Oculus Rift teardown, Surface Hub ships, Foxconn snags Sharp, avoid Win10 updates, Nest “underperforming”, Apple and MLB

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Today's Top Stories #1 In depth: Our first deep look at Microsoft Hololens   By Mona Lalwani, Engadget   Microsoft's HoloLens is an augmented reality headset. It's a self-contained Windows 10 computer that projects high-definition holograms onto real objects, walls and surfaces. As the device makes its way to developers this week, I strapped on the untethered headset for a first-of-its-kind unguided demo in a suite at San Francisco's W Hotel. More» Why This Matters: Extensive first-person experience with HoloLens, plus gallery. In other Microsoft news, Surface Hub is finally shipping! To businesses at $8999 –Cynthia Wisehart #2 Oculus Rift CV1 teardown   By iFixit   Grab your tools and join us around the teardown table, because the future is now. We're tearing down the Oculus Rift. More» Why This Matters: VR will change AV. And this is the teardown! You get to see all the bitty parts—the screws, chipset, cables, speakers, etc.—and most importantly, the asymmetric hybrid fresnel lenses which deliver a pixel density of 461ppi, better than the Retina display's 401pp, and less than the Samsung Galaxy's 576ppi. (That's noteworthy because the Galaxy powers the Oculus-designed Gear VR headset currently in use for the world's two VR rollercoasters). -Cynthia Wisehart #3 The latest hack to avoid unwanted Windows 10 updates: metering your Ethernet connection   By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, CNET   One reason to consider metering your data connection is because you can control Windows 10's mandatory updates -- Microsoft will not automatically download updates on a metered connection, allowing you to update the OS at your own pace. More» Why This Matters: Simple instructions here for one of the more benign backdoor ways to use Windows 10 against itself to regain control of your update sovereignty. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Microsoft Surface Hub ships (Nathan Eddy, Information Week) 5. Foxconn snags Sharp (Paul Mozur, The New York Times) 6. Apple just struck a huge deal with major league baseball (Jonathan Chew, Fortune) 7. With $340 million in revenue, Nest is underperforming and it's future at Google is at risk (Mark Bergen, re/Code) 8. Meyer Sound to launch trio of new products at PLS (via Installation) 9. The 10 most righteous features coming to Windows 10 (David Pierce, Wired) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: BenQ launches WiT LED e-reading lamp to see better, work better and feel better For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs beyerdynamic Inc. - Technical Sales Manager for the Systems Integration and Commercial Audio industry (United States) » Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email

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