Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Marcela.
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) Eyevis - Perfect Visual Solutions
Eyevis is a leading manufacturer of large screen systems for control rooms, monitoring centres, information, communication, simulation and virtual reality. Whether in control rooms in power plants, traffic control centres, video surveillance centres, or in representative installations, everywhere where there is a need for perfect pictures and reliable functionality of the system there is hardly a way around eyevis’ perfect visual solutions.
Thanks to its many years of experience and technological advantages eyevis is the ideal partner for the realisation of complete and customised solutions. eyevis permanently uses latest technology and high-end components for all of its products, in order to fulfil the high requirements of our customers towards their large screen systems. This philosophy guarantees best picture quality and reliable performance of our products. Continuous investments in research and development guarantee a head start of eyevis in the field of large screen visual solutions.
Especially in areas like in control rooms or monitoring centres it is particularly important to have a reliable display solution since there important data information has to be visualised 24 hours per day on seven days a week. Calculable and low lifecycle costs are also an important feature of our systems.
High-end quality “Made in Germany”
Eyevis’ ambitious principle has always been the permanent further development of its product range which aspires to include the most modern technologies in perfect quality.
The result of this “state-of-the-art” philosophy is the permanent development of products which constitute cutting-edge technology in their field of application. This makes eyevis one of very few manufacturers who are able to provide complete systems –
Thanks to its many years of experience and the technological advantage eyevis is the ideal partner for the realisation of complete and customised solutions.
Continuous investments in research and development guarantee a head start in the field of large screen technology.
Best quality is our foremost concern; we want to provide our customers with most modern presentation technology at a high-quality level - this philosophy is embraced by all our staff.
Relying on eyevis, means being sure that all the customer’s requirements in the field of large screen systems can be fulfilled, in order to create a complete, unique and perfect system.
Rely on our well-engineered solutions „Made in Germany“
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Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Marcela.
Categories: new, Technology, more, Screens, 3 d, media, Home Theatre, Hometech Overview.
Futuresource predicts 3D TVs in 10% of households by 2012
PHYSICAL: Advanced 3D at-home usage, comparable in quality to today’s theatrical experience, will be realized gradually, with the first commercial 3D Blu-ray Disc releases expected no sooner than 2011, according to Futuresource Consulting.
A key obstacle to 3D at-home adoption is the current lack of technology standards ensuring that content will reliably play on all available 3D display devices. In the short-term, between 2009 and 2011, advanced 3D projects will be geared primarily for theatrical release.
Yet manufacturers will ramping for-home use as they extend their launch of 3D-ready TV sets. By 2012, about 10% of U.S. households will be equipped to view 3D programming on TVs, according to Futuresource. It’s likely that there will be a limited amount of 3D content delivered via video-on-demand to 3D sets.
“With over 200 million new TVs sold across the globe every year, the potential [for 3D] is huge, but the industry needs to overcome some serious obstacles in order to kick start and fully realize the revenue streams,” said Sarah Carroll, director of continuous services at Futuresource. “Most notably, technical and standards issues still need to be resolved. … And the current economic climate makes new investment in production and distribution a challenge.”
Yet Futuresource is optimistic that 3D at home is achievable and predicts 3D Blu-ray releases will start in 2011. The company projects that by 2015, U.S. 3D TV household penetration will jump to about 70%.
“Our probability modeling shows the permeation phase will kick in from 2011, where, among other initiatives, we’ll see new 3D movie releases on Blu-ray, remasters of classic blockbusters like Star Wars, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings,” said Jim Bottoms, managing director of corporate development at Futuresource. “By 2012, more than 10% of U.S. and Japanese homes will be 3D-enabled, and Western Europe won’t be too far behind with 6% household penetration. Moving forward, a new generation of videogame consoles will begin to emerge, fully embracing 3D technologies.”
By Susanne Ault — Video Business
Posted on September 4th, 2009 by Marcela.
Categories: Technology, Screens, 3 d, education.
BSkyB to launch Europe’s first 3D TV channel next year
Service will use standard Sky+ HD set-top boxes but will require new ‘3D ready’ television set and special glasses
BSkyB filiming the English National Ballet in 3D. The ballet was filmed using high-definition 3D cameras, which use two lenses to record separate footage for each eye. Viewers then wear special polarising glasses which give the impression the picture is in three dimensions. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
BSkyB is to launch Europe’s first 3D TV channel offering movies, entertainment and sports programming in the UK next year.
The satellite broadcaster, which recently said that 3D TV could be a reality within several years, has stepped up its roll-out programme after a major boost in the numbers subscribers to its Sky+ HD set-top boxes, which are capable of broadcasting 3D services.
BSkyB, which has doubled the number of customers with Sky+ HD boxes in the last year to 1.31m, said that it will launch a channel offering 3D movies, entertainment and sport.
However, to watch 3D programming customers will also require a new “3D ready” TV set, which are expected to be on sale in the UK next year, and special glasses.
At a recent demonstration BSkyB used a Hyundai TV which retails at £2,500, although the broadcaster hopes that ultimately 3D TV sets will not cost much more than a standard HD plasma screen.
BSkyB also confirmed today that it will launch a “pull” video-on-demand service using the broadband capability in Sky+ HD boxes. Until now Sky has only been able to offer what is termed “push” VoD services – such as the Sky Anytime service – and the Sky+ personal video recorder.
