8K 60 in realtime with one PC, Siri speaker, deadly power tools, Sony offloads media software portfolio, “total encapsulation” headphones

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Today's Top Stories #1 Virtual Reality 101: A CNET special report   By Andrew Gebhart, CNET   Here's everything you need to know about what VR is and how it will affect your life in the near future. More» Why This Matters: Good roundup/primer from Cardboard to Rift plus some brief market summaries of potential applications. - Cynthia Wisehart #2 Userful claims support of 8K source content and 60fps in realtime using just one PC   via The Wire@SVConline   Userful Corporation, an industry leader in centralized display controller software, announces the release of Userful v8.6, software that turns a standard PC into a video wall controller capable of supporting 60fps video as well as up to 8k video to one or more video walls over the network in real time. More» Why This Matters: Userful started with a video wall controller to deliver 4K source material in real time over networks, now they are reportedly scaling up. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 Google has a plan to kill off passwords   By Michael Reilly, MIT Technology Review   On Friday, Google announced what may mark the beginning of the end of passwords as we know them. During his talk at Google I/O, Daniel Kaufman, the head of the company's ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) arm, casually mentioned the rollout of a new way of securing Android apps called Trust API. More» Why This Matters: This will eventually affect authentication, access, and security for AV systems. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. Apple reportedly building a Siri speaker to rival Amazon Echo (Nicole Lee, Engadget) 5. MAGIX acquires Vegas Pro, Sound Forge Pro and most of Sony's video editing and music software (Klaus Schmidt, LinkedIn) 6. Sommer Cable will introduce screw & play connector at InfoComm 7. Webcast on Demand: Can you make money on user interface for Pro AV? (Geoffrey Harrison, Sound & Video Contractor) 8. "Total encapsulation" headphones promise wireless and language translation (Nick Lavars, Gizmag) 9. 10 power tools that could kill you (Timothy Dahl, Power Mechanics) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: WorxAudio Technologies announces XL 1 line array For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs SYMCO Inc –Network AV Sales Engineer sought by leading Independent Rep Firm in the Mid-Atlantic & New England Region… » 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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