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Light Field Streaming Milestone Reached

by Chris Chinnock

Cable operator Charter Communications and host of partners used the recent SCTE*ISBE Cable-Tec Expo to showcase a light field capture-transmission-display demonstration. This is the first time such an end-to-end demonstration has been attempted and …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Networks| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

NHK Developing an Autostereoscopic 3D TV System

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Hayato Watanabe within the Science and Technology Research Laboratories at NHK (Tokyo, Japan) is developing a novel lightfield based 3D TV system. The display is reported as producing …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Japan| Light Field Displays| NHK

Streaming Video to Light Field Displays

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dr. C. E. Thomas, Founder and CTO of Third Dimension Technologies (TDT) recently gave a SMPTE webinar for members titled “Streaming Model for Field of Light Displays.” Field of Light Displays (FoLD) are what …

Tags:Light Field Displays| Streaming Video

Preliminary Agenda Released for the 2019 Light Field and Holographic Display Summit

by Artem Alekseenko

This two-day event will focus on the latest developments in the light field and holographic ecosystem – from capture to display. The preliminary agenda can be viewed at: http://www.displaysummit.com/2019-light-field-and-holographic-display-summit/. Hosted at CableLabs, the R&D …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays

Digital Humans are Closer Than You Think

by Chris Chinnock

Well, they are closer than I thought anyway. In talking to possible presenters for the upcoming Light Field and Holographic Display Summit, I was speaking with Digital Domain’s John Canning, who pointed me to …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Visual Computing

IDEA Group Formed for Advanced Display Distribution Standards

by Chris Chinnock

A press conference at the 2019 NAB Show was used to launch the Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA). Its mission is to create a suite of royalty-free specifications that address all immersive media formats, …

Tags:3D software| Augmented Reality| Distribution| Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Virtual Reality

Glasses-free Displays at CES

by Chris Chinnock

We met with four companies at CES: Vision Engineering, Creal 3D, Dimenco and StreamTV. StreamTV had a very good location right in central hall next to the LG Electronics booth. They were highlighting their …

Tags:3D display| Autostereo 3D| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Light Field Displays

NTT Shows 3D Sand Table

by Chris Chinnock

At Ceatec in Japan, NTT Service Evaluation Laboratories showed a prototype of a 3D Sand Table display; i.e. one in which participants can view a 3D image while walking around it in a tabletop …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Stereo 3D| Vol 25 - Issue 41

Introduction to Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

Display Summit 2018 was held on Oct. 2-4 at two facilities: Harman International in Northridge, California and at the Pacific Winnetka theaters in Chatsworth, California. A 2-day symposium on the light field ecosystem and …

Tags:Display Summit 2018| Large Display Monitor| LED| LED Cinema| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Light Field Display Update from Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

In the afternoon session, the focus was more on advanced 3D displays. Jon Karafin from Light Field Labs started the discussion by giving a presentation most of which we have described before. It included …

Tags:Display Summit 2018| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Light Field Capture and Distribution Update From Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

Yahya Mirza from Aclertic Systems began the conference with a discussion of the computational needs for rendering light field images. His company’s goal is to “better understand what it takes to create content for …

Tags:Display Summit 2018| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 39