show you how easy it is to use this option.

Tech gadgets in 2015

2014 was the year of big smartphones, drones, 3D printing and security hacks. So what will next year bring? We look into the tech crystal ball and reports on some of the innovative trends and gadgets you can expect to hit the market in 2015.

the promotion of QD-LED BLU LCD TV.

Lately, the media, research institutes and stock firms are scrambling to release data on the marketability of QD-LCD TV which is the LCD TV applying the QD (quantum dot) materials to the LED backlight. In the strict sense, it is not a LCD technology but a backlight technology. The QD-LCD BLU (backlight unit) can be divided into the three types; one is applying the QD material directly to the LED chip, another is arranging it in front of the LED chip; and lastly it is placing it in between LCD and Light Guide Plate after filming by inserting the QD materials to the barrier film.

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The QD-LED BLU is being recognized as a LCD TV technology that can compete with the OLED TV as it has a merit to improve the color reproducibility up to about 12 percent compared to the existing LED BLU. Until now, the LCD TV manufacturers take the notion of resolution as a major marketing means to compete with other products like PDP. And it was the same with the OLED case. However, the Apple iPhone highlighted the resolution as the biggest difference with the Galaxy S of Samsung Electronics but Samsung Electronics counter attacked with the color reproducibility as overcoming the resolution issue with the pentile technology, ranking the first in the market share. The LCD TV part, presenting the 4K and 8K TVs continuously, expected that the OLED TV won’t be able to catch up but LG Display is planning to come into the market from 2015 as developing the 4K OLED panel in the 55-inch with the oxide TFT and WRGB OLED technologies.

Given that the superiority of the OLED panel’s picture quality over that of LCD was verified through Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S and LG Electronics’ OLED TV, the best way to defense for the companies with no available OLED TV to sell is the early release of QD-LED BLU LCD TV with the improved color reproducibility.

The products applying new technologies have been well received in the market. The problem is that promoting the QD-LED BLU LCD TV to the extent of highlighting excessively may cause the distortion of a market or capital. For instance, the domestic stock firms are indeed reporting that the QD-LED BLU LCD TV as a highly eco-friendly product with an efficient energy consumption. But it is known that the brightness of the QD-LED BLU LD TV is 30 percent less than the existing LED BLU LCD TV. If the brightness decreases, it requires more LED chip and more driving modules as well, raising the production cost. Moreover, it emits more heat in proportion to the added amount of LED chips, increasing the corresponding cost for heat dissipation.

It is expected that the application of the QD-LED BLU will be limited to the premium products as there are numerous factors causing the increase of the production cost in varied channels. Though it is true that the QD-LED BLU can provide better picture quality than the LCD TV, it must be clarified that it is not the product surpassing the LCD TV.

And the careful attention of various media in using the name ‘QD TV’ is needed in that it might confuse general customers. The QD technology is also a very fascinating and appealing technology for the OLED developers. They are already developing the OLED panel using the QD materials and the blue elements in the field of OLED panel manufacturing technology. Then, this OLED TV eventually becomes the QD TV. Accordingly, it must be noted that any reports written without the clear understanding of QD may cause a considerable social repercussion in the display market.   

A World Record.

Wereldrecord

De brandende palletstapel van 15 bij 15 meter is door het Guinness Book of Records uitgeroepen tot het grootste vreugdevuur ter wereld. Volgens de organisatie was de stapel 4.000 kuub groot, wat neerkomt op ruwweg 30.000 pallets. Op het strand bij Scheveningen zijn elke jaarwisseling 2 vreugdevuren: Scheveningen-dorp bouwt traditiegetrouw een brandstapel ten noorden van de haven, Duindorp doet dat op het Zuiderstrand.

Het oude record, ongeveer 1.700 kuub, stond sinds 2007 op naam van een groep Sloveense bouwers.

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2015

Happy 2015.

Beamlog wish you a Happy and Healthy 2015