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3D Display Exploits Integral Imaging in Tabletop Display

A team of researchers headed by Sen-Lin Pang of the College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) is developing an innovative integral imaging display system. First, a few words of background information on integral imaging technology paraphrased from Wikipedia. Integral imaging is an autostereoscopic 3D imaging technique that captures and then … Read more

Planar Introduces New LEDs Optimised for Virtual Production

What They Say Planar has announced a new series, the CarbonLight VX series, that is optimised for virtual production. It features 1.9mm and 2.6mm pitch and there are models with Brompton controllers. The colour performance is up to DCI-P3 for the Planar CarbonLight CLI VX1.9 model. The LED refresh rate is 3840Hz and frame rates … Read more

The technology behind Atlanta’s Illuminarium

What They Say We’ve reported a couple of times on the Illuminarium and its partnership with Panasonic. The venue uses around 50 Panasonic projectors for ‘a combined projection of more than 3 billion pixels’. Protocol reports that to meet the needs of the venue, Panasonic developed a new custom short-throw lens partly because during the … Read more

New Planar CarbonLight VX Series Optimized for On-Camera Virtual Production  

Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, introduced the Planar® CarbonLight™ VX Series, a line of LED display solutions optimized to meet the needs of the exploding virtual production (VP) and extended reality (XR) markets. Featuring a lightweight, patented carbon fiber construction, the Planar CarbonLight VX Series supports indoor fine pitch LED video wall, ceiling … Read more

Pro AV Revenue Declined by 17% in 2020, But 5-Year Outlook is Positive, According to New Forecasts From AVIXA

After peaking at $259 billion in 2019, pro AV industry revenue dropped to $214 billion globally in 2020 due to the pandemic, according to the new 2021 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) produced by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. IOTA forecasts revenue will reach $232 billion in 2021 and grow to … Read more

Links Week Ending 2nd July 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Loewe: New 4K OLED TVs with Loewe os7 and Dolby Vision LG starts rolling out its “QNED” LCD TVs (That’s LG’s LCDs, not the Samsung QNED) Samsung Galaxy … Read more

Global 10% of Car and 20% of TV Display Use WICOP … ‘Permanent Injunction Against 13 Brands Infringing WICOP Patents’

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, announced that the New Jersey District Court issued a consent judgment and permanent injunction for infringement of twelve Seoul Semiconductor patents against 13 automotive lighting brand LED products being sold through automotive parts’ distribution channels. WICOP is a revolutionary patented technology that … Read more

Global 10% of Car and 20% of TV Display Use WICOP … ‘Permanent Injunction Against 13 Brands Infringing WICOP Patents’ (3)

What They Say Seoul Semiconductor issued a press release saying that it has won a case in the New Jersey District Court over the use of its Wicop patent for LED lens attachment. The feature makes it popular for automotive use and the firm said that 10% of all automobiles (102 models). However the technology … Read more

Facebook Leads the VR Headset Market in Q1 2021 But There’s Plenty of Room for Others, According to IDC

Global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets grew 52.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. Standalone headsets, which feature an all-encompassing design such as the Oculus Quest 2 or the HTC Vive Focus, … Read more