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IMax Plans European Expansion

by Alan Spencer

According to a BBC news story, Imax, which owns Odeon among other brands, is to more than double the number of its large screens in European by creating 25 new Imax cinemas over the …

Tags:Europe| IMAX| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

Acer to Create VR system for National Palace Museum

by Bob Raikes

Acer is to work with the National Palace Museum in Taiwan to create a VR system for viewing antiques. The company has been working with the museum to create electronic versions of the museum’s …

IMax Gets VR Investment from Acer

by Bob Raikes

We have reported several times on the developments by Imax of its VR event plans (Acer Jumps onto Gaze for Monitors & PCs). Now the company has announced a $50 million fund to finance …

First IMax VR Centre in Europe to be in Manchester

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on the plans by IMax to develop VR experiences attached to cinemas and now the company has announced a deal with Odeon & UCI Cinemas group, under which the first pilot …

Tags:IMAX| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

IMAX Unveils Comprehensive Virtual Reality Strategy; Launches Location-Based Initiative Through Partnership With Starbreeze

by Isaac Oburu

IMAX Corporation today announced its strategy to develop a premium location-based virtual reality offering that will deliver immersive, multi-dimensional experiences, including entertainment content and games, to multiplexes, malls and other commercial destinations. Following yesterday’s …

Tags:IMAX| Virtual Reality

Google and IMAX Partner to Develop Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Camera

by Isaac Oburu

Google and IMAX Corporation today announced at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, that the companies are working to develop a cinema-grade virtual reality (VR) camera – the IMAX® VR camera – to enable …

Tags:Cameras| Google| IMAX| Virtual Reality

IMAX Plans VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

IMAX has announced a partnership with Starbreeze AB (creator of the StarVR headset) to create a location-based VR offering. Shopping centres, multiplex and other venues will be able to use this to offer immersive …

Extreme Vis-Sim: Pluto

by Matthew Brennesholtz

As anyone with any connection to the Internet knows (i.e. all DD readers), the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to dwarf planet Pluto at 7:50AM EDT (11:50 Universal Time, as used by …

Tags:IMAX| Simulation| Visualisation| Vol 22 - Issue 29

TCL-IMAX Launches World Leading Private Theatre System “Palais”

by Helen Vince

On June 17, TCL-IMAX, a joint venture formed by TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited and IMAX Corporation, held a press conference in Shanghai, China, during which it announced the launch of the IMAX Private …

Tags:Home Cinema| IMAX| TCL

IMAX’s New Laser Projector is Unique in Design – and Performance

by Chris Chinnock

I had a chance to visit with Imax in Toronto last Autumn where we discussed the laser projector that was in development. But the firm did not want to reveal very much about the …

Tags:3D Projection| IMAX| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Laser Lands in Imax

by Tom Allen

The first Imax laser projectors will reach the UK at the end of the summer, along with a new 12-channel surround sound system. The Empire, in London’s Leicester Square, will be the first theatre …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 11

by Tom Allen

The DS551LT7, a 7,000 cd/m² 55″ LCD display from Dynascan (ISE 2015 Roundup), will be released in the USA in Q1 this year. Imax released a home theatre system back in 2013 (Display Monitor …