Vol 23 – Issue 48 – Page 6

SJU Talks Up Sony L/P Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Sony said that St John’s University in New York City in the US has switched to laser phosphor projectors supplied by and with Whitlock. The college highlighted resolution and the size and accuracy of …

SES Adds 24/7 4KUniverse ULTRA HD Channel

by Bob Raikes

SES said that 4KUniverse will use the SES-1 satellite to deliver UltraHD content in the US, the fourth UHD channel to join the platform, which is expected to grow to eight by January. The …

Amazon Tries No Check Out Shops

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started a trial of a new shop concept that it is calling “Just Walk Out” in Seattle. Customers swipe into the store using a ‘Go’ app, then the shop systems track items …

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eBay Invests in Display in Silicon Valley

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to sixteen.nine for pointing us to a project undertaken by ESI Design to create an area called “Main Street” at eBay’s campus in Silicon Valley. There’s a full report on ESI’s site, but …

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Lightspeed Design Gets Patent on 3D Polarization Recovery

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On November 15th, Chris Ward and two of his colleagues at Lightspeed Design, Inc., were issued US Patent 9,494,805 titled “Stereoscopic Light Recycling Device.” Additional patents are either granted or pending in Canada, China, …

WorldViz Debuts Content Creation Tool Called Skofield

by Chris Chinnock

Debuted just prior to I/ITSEC at the Autodesk University event in Las Vegas, the company was also demonstrating a content creation tool called ‘Skofield’ at I/ITSEC as well. Skofield is a cloud-based application targeting …

Thales Shows Vision-Inertial Tracking Technology for MR

by Chris Chinnock

Thales bought the tracking company InterSense awhile back and it was this group that we met with at I/ITSEC 2016. They showed us a new product, dubbed IS-1500, that is designed to help with …

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Third Dimension Technologies Shows Light Field Simulator

by Chris Chinnock

Third Dimension Technologies showed off its projector-based light field simulator display at I/ITSEC 2016. They showed a similar demo at last year’s show, but this year they had a full fifth generation fighter cockpit …

Sony Shows 4K Native vs. e-Shift Demo

by Chris Chinnock

In a backroom at I/ITSEC 2016, Sony was showing a comparison of its native 4K projector vs. an e-shift model from JVC. The e-Shift model use 1080p imagers and creates two sub-fields at a …

SA Photonics Shows High Brightness See-Thru Module

by Chris Chinnock

High performance HMD maker SA Photonics showed their range of monocular and binocular head-mounted Displays (HMDs) at I/ITSEC 2016. Of note was their new monocular see-thru module that features a new OLED panel from …

Rockwell Collins Shows Multiple AR/MR Demos

by Chris Chinnock

Rockwell Collins showed several mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) applications at I/ITSEC 2016 that were good. In the mixed reality camp was a new product they call Coalescence. This is a commercially …

Nanolumens Suggest LEDs for Simulation and Training

by Chris Chinnock

LED screen maker Nanolumens was at I/ITSEC with a small LED video wall but suggesting this may offer advantages over projection solutions in many training and simulation activities. Company representative explained that they are …