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Samsung Launches SeeColors App for QLED TV to Support People with Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD)

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:33:26 +0000

Samsung Electronics announced today the launch of SeeColors app for QLED TV, which is compatible with all Samsung QLED TVs. The SeeColors app* for QLED TV helps people with Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) identify their personal visual deficiencies through the app. Based on individual’s results, QLED TVs, featuring 100% colour volume, adjust the colour settings on the display, allowing viewers with CVD to enjoy a viewing experience with more optimised colours.

“Samsung is committed to making people’s everyday lives smarter and more convenient through technology and innovation,” said Hyeongnam Kim, Vice President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. “The launch of SeeColors for QLED TV embodies this mission by providing users with a way to address one of the world’s biggest optical challenges through the latest technologies and visual displays.”

Nearly 300 million people globally have CVD, with approximately 8% of men and up to 1% of women affected**, based on a representative survey conducted in Europe and North America. However, the majority of people with CVD are unaware of their condition and the impact it has on their quality of life.

Through the SeeColors app on the TV, users can identify the type and level of their CVD then directly recalibrate their QLED TV screen based on their personal results. To offer an easy method for people to identify CVD, Samsung Electronics partnered with Professor Klara Wenzel who heads up the Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Mechanical Engineering Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, to adopt the Colorlite Test, or C-Test, for TV and mobile devices. C-Test, developed by Professor Wenzel, is a digital test that uses the concept of colour filters and mathematical modeling to identify CVD. Adopting the C-Test through the SeeColors app has resulted in a simple solution which gives people with CVD the opportunity to see the world through their QLED TVs in more optimised colour.

The SeeColors app is available for download from the Smart TV App store. Users can also download the app to conduct the test through Google Play and the Galaxy App Store for Samsung Galaxy smartphones S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, S7, S7 edge and S8 devices. Once users connect their Galaxy smartphone to their QLED TV, the TV will automatically adjust the colour setting based on the user’s results.

The SeeColors app is created in partnership with Colorlite®, a Hungarian company that applies certified technology based on 20 years of scientific research to lenses to help people address CVD. The SeeColors app marks the first time Colorlite® is being used on TVs and smartphone devices.

Samsung Electronics has committed to providing a wide range of accessibility features via its innovative products, and its efforts have been recognized with CES Innovation Awards in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

*This app is not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or medical problem. Any information found, acquired or accessed through this app is made available for your convenience and should not be treated as medical advice.

**Calculation based on Fletcher, R. & Voke, J. (1985) Defective colour vision: fundamentals, diagnosis and management. Adam Hilger, Bristol.

*** *Updated on March 5th, 2019: Updated the effects of the SeeColors app

Fun with Filters: What Do Galaxy S6 Filters Say About You

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:38:08 +0000

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but a thousand words doesn’t always tell the whole story—a good photo filter elevates your snapshot from a dry paragraph to a rich novella. With a whole quiver full of photo effects built into the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 camera app, altering the tone of that story is as easy as tapping the screen a few times. But in the age of selfies, our photos are more than just visual stories; they’re statements about us. The question is which effect is the most “you”?

The Artsy One

Maybe you’re known for taking your easel down to the park on weekends, or maybe you just doodle in the margins of your notebook. Whether you prefer the art of the 1860s or the 1960s, the Van Gogh-inspired Impressionist and ultra-colorful Pop Art filters have you covered. The former says, “I’ll always take the creative route, but I like to keep it timeless,” while the latter significantly ramps up the quirkiness factor. Go for Impressionist if you’re the classical type, or Pop Art if you prefer punchy comic book covers. Either way, you’re definitely the person who makes handmade birthday cards.

Cool and Collected

To you, cream and sugar in coffee is blasphemy. Your favorite movie genre? Film noir. Somehow, a trail of fog seems to follow you in the night. You snap a photo of a flickering neon sign, then access your camera app’s Quick Settings menu to apply a black-and-white Vintage effect. Sleek and classy though it may be, it’s not quite dark enough to capture your jazz collection—on vinyl, of course. That’s where the high-contrast, high-style Magic Pen filter comes in.

Everyone’s Bright Spot

You like cats, but you like glitter even more. As someone who sings in the car and revels in life’s little things, you’re pretty happy with how crisp that pic of your cute-as-a-button puppy looks on the Quad HD AMOLED screen—but life can always be brighter. What if your pup was chasing streaks of rainbow light through a whole new stratosphere of adorable? The Light Streak effect makes that happen. Sometimes, though, you like to keep it sweet and simple. Tossing on a light coat of pink and a few lens flares with the Stardust filter is the photo equivalent of putting sprinkles on a donut…and you love sprinkles.

An Old-Fashioned Techie

If Teddy Roosevelt took selfies, they’d look almost as rugged as yours. You, sir, are more vintage than vintage. You not only have a mustache, but you wax that mustache with pride. And madam, you at times use pomade in your hair.. Sure, your pictures clock in at 16 megapixels—just a few bazillion magnitudes of resolution higher than your vintage camera—but their golden tones and whimsically desaturated hues look right at home in the history books.

Photo Credits: John Chapple / Demand Media

Spec Comparison: Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S7

Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:24:32 +0000

Galaxy S7 boasts exceptional features such as a visually pleasing Always-On Display (AOD), dust and water resistance (IP68), expandable storage with an SD card slot and advanced cameras that utilize dual-pixel technology to produce better photos in any light—these are just some of the major enhancements that users will get with the Galaxy S7. See the ways in which Samsung made its newest flagship smartphone its best yet.