Barco brings interactive touch-screen technology to studio backdrop applications

The new system integrates SMART Technologies’ DViT (Digital Vision Touch) technology, enabling broadcast presenters to access and manipulate data across a large screen area. The system uses two digital cameras with CMOS image sensors located on the corners of the video wall and sophisticated recognition algorithms to determine the exact position of the user’s fingertip to make a clear distinction between single clicking, double clicking and drag and drop functions.

The system runs with Barco’s high-bright 70” OV-D2 rear-projection video wall displays for backdrop applications. The high-bright edition of the OV-D2 series has been designed to deal with specific light conditions in studio environments, and features Sense6 active sensor technology, built-in inter-cube video scaling, dual-lamp redundancy and an optional 3200K filter for studio lighting with tungsten lamps. The Display Wall Touch System can be configured to 70”-based display wall set-ups of 1x1, 1x2, 2x1 and 2x2 cubes.


About SMART
SMART Technologies supplies ICT products that are suitable for interactive display applications and facilitate a more interactive, collaborative environment. Using SMART products, groups can access and share the information they need to meet, teach, train and present. SMART has been issued and maintains a broad portfolio of patents with numerous U.S., Canadian and other patents pending. SMART is a private company employing more than 1,000 people, SMART is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with assembly facilities in Kanata, Ontario and offices in Bonn, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC. SMART products are sold through dealers across North America and distributors worldwide. For more information, visit www.smarttech.com.

About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.

DViT, smarttech and the SMART logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMART Technologies ULC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other third-party product and company names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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For more information, please contact

Toshikazu Murakami
Marketing Communications Manager
Barco

Telephone +81 3 5762 8720
toshikazu.murakami@barco.com

Sandra Semple
Senior Public Relations Specialist
SMART Technologies

Telephone +1 403 451 3763
SandraSemple@smarttech.com

Inge Govaerts
Public Relations Manager
Barco Security & Monitoring

Telephone +32 56 36 8052
inge.govaerts@barco.com