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ATSC 3.0 Work Described at NAB Conference

Sunday afternoon at the NAB Show Broadcast Engineering Conference was dedicated to a report on the ongoing development of the ATSC 3.0 standard. This next-generation broadcast standard is being developed to replace the existing ATSC terrestrial standard currently used in North America and elsewhere. The technology is being based on state-of-the-art advances in video and … Read more

3D: The Why and Not the Wow

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) has released their latest 2015 Ed Tech Next report “Dimensions in Learning: Visualizing, Designing, and Making in 3D.” The report focuses on the growth and potential of 3D in education. “Visualizing, designing and making in 3D are our future.”– Ed Tech Next 2015 Report CoSN is a leading international … Read more

Barco’s Escape Theatrical Format Gains Acceptance at CinemaCon

Barco is pioneering the development of a new theatrical format called Escape. The idea is to flank the main theatrical screen with two side screens that can screen a big panoramic image or three separate images – depending upon the creator’s preferences. The movie Maze Runner was the first to feature a 10 minute segment … Read more

360-Degree Cameras Proliferate to Support Virtual Reality (Part 2)

There were a lot of developers of 360-degree camera or software companies at NAB – all to feed the growing need for virtual reality content. NextVR NextVR was in the RED booth where it was showing stereo content acquired with its stereo rig featuring RED cameras, of course. This was shown in an Oculus headset, … Read more

360-Degree Cameras Proliferate to Support Virtual Reality (Part 1)

There were a lot of developers of 360-degree camera or software companies at NAB – all to feed the growing need for virtual reality content. RTI The benefit of a one-camera 360-degree capture option is the lack of stitching required for multi-camera solutions. On the other hand a single camera solution must spread the limited … Read more

Samsung Display Details the Technology Behind its Most Advanced Display

Samsung Display, the largest producer of OLED and LCD electronic display panels in the world, today released key details about its new Flexible AMOLED display— the most advanced in the mobile industry – now being used on Galaxy S®6 edge smartphones. A technical backgrounder immediately follows. “We are witnessing enormous interest in our leading-edge Flexible … Read more

goHDR Describes HDR Compression Approach

goHDR is a UK-based company that was at NAB 2015 to describe and show its HDR encoding solution. The company demonstrated real time capture, encode/decode and display of HDR content on an HDR display. goHDR is developing an approach that it will propose to the Cost Action Group (IC 105), a European union of companies … Read more

Amazon to Offer HDR Content

Amazon used NAB to announce that it will be among the first to offer HDR content through its Amazon Prime Video service. These will arrive sometime in 2015. Amazon is producing it own original content and is working “Hollywood studios, leading technology innovators and global consumer electronics companies to bring Prime members and customers an … Read more