Barco family of four new Galaxy 3-chip DLP projectors raises standards for immersive and stereoscopic viewing
Featuring built-in color matching and WARP predistortion, the new Barco Galaxy Family brings higher contrast, higher brightness and higher resolution in an unmatched offering for VR applications
The Barco Galaxy “family” consists of 4 unique 3 chip DLP™ projectors, all featuring SXGA+ resolution delivering 12% more pixels, on top of an enhanced contrast ratio from 1000:1 (Classic Version) to 1500:1 (High Contrast version) and a light output of up to 12000 ANSI lumens (High Brightness version). With the “Long Life” version lamp life can reach up to 2000 hours.
“Barco’s Galaxy family integrates exclusive proprietary technologies for unique customer benefits”, states Yoav Nir, Business unit manager V&AR. “Barco’s Infitec+ development results in an unrivalled stereo separation without flickering and allows full freedom of motion without ghosting. Barco’s “Dynacolor” provides the ultimate fine-tuning to obtain perfect color matching across all channels of a system and the optional “GISCU™” Global Inter System Color Uniformity guarantees that all colors are perfectly matched on all Barco systems, even if located in geographically different sites”
Next to Infitec+ stereo separation, all Galaxy projectors have fast refresh rates for use with active stereo separation, while for stereoscopic viewing with larger audiences external linear or circular polarization filters can be used. The brightness of 4000, 6000, 9000 or 12,000 ANSI lumens allows to choose the projector version that exactly matches the application needs. First Galaxy SXGA+ orders came from a major US car manufacturer for upgrading an existing design center.
For existing systems the Barco Galaxy family provides valuable visualisation upgrades: the incorporated “I-Blend” can produce three channels from a single high-bandwidth PC or workstation output, while the “Stereo-Creator ™” functionality can upgrade a single-pipe IG system to produce three channel Native SXGA+ resolution without any need for external scalers, warping or blending boxes. A leading company in the oil and gas exploration field has very positively evaluated a first installation using the Stereo-Creator.
“By the unique combination of a high light output, proprietary bi-cubic Warping and a proprietary optical soft edge matching, the Barco Galaxy family can perform the necessary predistortion for projection bright images with deep blacks on large domes,” says Eric Braux, European Business operation Director, V&AR, ”The Barco Galaxy family will bring new versatility to planetariums, widening their scope for exciting programming.
The Barco Galaxy family 3chip DLP™ projection platform will be previewed at Siggraph 2004.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.
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