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Thales has its fingers in a lot of areas of the training and simulation world, but is especially strong in helicopter simulators, with big new wins in Australia in co-operation with Boeing. At last year’s I/ITSEC, it decided to make a push to try to integrate its helicopter and land warrior simulation solutions to create … Read more
On display at I/ITSEC was a bridge simulator put together with Transas Americas (Seattle), AVT Simulation (Orlando) and Coastal Manufacturing (Seattle). This features a very powerful marine database that can be used to help with navigation and emergency training on ships of all sizes. While the demo at I/ITSEC was somewhat generic, it leverages a … Read more
2014 has been a good year for Thales, explained Vincent Megaides, the business line strategy director for Thales Training and Simulation at I/ITSEC 2014. He noted that Australia’s Army and Navy helicopter pilots will be trained using three Thales full flight simulators and a suite of other synthetic training devices as a result of a … Read more
VT MÄK Showcases Wargaming & First-Person Simulation VT MÄK (MÄK) (Cambridge, MA), a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), didn’t announce anything new, but it created several demos to illustrate how its customers can integrate MÄK commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products into training solutions. MÄK provides the simulation technology and software architecture to build modern … Read more
We were able to interview several companies during I/ITSEC 2014. Boeing was in the JVC booth at I/ITSEC 2014 showing its updated CRVS (constant video resolution simulator) with a new IG using COTS hardware and JVC 8k e-shift projector. The upgrade is ready to roll out now – http://tinyurl.com/ncakxlg Christie had three demos at I/ITSEC. … Read more
An exclusive demonstration of Absen Optoelectronics’ new high-resolution outdoor LED display, the X5, will be given at ISE 2015. Absen will be in hall 11, stand F52. The X5 is a 5.2mm-pixel pitch product for rental applications. It consists of a frame and module, for simple installation. The product is IP65-certified and features a redundant … Read more
Acer’s new S1383WHNE DLP projector is a professional model with a short throw ratio. Able to throw a 300″ image from 3.3m, it can be used in small- and mid-size venues as well as living rooms. Manual remote control is possible via a LAN, using the Crestron web-based console. The S1383WHNE is also compatible with … Read more
Acer’s G277HU 27″ LCD monitor boasts a ‘Zero Frame’ design, with a 2.2mm bezel to the left, right and top. It is a monitor for home users, and can tilt between -5 deg and 15 deg . A 1ms response time especially suits the monitor for gamers, avoiding smearing and ghosting. Flicker-free technology is built … Read more
Acer has added a new model to its professional monitor series, the B6 line. The B326HK is a 32″ UltraHD LCD model with Acer’s ‘ColorPlus’ technologies. ColorPlus is a suite of software to provide rich, consistent colours. The display covers 100% of the sRGB colour space and features six-axis colour-independent adjustment, for customised colour and … Read more
Acer’s XB280HK UltraHD gaming monitor has won a Popular Science 2014 ‘Best of What’s New’ award, in the hardware category.
Apparently, cruise ship passengers having an interior room can sometimes find their in-cabin experience a bit claustrophobic. Not surprisingly, one reason for this is the lack of an outside view. Royal Caribbean is addressing this issue in a unique way: with the instillation of so-called virtual balconies. A virtual balcony is based on a large … Read more
And finally – Mark Coxon of Rave Pubs pokes fun at corporate marketing in his latest ‘interview’ – actually between himself as a Rave writer and his alter ego, AVPhenom. Branding himself as the head of Phenominal Industries, AVPhenom claims to have the ‘First to Market’ Glasses-Free 3D UHD TV. We won’t spoil it for … Read more
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