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10 3rd Dimension Shows Sliced Projection 3D Display

3rd Dimension (Knoxville, TN) gave a paper and had a small demo in the AVT Simulation booth at I/ITSEC that showcased its second generation display technology. The company called it a “holographic” display, which is partly true as it uses a holographically-defined screen. 3rd Dimension calls its approach “an electronic form of holographic stereography”. But … Read more

30 CAE Launches Next Generation Medallion-6000 Image Generator

CAE launched its next generation Medallion-6000 image generator at I/ITSEC 2014, which is based upon the latest COTS graphics processor from Nvidia (probably the consumer GeForce series rather than the Quadro cards). The Medallion now includes an increased sustained polygon capacity of more than 400,000 polygons for heightened detailed synthetic environments. The resolution of imagery … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 22″ Wide LCD Monitors

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 22″ wide category covering 16:10 models with resolution of 1680 x 1050. There are 13 brands featured in the advertising with Philips, NEC Displays and Iiyama the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Philips leads followed by Acer and NEC Displays in … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 23″ Full HD LCD Monitors

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 23″ Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 1920 x 1080 and sizes from 23″ to 23.4″ wide. There are 16 brands featured in the advertising, with Philips, AOC and Asus the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Asus is top … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 24″ Full HD LCD Monitors

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 24″ Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 1920 x 1080 and sizes from 23.5″ to 24.4″ wide. There are 16 brands featured in the advertising, with AOC, Philips and Iiyama the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Iiyama is top … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 42″ LCD Public Displays – Vol 21 Issue 44

This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are eight brands featured in the advertising. NEC Displays is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and Samsung is third. In France, Samsung leads … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 55″ Full HD LCD Public Displays

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 55″ Full HD category covering sizes 53.5″ to 59.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are seven brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, LG is second and NEC Displays is third. In … Read more

Christie Shows Benefits of 120fps for Simulation…

For several years, Christie Digital has showcased demos at I/ITSEC to demonstrate the benefits of moving to 120fps display solutions for reducing motion artifacts. Last year the company had a nice side-by-side demo showing the trade-offs between increasing the resolution of a solution vs. increasing the frame rate (see video http://tinyurl.com/k4ruosy). The latter was clearly … Read more

42 Christie Offers New “Twist” Option for Simulation Market

Christie Digital is offering end users in the simulation and training market a new option to add the company’s warping and edge-blending software to its projectors. Twist Pro is now an optional fee-based add-on geared for the most demanding applications such as flight simulators, virtual caves and domes. An unlimited number of projectors are supported … Read more

Elbit Systems Introduces New Artillery and Battle Group Trainers

Israeli-based Elbit Systems used I/ITSEC 2014 to describe two training systems: the artillery tactical trainer (ATT) and the fourth generation of the tactical battle group trainer (TBT). About to be delivered to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), ATT is a complete virtual-constructive and networked solution for force-on-force training of field artillery gun crews ranging from … Read more