The new “pull” service aims to broaden consumer choice by allowing programmes to be watched on-demand in the way other services, such as on cable operator Virgin Media’s TV plartform, offer extensive libraries of shows.
“3D is a genuinely ’seeing is believing’ experience [and] next year we will make our HD boxes work even harder for customers by launching Europe’s first 3D TV channel,” said Brian Sullivan, the managing director of Sky’s customer group. “[We are also] introducing a comprehensive video-on-demand service to complement Sky+ and the current Sky Anytime service.”
Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Marcela.
Categories: Products, Technology, 3 d, media, Home Theatre.
Format war looms over 3D TV
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month was overrun with companies demonstrating 3D television systems for the home. But despite the impressive viewing experiences on offer, the spectre of a lengthy battle between competing formats hangs over the latest shiny offerings.
TV studios and hardware companies alike are now building on the public’s rediscovered love of 3D movies. Satellite broadcaster Sky recently treated press to examples of soccer games and boxing matches filmed in 3D by strapping two regular cameras side by side, and Panasonic last week started to make 3D Blu-ray video discs at its Hollywood factory.
However, anyone interested in a 3D system for the home must pick between three or more very different and incompatible technologies. At present, material designed for one system usually cannot be played on another.
Polarised views
One approach – already well established for virtual environments used by engineers and surgeons – involves a home theatre projector running at high frequency to deliver left and right images in rapid succession.
The viewer wears LCD spectacles that alternately block the left and right eye view to ensure that each eye only sees the correct viewpoint – timing is synchronised via a wireless link with the projector.
Panasonic’s 3D offering uses a plasma screen to flash the alternate left and right images, and should be on sale in the near future.
South Korean firm Hyundai uses an LCD screen to display left and right images simultaneously, using a filter over the screen to polarise the two images differently. The viewer wears polarising spectacles to see 3D image.
Twin cameras capture a UK soccer game for later 3D viewing, but which technology will become the standard?
This system is already on sale in Japan, where limited 3D TV broadcasts started last year, and has also been adopted by Sky.
‘Confusing’ situation
Experts say that the sudden appearance on the market of incompatible rival technologies could hold the 3D home movie back.
“With several competing technologies – and none of them adopted as industry standards – the fragmentation could seriously impede progress, generate confusion and slow consumer uptake,” says Sarah Carroll, at consumer electronics research firm Futuresource Consulting.
The closest the industry currently has to a standard is Panasonic’s campaign to add 3D playback to the Blu-ray standard.
If other manufacturers get on board, the move could lead to a single format for discs or broadcasts that any 3D or even 2D TV set can play. So far they have put development of competing technologies first.
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Posted on September 4th, 2007 by Marcela.
Categories: useful technology, 3 d.
Along with a few other tech journalists, I spent a couple of hours today over at the Westchester Country Club, which is gearing up for The Barclays PGA Tour event. What the hell was I doing there? Well, as part of a marketing deal with the PGA Tour, Mitsubishi is the “official large outdoor video display provider” of the Tour, and the PR team wanted us to see some of these displays in action–along with the Tour’s ShotLink technology, which tracks players’ shots almost down to the centimeter (the info is then displayed on those giant Mitsubishi scoreboards). That’s all sorts of interesting if you’re a golf fan, but things got a little sexier when Mitsubishi representatives took us into a hospitality suite, handed us each a pair of fancy 3D glasses (a little smaller than the ones shown in the photo), and showed us a demo of some new 3D-imaging technology the company’s working on.
The demo was run from a massive Dell desktop and output onto a large DLP set. In an effort to inject new life into the fading rear-projection category, the company’s pitch was that the 3D technology worked with existing DLP TVs and projectors (due to DLP’s native 120Hz refresh rate, which allows you to split it into 60/60 for 3D) but not with LCD and plasma displays.
Most of us were pretty impressed by the demo, which included clips from movies, commercials, and sporting events. There was real depth to the 3D, and you got that 3D-feeling of objects poking out at you from the screen. All the demo material had been shot in 3D, but the kicker to the whole presentation was that Mitsubishi apparently has a Blu-ray player in its labs that can convert existing 2D movies into 3D on the fly. Better yet, according to company representatives, it may be available early next year.
I’m pretty skeptical that the technology is going to show up anytime soon, and I have my doubts that converted 2D content is going to look all that great in 3D. But the 3D movement is gathering more momentum, as other companies such as Samsung and Philips continue working on ways to bring 3D into the home. Ideally, you wouldn’t have to wear glasses (Philips is trying to integrate 3D right into the display), but I have a feeling you’re only going to get a true Imax-like 3D experience with some eyewear.
While Mitsubishi wasn’t ready to talk pricing, one would expect to pay a premium for a special-featured Blu-ray player. That said, Mitsubishi hinted that it was in discussions with one game console manufacturer to integrate its 3D technology into the system. The Wii’s not capable of such feats, and Microsoft’s in the HD DVD camp, so one would have to assume it’s Sony and the PS3.
I know, I know. It’s all rampant conjecture. But eventually, HD and 2D just aren’t going to cut it. We may be a few years away, but there’s chatter out there. Anybody out there itching for 3D at home?
