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Joe Miseli is from the ICDM and he explained the history of the development of this free standard, which can be downloaded by anybody. There is now work going on towards a Version 2 which will have new pixel/resolution and format definitions and will also include test material for HDR. There are 53 members of … Read more
Monday at the Xbox E3 2016 Briefing, Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new family of Xbox One devices, a host of new Xbox Live features and the biggest lineup of games in Xbox history. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer underscored the Xbox team’s commitment to building a future of gaming beyond console generations and inviting gamers … Read more
Leading consumer electronics company and smartphone manufacturer MEIZU officially introduced its latest m series product, MEIZU m3s, at a product release conference in Beijing, China on June 13. MEIZU m3s is the metal variant of the company’s latest affordable offering MEIZU m3. It keeps most features of its predecessor while offering the following unique features: … Read more
Todd Fender is from market research behemoth, IHS. He began by saying you need to be careful with growth data. Often there are big percentages quoted, but if you have a small market, then percentages are not difficult. Nothing happens very quickly in the public display market; transitions such as analogue to digital, resolution transitions … Read more
The fourth session of the day was on market trends and was moderated by Clive Couldwell of AV Magazine. The first presentation was by Chris McIntyre-Brown of FutureSource Consulting. After introducing his firm, he said that in recent years many of his customers have re-organised around vertical markets, rather than around technologies. Projection remains a … Read more
Seth Coe-Sullivan (who some of you know him from QD Vision where he remains on the board) is from Luminit where he is mainly working now. The company is a privately held business with around 70 staff and has dealt with many companies in the industry. It is around 10 years old. The company’s Light … Read more
David Rahn is from Alcons Audio, which was a sponsor of the event. He said that Alcons is a Dutch company that is a leader in the loudspeaker world in technology. It has a ribbon-based sound system. Film-maker, David Lynch, said that movies are 50% visual and 50% audio, but can be more than 50%. … Read more
Bill Beck returned as a representative of his employer, Barco, to talk about laser cinema going mainstream. He started by saying that all Premium Large Format (PLF) cinemas would be dominated by Laser RGB, because of image quality, operation simplicity and total cost of ownership (TCO). Laser Phosphor will also do well and that will … Read more
Jeevan Vivegananthan is from Christie and his topic was projection mapping. At the moment this is often used for large events and there are architectural mapping projects as well. Arenas such as basketball courts can be lit up and illuminated. Spaces can be changed also – there are quite a few in bars and casinos … Read more
Hiroki Masuda and Yuya Kurata are from JBMIA Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association, which has a group that looks after projection. One sub-group looks after laser and the JBMIA sees that Laser Illuminated Projection Systems (LIPS) have many benefits. When you legislate, there are three factors to consider – each has its … Read more
Bill Beck was wearing his hat as a representative of the Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA). It is the fifth anniversary of LIPA and he covered the association and its development. In the 1970s, laser was seen as dangerous because of laser light shows, so they were regulated. However, lasers in projectors are different and … Read more
Walter Burgess is from Power Technology which develops laser light sources for really bright projectors, in the 50K-60K lumens range. The company won a US government project to research the removal of speckle from lasers and learned a lot in the process. The firm has been showing its laser sources with projectors from others including … Read more
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