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Glass Collimator Supply Chain Expands

by Chris Chinnock

It looks like the simulation market now has three key suppliers of large area glass collimation mirrors for flight simulators: Esterline, Flight Safety and Display & Optical Technologies, Inc. (DOTI). (for an explanation of …

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Flight Safety Shows Benefit of Collimated Display

by Chris Chinnock

Flight Safety showed perhaps the best demonstration of the benefits of a collimated display I have seen. It was a side-by-side demo that showed the same content. On the left was a conventional front …

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Eyetracking and Tobii Show, well, Eyetracking

by Chris Chinnock

Two companies, Eyetracking and Tobii were demonstrating eyetracking technology for a range of applications at I/ITSEC 2016. The company Eyetracker says its tracker can track heads, faces and even eyelids in addition to gaze …

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Esterline to Support New BAE Systems Demo Area

by Chris Chinnock

BAE Systems in Warton UK apparently wants to invest in a new facility with state-of-the-art simulation visuals as a means of showcasing capabilities across various fast jet platforms to potential customers. As a result, …

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Digital Projection Highlight Laser Projectors

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Projection Inc (DPI) did not have any new products at I/ITSEC 2016, so it highlighted what it currently offers for the simulation and training market. That meant a focus on the laser phosphor …

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Canon Shows Possibilities at I/ITSEC 2016

by Chris Chinnock

Canon focused on a few applications for its LCOS-based projectors at I/ITSEC 2016. In one area, they partnered with Cobra Simulation to show a single projector domed solution. This featured Canon’s 5000 lumen, 4K …

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Carl Zeiss to Bring 2-DMD Projector to Simulation and Training Market

by Chris Chinnock

One of the surprises at I/ITSEC 2016 was the debut of a projector from Carl Zeiss. Technically, the projector, called Velvet, is not new as it is used in the planetarium market, but the …

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Boeing Features Strong Focus on AR and VR Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Boeing made a strong impression with a variety of Hololens AR demos as well as a VR demo at I/ITSEC 2016. With Hololens, Boeing must have had 4-5 demos all placed in virtual spaces …

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Barco Debuts F70 Projector

by Chris Chinnock

The newest projector in the Barco line up is the F70, which derives from its projectiondesign heritage. This is a single chip “4K” DLP projector which uses a WQXGA (1920 x 1200) chip set …

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3D Perception Working on 10-bit Upgrade

by Chris Chinnock

3D Perception offers a unique simulation projection screen solution that embeds LED at periodic location around the screen. These are used to generate a calibration pattern that when combined with a camera system, allows …

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Training Needs Evolving within the Military

by Chris Chinnock

In numerous panels and presentations it became clear that the U.S. Armed Forces are increasingly seeing a need to revamp the way they train their service members. We listened in on one important panel …

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