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http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303...
I wonder if this spells doom for the following products: ASUS Xtion http://event.asus.com/wavi/product/xtion.aspx
Structure Sensor http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/occipital/structure-sens...
Brushes — This startup created the Brushes application for painting on your iPhone or iPad. The app was used to create the well-known iPhone covers for the New Yorker. With 250,000 paying users and $60,000 in monthly revenue, Brushes apparently holds the YC record for most profitable startup on Demo Day. Its eventual goal is to become the “Adobe of touch devices” by building a suite of apps. [3]
If I had to guess, I'd say the devs probably have enough money to retire. Congrats! Thank you for contributing your code to the world.
[1] http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/03/brushes-ipad-launch-scree...
[2] http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/24/y-combinator-demo-day-2/
[3] http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/24/five-new-y-combinator-star...
Still waiting for the first 4K display to support 10-bit 4K 60p over DisplayPort SST and have HDMI 2.0 ports. Will have to wait until CES 2014 for more HDMI 2.0 displays.
I would avoid that Seiki monitor, it can only do 4K at 30Hz max and there are wide reports that it can't even do 1080p at 120 Hz properly (even though its in the spec sheet).
The first 4K 60p input displays are just coming to the market this year. You can see a list: http://www.noteloop.com/kit/4k/
Right now it is just a trickle but expect a flood of both cheap and expensive 4K 60p displays next year.
[1] http://gigaom.com/2013/05/07/snapchats-act-of-faith-in-build...;
Heroku - W08 - $212M > Salesforce [1]
OMGPOP - S06 - $180M > Znyga [2]
SocialCam - W12 - $60M > Autodesk [3]
Loopt - S05 - $43.4M > Green Dot [4]
$40M+ Exits with Rumored Prices:
Parse - S11 - $85M > Facebook [5]
[1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-he...
[2] http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/26/zynga-ceo-mark-pincus-omgpo...
[3] http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/17/socialcam-autodesk-60-milli...
[4] http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/03/09/green-dot-...