Saturday, May 30, 2009

Netpractise to demo 3D content distribution at Screen Media Expo - Digital Signage Today



 
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Netpractise to demo 3D content distribution at Screen Media Expo

• 01 Apr 2009

LONDON — Netpractise, a multimedia systems design and integration company, will demonstrate how its Digital Pro Media (DPM) digital signage software platform allows digital signage network operators to easily distribute 3D content across large digital signage networks.

Visitors to the Netpractise stand at Screen Media Expo 2009 will be able to witness a demonstration of leading 3D vendor Magnetic Media's Enabl3D 47-inch widescreen combined with a Magnetic Media Plug and Play Enabl3D media player. Magnetic Media screens are renowned for delivering crisp, high-definition 3D images without the use of 3D glasses and offer virtually no loss of resolution when displaying 2D images. The images displayed on the 3D screen will be managed via Netpractise's DPM platform which can seamlessly handle 3D as well as conventional 2D video and text.

Netpractise has had recent success with its DPM software being used for distributing and scheduling 2D and 3D videos to a 100-screen network currently being installed across shopping centers in Mexico — which is one of the first 3D networks in the world. 2D images are rendered into 3D using software such as Autodesk's 3Ds Max and distributed via DPM software. The files are then compressed using DPM and transported using robust transport protocols that ensure that if a file download terminates, the download starts at the exact point where transmission was lost. The DPM platform provides complete flexibility, switching from 2D and 3D video, live text, broadcast television or any other scheduled media source.

According to Netpractise, the market for 3D digital signage in the UK is at a tipping point as the price of screens and associated hardware continues to come down, image quality has significantly improved and content creation and distribution becomes more cost effective and easier to manage.

"We had a 3D demonstration at our Screen Expo stand last year, and visitors would stop and stare ... you can't keep your eyes off these displays, they are mesmerizing," said Fraser Hamilton, managing director, Netpractise. "3D is a reality now, the business case is there for including 3D in high footfall or premium locations, and around the globe 3D is rapidly gaining acceptance. We are in a unique position with our Digital Pro Media platform as it makes scheduling and distributing 3D content to thousands of sites as simple as traditional 2D video."

The company also announced it will showcase its MultiQ customer flow management solution. It will show a MultiQ demonstration to illustrate how it has supported some of the UK's leading companies to deliver intelligence to their on-premises queue management.

For single queues, the customer watches a digital signage display showing information and promotional messages while waiting. For a multiple queue, such as in a bank where a customer is waiting for a specific specialist — such as mortgages or investments advisor — the customer stays in a waiting area looking at a digital signage display until his number is shown and the specialist becomes available.

GlobeCast wearing 3D opera glasses


GlobeCast wearing 3D opera glasses

Broadband TV News

Posted By Julian Clover On May 29, 2009 @ 10:50 am In 3D, Newsline, Technology

Globecast has announced an ambitious plan to deliver a live performance of Don Giovanni in the 3D format to cinemas in France.

The performance of the Mozart masterpiece will take place at the Rennes Opera House in Brittany from where GlobeCast will relay the HD 3D images to cinemas in Paris and across the country. Orange Labs, which has also been delivering HD pictures from the French Open tennis, is also participating in the event.

The multi-camera operation is being filmed by AMP and involves the combining of two video signals into a single feed through a Sensio 3D Cinema encoder. The Globecast SNG vehicle located outside the opera house will deliver the single feed to two cinemas Paris, including the famous 'Geode' sphere, as well as cinemas in Avignon and Brest.

Globecast trucks at each of the locations will ensure video and audio layers are synchronised.


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The 3-D movement is for real - Denver Examiner

The 3-D movement is for real

May 29, 9:26 AM - Denver Examiner

Think 3-D is just a flash in the pan, the 21st century version of the '50s film fad?

Try again.

Not only is James Cameron embracing the format with this winter's hotly anticipated "Avatar," but Steven Spielberg is also jumping on the 3-D bandwagon.

The Oscar winner's "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" will open on Dec. 23, 2011. The film will feature 3-D motion capture technology to bring the yarn to life.

The film is the first in a series of productions based on the beloved characters by Georges Remi, AKA Herge. Peter Jackson of "Lord of the Rings" fame will direct the second installment in the series.

The 3-D format doesn't work well on the home front - the technology that brings images to life via DVD can't compete with the theatrical experience. That isn't stopping the best directors in the business from going 3-D.