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DTS:X Brings Object-based Audio For Cinema & Home

by Chris Chinnock

Next-Generation Technology Gives Content Creators, Cinema and Home Theater Owners More Control than Ever; Audiences Will Experience the Richest, Most Realistic Soundscape Possible DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a global leader in audio technology solutions, …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema Audio| Home Cinema| NAB 2015

Archiving and Light Levels Top IMAX Concern List

by Chris Chinnock

A panel discussion at the Technology Summit for Cinema featured IMAX CQO, David Keighley and Jan Yarbrough, Senior Colorist, Motion Picture Imaging at Warner Bros. Both were in agreement that theaters are often too …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 16

01 The Impact of the Digital Film Transition on the Industry

by Chris Chinnock

The SMPTE-organized Technology Summit on Cinema at NAB kicked off with a panel on the lessons learned in the transition from film to digital. Here, panels noted that the idea of moving to digital …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 16

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Are 1M:1 HDR Theatrical Projectors Really Needed?

by Chris Chinnock

That’s not exactly the message that RealD’s Pete Lude wanted to convey in his talk at the Technology Summit on Cinema, but it is was the something that exhibitors and projector makers should be …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema Projection| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

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Userful Offers a New Way to Control Video Walls

by Chris Chinnock

Userful has developed what seems to be a novel, innovative, and potentially disruptive technology for controlling video walls. For the most part, video wall control is done today with dedicated and expensive special-purpose controllers. …

Tags:Video over IP (VIP)| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 16

New Options for JPEG 2000 Compression for Video-Over-IP Emerge

by Chris Chinnock

JPEG 2000 compression is used in the Digital Cinema world to encode movies for distribution to the theater. It is also used in broadcast for contribution signals. It is an image based compression scheme …

Tags:Barco| JPEG2000| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 22 - Issue 26

YouTube and Facebook Supporting 360-Degree Video

by Chris Chinnock

360-degree videos are becoming more popular as content for virtual reality headsets, but they can also be viewed on a smartphone or tablet. Just swivel your head or mobile device side-to-side or up/down to …

Tags:Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Atheer Labs has Unique IP to help Augmented Reality Adoption

by Chris Chinnock

Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) is one of many companies focused on opportunities in the augmented reality space. Art Berman provided a nice overview of the company back in February (Introducing the Atheer Augmented …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Kverve Optics Gets Funding from projectiondesign Founder Jorn Eriksen

by Chris Chinnock

Kverve Optics AS is proud to announce that the co-founder of Projectiondesign AS, Mr. Jorn Eriksen, has bought 40% of Kverve Optics AS and that Mr. Eriksen will take the position as the Chairman …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 10

3DIcon Describes New Medium for Volumetric Displays

by Chris Chinnock

3DIcon is a technology company that is focused on their CSpace display technology. Recently, the company published a report in the Journal of Display Technology that describes a new liquid medium in which a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10| Volumetric Displays