UX (User Experience, User Interface, EPG) News

More than 10% of US and Japanese households will be '3D enabled' by 2012
May 8, 2009 – A newly-released report from Futuresource Consulting reveals studios, consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, video game vendors and network operators are all poised to power 3D through the consumer diffusion curve.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

Shaw and Corus Launch a 3D Revolution
May 6, 2009 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) and Corus Entertainment (TSX: CJR.B, NYSE: CJR) have introduced the largest offering of 3D TV in Canada. Shaw VoD and Corus' Movie Central will roll out a range of 3D content directly to the home.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Corus Entertainment, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Metaverse

Home Entertainment goes 3D
Mar 31, 2009 – As more 3D movies are released in the cinema, technology is arriving that will allow viewers to enjoy the experience at home. Screen Digest believes that autostereoscopic technology will eventually become popular as it has one major advantage: no glasses.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Myvu Corporation Demonstrates 3D Technology at CTIA
Mar 30, 2009 – Myvu and SENSIO Technologies have announced that the two Companies will jointly demonstrate a new 3D mobile video platform based on SENSIO®3D and the Myvu Crystal Personal Media Viewer at CTIA in Las Vegas March 31.
News categories: SENSIO, Myvu Corp, Digital TV, Metaverse, Mobile

Amino selects MiriATE® to enhance set-top box testing
Mar 23, 2009 – Amino Communications (AIM: AMO) has purchased the MiriATE testing solution from Mirifice, underlining its ongoing commitment to providing outstanding set-top box performance and reliability.
News categories: Mirifice, Amino Communications, IPTV, QoE, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

DTG to launch UK 3DTV Consultation
Mar 5, 2009 – The DTG is to conduct the UK's first industry consultation into 3DTV. The consultation will ask the DTG membership for their views on the technological feasibility and viability of 3DTV, and for their views on key interoperability issues.
News categories: DTG, Digital TV, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

NEC 3.1-inch 3D TFT LCD Module Provided for MOBILE3DTV Terminal Prototype
Feb 16, 2009 – NEC Electronics has announced that samples of NEC's 3.1-inch-diagonal 3D polysilicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD module will be provided for the 'MOBILE3DTV' terminal prototype being displayed at Mobile World Congress 2009 (MWC2009).
News categories: NEC Electronics, Europe, Metaverse, Mobile, MWC24

SENSIO Signs a Licensing Contract for the Sale of its New Software Decoder: The S3D
Jan 28, 2009 – SENSIO Technologies (TSX VENTURE:SIO) has licensed its new S3D, or SENSIO Stereoscopic Software Decoder, product to ArcSoft. The S3D decoder is a software version of the SENSIO® 3D decoder that is already being sold on the consumer electronic market.
News categories: SENSIO, ArcSoft, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Licensing, Media Player, Metaverse, Streaming

SENSIO® 3D Format Standardized in DVD Standard
Jan 27, 2009 – SENSIO Technologies (TSX VENTURE:SIO) has announced that its SENSIO® 3D format has been officially accepted as an optional DVD standard like DTS for audio - the first 3D format to be recognized by a consumer standards organization.
News categories: SENSIO, Digital TV, DVD, Metaverse