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I/ITSEC 2016 Introduction

by Chris Chinnock

At I/ITSEC 2016, which took place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida at the end of November and is the biggest North American show for training and simulation, we focused mainly …

Tags:I/ITSEC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Macquarie University Uses Highlite Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Australia’s Macquarie University has used four of Digital Projection’s Highlite Laser projectors (1920×1200) to create an 8m diameter (18.8m wide) 240º cylindrical projection system for its new VR lab. The system uses active S3D …

Tags:Back Panel| CAVEs| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Stereo 3D| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Digital Projection Laser Used for Simulation

by Bob Raikes

Glasgow School of Art’s School of Simulation and Visualisation (SimVis) – formerly The Digital Design Studio – is an immersive visualisation centre for commercial and postgraduate research and has bought Digital Projection’s Insight Laser …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Luxol Software Allows Development of OLED with 45% Efficiency

by Bob Raikes

Seoul University, with a team lead by Professor Kim Jang-joo has developed an OLED simulation programme with CoCoLink (a company related to the university and which specialises in supercomputing) to allow the development of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Simulation| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 44

NASA Uses Touch for Training

by Bob Raikes

NASA is using touch screens as part of its “commercial crew program” to help train astronauts for a mission to the International Space Station. The simulator is designed to copy the control configuration of …

Tags:Aviation| Avionics| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Two New White Papers on the Value of Wide and Accurate Color

by Isaac Oburu

Insight Media has published two new white papers that describe the basics of color science, the trends toward wider color gamut displays and projectors and the value of these wider colors in two vertical …

Tags:Home Cinema| Home Theatre| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Laser Projectors| Simulation| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

JDI Adopts New Backplane Simulator Tool from Silvaco

by Chris Chinnock

We don’t often talk about Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for displays, but they are essential to be able to model new designs and new processes. Probably the premier supplier of backplane modeling tools …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD displays| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Eyevis DLP Used at Lufthansa Flight Training

by Isaac Oburu

The Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH (LFT) has 39 simulators with about 20 using ESP-LHD-1000 DLP projectors from Eyevis. The projectors were chosen partly based on their low minimum black level (0.003 ftL) for night …

Tags:Back Panel| DLP Projectors| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Canon Adds New Tech to XEED Series

by Tom Allen

Canon’s newest XEED-brand LCoS projector is a short-throw model for professional users, called the 4K501ST. Designed as an update to the 4K500ST (Canon Claims World’s Lightest DCI Projector), the new projector features HDMI 2.0 …

Tags:Canon| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Projectors| Short Throw| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 29

‘World’s Most Realistic Simulator’ Uses Barco

by Tom Allen

Norway’s Rørvik Safety Centre provides simulator-based training to the crew of fishing vessels. To provide the most realistic training experience, the Centre recently upgraded its MarinSim simulator, using nine Barco F22 projectors illuminating a …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 27

DS30 Eccles Updates on Simulation Needs

by Bob Raikes

Dave Eccles is from Rockwell Collins (RC) and he said he has a great job – he gets paid to play games. Simulators are now so good that simulation counts as flight time, so …

Tags:Display Summit 2016| Infocomm 2016| Large Display Monitor| Rockwell Collins| Simulation| Vol 23 - Issue 24