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Christie Focuses on Applications at Infocomm

by Chris Chinnock

There were really no new product announcements in projection for Christie at Infocomm this year, so they mostly showed applications. One new innovation was an update to the company’s AutoStack camera-based alignment solution of …

Hitachi Shows HLD Prototype “Crystal” LED Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Hitachi was one of two companies (Optoma is the other) publicly demonstrating prototypes of LED projectors using the new HLD (High Lumen Density) light source from Philips Lighting. Hitachi’s prototype was reported to offer …

Casio Focuses on Lamp-free Projection in Education

by Chris Chinnock

Casio started the lamp-free solid state trend a number of years ago with their hybrid (LED and laser) solution. But since then, they don’t seem to have innovated much beyond this initial platform as …

Tags:Casio| Hybrid LED (Laser)| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

NEC Ups Laser Phosphor Projector Offerings

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to do a booth tour with Rich McPherson, Senior Product Manager of Projectors at NEC Display Solution at InfoComm 2015 and learn of their new projection products and plans. The …

Scalable Display Technologies Announces InfoComm Participation with Eight Partners

by Chris Chinnock

Scalable Display Technologies (SDT), the leading provider of software for multi-projector display systems, featured on eight partner displays on the InfoComm 2015 show floor. This widespread adoption of Scalable software for immersive displays is …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Projection| Software

ImagineOptix Shows Polarization-Based Waveguide for AR Headsets

by Chris Chinnock

ImagineOptix has been on our radar for a few years because of its development of a Polarization Grating – Polarization Conversion System (PG-PCS). This is a clever technology that uses liquid crystal based polymer …

Luminit Shows Waveguide Solution and More

by Chris Chinnock

Luminit is another company working on LC-based photopolymers to create optical functionality. One of the features it was showing off was the creation of lenses and gratings for use in AR/VR headsets and other …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Waveguide Display

RealD Finds Big Problem with 6p 3D Glasses for PLF Laser Projection

by Chris Chinnock

6p laser projection offers many advantages for theatrical 3D such as high luminance and high contrast. 3D separation is based upon glasses that use two different sets of RGB filters to pass the 6 …

Rockwell Collins Does Optical Bonding – with a Curve

by Chris Chinnock

Optical bonding is one of the best ways to reduce reflections from a display and provide high contrast, full color viewing – even in high ambient light environments. But not all bonding methods are …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Optical Bonding| Rockwell Collins| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

SeeReal Shows Electronic Holographic Display

by Chris Chinnock

The end game for most display enthusiasts is an electronic holographic display that provides no-glasses 3D viewing with high resolution and vertical and horizontal parallax. In other words – a display that is so …

Tags:Holographic Displays| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

SeeFront Sees Success with Eye-Track 3D Display

by Chris Chinnock

SeeFront is a German company we have tracked for a number of years. The company develops eye-tracked autostereoscopic 3D displays for commercial applications. At SID 2015, we had a chance to catch up again …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

DLP Prism Design with Higher Contrast

by Chris Chinnock

The 1-chip DLP engine design uses two back-to-back prisms to allow light to couple light in and out of the DMD chip. The design is quite mature but it has an inherent contrast limitation. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24