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AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2015/Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher – Part 2

As part of AWN’s Professional Spotlight series — a series of exclusive video interviews shot during FMX 2015 — Jon Peddie, president and Kathleen Maher, vice president and editor-in-chief of Jon Peddie Research, share their observations and assessment of key issues surrounding virtual reality, new creative technology tools and the overall effects of globalization on the entertainment industry.

AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2015/Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher – Part 1

As part of AWN’s Professional Spotlight series — a series of exclusive video interviews shot during FMX 2015 — Jon Peddie, president and Kathleen Maher, vice president and editor-in-chief of Jon Peddie Research, share their observations and assessment of key issues surrounding virtual reality, new creative technology tools and the overall effects of globalization on the entertainment industry.

VESA DisplayID 2.0 Optimizes Plug-and-Play for Displays

Updated for 4K, HDR, AR/VR and other advanced features The Video Electronics Standards Association, affectionally known simply as VESA announced a major update to its Display Identification Data (DisplayID) standard. The organization says this new version (2.0) of its display standard simplifies connecting and configuring modern display products, including PC monitors, consumer TVs and embedded displays (e.g., display panels within … Read more

Moore’s law is getting expensive

Gorgon Moore’s observation in 1965 about the increasing density of transistors per square millimeter of silicon while maintaining the price and yet increasing the performance is undergoing a tremendous change this year and looking forward. In 2017 the cost of a 300-mm silicon wafer went up 20% from the price this time last year. The silicon wafer suppliers have indicated … Read more

Making a great lasting impression that sells

Even as linear TV folks struggle to compete with people who were born digital and online, the challenges for CMOs (chief marketing officers) are even worse With product stuff everywhere in this overcommunicated environment, the challenge is to develop content that is memorable, actionable.  There are, however a complete range of video opportunities—long, short and really short form—that can help … Read more

The real reality of VR is no surprise to the gaming analysts of JPR

Being right is not always fun, especially if it involves being right about something that is not working well. The reason is that people we admire have built companies and dreams behind trends and products that sometimes face the harsh jury of public acceptance with negative results. Here at JPR we want (almost) everyone to succeed; however we get paid … Read more

Oculus Connect 4 Conference

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who believe in VR and those who say it’ll never happen. And, okay, there are those wusses who say, VR is going to be great but now right now. The people at Oculus Connect are believers. After all, it’s a developer conference, they have skin in the game. This year … Read more

New book by Jon Peddie explains our Augmented Reality future

Dr. Jon Peddie’s new book is available, Augmented Reality – Where We Will All Live, Presents a comprehensive guide to the field of Augmented Reality (AR) past, present and future, explores current developments in AR with many examples and diagrams and aims to distinguish augmented reality from other related disciplines like virtual reality and mixed reality.

Jon Peddie Research: Multiple Displays can Increase Productivity by 42%

Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today revealed that information workers, designers, and engineers can realize up to a 42% increase in productivity through the use of multiple displays according to JPR’s latest multi-monitor report. The 140-page report covers the results of a survey of over 1,000 end users about the use … Read more