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
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
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 (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
Four different machines At Siggraph Dell announced a new Anniversary edition thin and light 5520 Precision mobile workstation in recognition of the brands 20-year contribution to the mobile space. While Dell was celebrating their 20th anniversary PNY took the occasion to throw their hat in the ring by introducing their first workstation product, the Prevail Pro P4000 & P3000 mobile … Read more
A powerful portable powerhouse
Tested and evaluated, and impressive Releasing two top end parts, the Ryzen Threadripper CPU, and the Radeon RX64 at the same time is a bit overwhelming when trying to do an evaluation of either one. To test the Ryzen Threadripper you need to use AMD and Nvidia AIBs. To test the Vega, you need to use AMD and Intel CPUs. … Read more
In the workstation industry, as in most, the high-volume mainstream providers tend to stick with tried-and-true formulas in product development. The niche and boutique products tend to be left to second tier OEMs, VARs and Sis, eager to fill in the gaps left by the low-cost top-tier suppliers. But there are exceptions to that rule, and HP is often the … Read more
Nobody likes headsets, and yet, more of them are introduced year quarter it seems. As result, we think this is too important a disruptive opportunity to miss, and in Q3 we will be introducing the JPR VR headset, called the Meerkat 101, because like most VR headsets it will sit up on your head rather than on your face as … Read more
4K is rounding the corner, and Apple is flagging it on So, the great Apple event has come and gone and we’re left here in the future trying to figure out what has changed so much. The news was pretty much as expected, a brand new iPhone 8 and worthy successor to the iPhone 7 and a danged ex¬pensive phone, … Read more
TIBURON, CA – September 11, 2017 – Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today released its latest quarterly report on the Visual Processing Unit (VPU) market. New applications based on capturing high speed, high resolution images continue to emerge based on the steady increase in availability of processors with the capability to … Read more
Dr. Peddie. Kathleen Maher, Director General of Laval Virtual – Laurent Chretien, ESI’s Technical Account Manager – Tangi Meyer and others talk about the importance of the Laval Virtual Conference, its goals, and how it connects the visualization community.
