Panorama Labs' breakthrough technologies to brighten the future of digital entertainment
"Panorama Labs, the company pioneering digital entertainment technologies, announced today that it has achieved significant breakthroughs in the areas of magneto-optics and fiber-device technology that promise to revolutionize the way images are projected and displayed. Panorama Labs’ technologies will dramatically improve the quality and economics for a wide range of existing product categories from large-area flat-panel displays to theatrical and consumer projectors, head mounted “virtual reality” goggles, and handheld electronic games.
Because Panorama Labs’ magento-photonic technology uses sub-wavelength, nano-scale structures to directly switch pixel brightness, the switching speed is in the region of 15 nanoseconds--1,000 times faster than current technologies such as plasma and DLP, and one million times faster than LCD. This not only improves image quality due to a wider range of grey scale, and elimination of motion artifacts, but is also important for anti-piracy efforts and 3-D video.
The most significant impact of the increased switching speed—in sheer dollar value—may be in assisting the motion picture industry’s campaign against piracy, which generates estimated losses of $9 billion a year. Panorama Labs’ technology fast switching speed is expected to enable manipulation of frame rates and image sequencing, preventing a usable screen image from being captured by camcorders.
“The industry has been crying out for a hardware solution that is faster than, and can run circles around the CCD chips found in all camcorders. A more nimble shutter speed in a smart digital projector virtually ensures that in theatre camcorder pirated films won’t see the light of day,” said Sutherland Ellwood, founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Panorama Labs. “The software alone is not sufficient to the task, but with our hardware we think the industry will be looking at a “silver bullet” solution to this major problem.”
The switching speed will also dramatically enhance the quality of projection 3-D images, creating an unsurpassed theatrical experience. Panorama Labs technology will be able to project 3-D images at sufficient brightness without requiring that exhibitors install special expensive screens and without creating an uncomfortable visual experience for the viewer."
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