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Christie Focuses on Applications at Infocomm

by Chris Chinnock

There were really no new product announcements in projection for Christie at Infocomm this year, so they mostly showed applications. One new innovation was an update to the company’s AutoStack camera-based alignment solution of …

Panasonic Shows Projection Mapping

by Helen Vince

Panasonic showed a couple of interesting projection mapping solutions at InfoComm 2015. One was illuminating a car and one incorporated a tablet-based augmented reality capability.

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Mapping & Cartography| Panasonic| Projection| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Christie Brings 6P Laser to Asia

by Tom Allen

Christie’s Solaria CP4230 DLP projector has been used at the opening of the Shanghai International Film Festival – marking the seventh consecutive year of Christie’s involvement with the event. The projector is being used …

Scalable Display Technologies Announces InfoComm Participation with Eight Partners

by Chris Chinnock

Scalable Display Technologies (SDT), the leading provider of software for multi-projector display systems, featured on eight partner displays on the InfoComm 2015 show floor. This widespread adoption of Scalable software for immersive displays is …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Projection| Software

VESA Updates MPCDI Standard to Include New Color Correction Parameters

by Tom Allen

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today released Version 2.0 of the VESA Multiple Projection Common Data Interchange (MPCDI) Standard. Developed by VESA’s Multi-Projector Automatic Calibration (MPAC) Task Group, the standard creates a standard …

Tags:Projection| Standards| VESA

Barco Used to Break Projection World Record

by Tom Allen

Creative Technology has used the Hoover Dam as the USA’s largest-ever projection screen. To mark the launch of Freightliner’s new truck, CT Group was contacted for the project by OSK Communications. The dam’s surface …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Academy Upgrades With Digital Displays

by Tom Allen

A new 5m² projection room has been installed in the Hastings Academy in the UK. The 270° space uses three projectors, with content driven by a Onelan Net-Top-Box 6000 media player and Datapath multi-screen …

IKEA Envisions Future Display Applications

by Phillip Wright

Furniture retailer IKEA at Milan Design Week 2015 has unveiled its “Concept Kitchen 2025” which illustrates the firm’s vision of the future network integration and utilization of sensors and projection displays in the home …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Interactive Projectors| Projection| Sustainability| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Screen Innovations Recruited by NASA for Space Station Project

by Vanessa Browning

Screen Innovations (SI), purveyors of innovation in the two-piece video projection industry, has been invited by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create the first projection-screen for use in outer space, aboard …

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Google Patents Back to the Future Technology

by Tom Allen

A patent awarded to Google has the potential to turn walls into screens. The patent outlines a projection system that can display images on a wall covered with photo-reactive paint. A beam of light …

E-Lead Claims Projection Film Cuts HUD Cost by 90%

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s E-Lead Electronics has developed a low-cost automotive HUD, showing it at the Taipei AMPA & AutoTronics show earlier this month. In-car HUDs usually take the form of a dedicated transparent display (‘combiner type’) …

Barco Creates a Fashion ‘Moment’

by Tom Allen

Barco helped Canadian studio Moment Factory to create an installation called ‘The Staircase of the Muses’ for a fashion exhibition in France, by Jean Paul Gaultier. Using an HDX-W20 projector and a Moment Factory/Barco …