Vol 22 – Issue 49 – Page 6

Sensics Focuses on OSVR

by Chris Chinnock

HMD developer Sensics was at I/ITSEC to show off its high performance HMD but also to facilitate discussions about OSVR – their joint venture with game developer, Razor. OSVR stands for Open Source Virtual …

Immersive Display Solutions Lands UAE Joint Fires Contract

by Chris Chinnock

The training of Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, JTACs, is a major initiative in the US military as well as other allied militaries. JTACs coordinate close air support and are vital for making sure bombs …

Barco Focuses on Projection at I/ITSEC 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Over the last year, Barco has separated its defense, medical, training and simulation business, selling these businesses to Esterline. That means that Barco returns to its roots as a supplier of display solutions, leaving …

Oculus Demos Pre-Production Rift HMD

by Chris Chinnock

Oculus was at I/ITSEC to show offs the new GearVR from Samsung (with support from Oculus) and the new Rift headset that will be launched by Oculus in Q1’16. The exact date has not …

SA Photonics Shows Three New HMDs

by Chris Chinnock

SA Photonics is one of the suppliers of very high quality head mounted displays – with monocular and binocular, see through and occlusive types. They offer some of the best image quality using OLEDs …

Epson Showcases AR training Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Epson used I/ITSEC 2015 to show offs its line of augmented reality glasses – and their applications for training and simulation. Last June, the company released an industrialized version of its consumer AR glasses …

Digital Projection Demos New Format for Simulation Market

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Projection was at I/ITSEC to show off its Insight 4K projectors with laser phosphor sources (Digital Projection Wows CEDIA with Insight 4K Projectors) as well as its M-Vision series with LED source. But …

Eyevis Shows Inexpensive Way to Offer NVG Support

by Chris Chinnock

Adding night vision goggle (NVG) capability to a projector is a fairly big deal. Typically, this means adding Infrared LEDs to provide the IR light output needed to stimulate the NVGs. But the NVG …

Sony Debuts 4K Simulation Projector

by Chris Chinnock

New for I/ITSEC 2015 is the Sony VPL-GTZ280 projector – a 4K model with a laser-phosphor source that is purpose-built for the simulation market. It should ship in February 2016. It will be offered …

Solid State Projectors Rule at I/ITSEC 2015

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s I/ITSEC event there were plenty of lamp-based projectors in various booths on the trade show floor. This year, not so many. In fact, the only lamp-based projectors we saw were F32 …

Does the Simulation Market Care About Color?

by Chris Chinnock

The answer is yes and no depending upon which segment of the market you are talking about. The key question that users and suppliers need to ask is, “does color improve the training proficiency?” …

No Upgrade in Near Term for ProSim Projector From Rockwell Collins

by Chris Chinnock

One of the best performing projectors in the simulation market is the ProSim projector (also known as the Zoro projector) manufactured by Rockwell Collins. According to officials at I/ITSEC 2015, the company has now …

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