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VR/AR/MR is Alive and Well for Military Training

by Chris Chinnock

VR, AR and MR applications were in every other booth at I/ITSEC 2017 where the access to game engines and inexpensive headsets are driving a revolution in the way training is done in many …

Tags:Augmented Reality| I/ITSEC 2017| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Rockwell Collins| Simulation| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 46

3D Perception Upgrading nBox Processor

by Chris Chinnock

3D Perception offers a unique torroidal screen solution built up with metre-sized tiles. There are four tile types to support different shapes and sizes of the screen. Embedded in the screen are tiny LED …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Esterline Highlights Deployable Dome Solution

by Chris Chinnock

Esterline Simulation Visual Systems, the simulation integration company spun out of Barco, was at I/ITSEC 2017 highlighting its new five-channel TD-550 deployable dome display system and the NOCTIS edge-blending solution in a two-channel configuration. …

Tags:Blend & Warp| Dome Projection| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Sony Curved CLED Video Wall is for Simulation

by Chris Chinnock

The updated name for Sony’s CLEDIS display is Crystal LED or CLED. At I/ITSEC 2017, the company showed a curved version of this LED screen for the first time in the Immersive Display Solutions …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| LED| Projectors| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 46

GBvi Shows New Blending Technology

by Chris Chinnock

GBvi is a UK-based company that has developed a very nice niche in the simulation market – optical edge-blending technology. (GBVI Gets Good References) Edge blending is needed when multiple projectors are used to …

Tags:Blend & Warp| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Simthetiq Shows Novel Collimated Display

by Chris Chinnock

Simthetiq was a new company to us but they had a great-looking display. As shown in the photo below, the enclosure looks like a geodesic dome but inside is a 180-degree collimated display. Collimated …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Digital Projection Wows with an 8K HDR Projector at I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Projection had in my opinion, the best looking display on the I/ITSEC 2017 trade show floor, but it got the prize by kind of cheating. It was showing native 8K HDR/WCG video content …

Tags:Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 46

JVC Intros Two New Sim Projectors at I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

JVC Visual Systems introduced two Visualization Series projectors at I/ITSEC 2017. The DLA‑VS4700 projector offers native 4K resolution with e-shift technology to display up to 8K resolution, while the DLA‑VS4010NLG is JVC’s brightest simulation …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2017| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Zeiss Updates Dual-Modulated DLP Projector

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s I/ITSEC we were very impressed with the super black levels achieved in the Zeiss DLP projector that features two DMD chips in series to offer contrast of 2.5M:1. This is needed …

Tags:DLP Projectors| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Norxe Shows Stunning LED Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Norxe is a start up from the same founders of projectiondesign, which was acquired by Barco some years back. Now, the two companies are in direct competition to build high-lumen LED projectors in neighboring …

Tags:DLP Projectors| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Norxe Shows Stunning LED Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Norxe is a start up from the same founders of projectiondesign, which was acquired by Barco some years back. Now, the two companies are in direct competition to build high-lumen LED projectors in neighboring …

Tags:DLP Projectors| I/ITSEC 2017| LED Projectors| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Barco Shows New F80 and LED Projectors at I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Barco used I/ITSEC 2017 to launch the new F80 series of projectors. It joins the F70 and F90 versions with the F80 essentially the entry level model ideally suited to applications such as virtual …

Tags:Barco| I/ITSEC 2017| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 46