BARCO Introduces New BR Center in 'Emerging Technologies' Booth at Siggraph
BARCO will demonstrate new curved rear-projected blended BR Center with passive stereo
Xenia, OH - SIGGRAPH 2001 – August 13, 2001 – BARCO Simulation Products, a division of BARCO Projection Systems, will demonstrate a new curved rear-projection, blended BR Center with passive stereo in the ‘Emerging Technologies’ booth at the Siggraph 2001 trade show in Los Angeles, August 13 – 16. The display is a two-channel passive stereo BR Center, rear-projected on a curved screen using four dual-stacked 3D stereo-optimized BarcoReality SIM 6 projectors. The superior passive stereo quality is obtained using the combination of BARCO proprietary circular polarization glasses and a dedicated passive stereo optimized screen developed by BARCO, and the stereo optimized BarcoReality SIM 6 projector.
The BarcoReality SIM 6 projectors are fitted with BARCO proprietary Warp 6, the Non-Linear, patent-pending, Image Mapping technology which allows fixed-matrix projectors to be used for curved screen applications. WARP 6 is specially optimized to preserve fine detail in the image, using proprietary bi-cubic interpolation algorithms and a highly advanced processor board. Both channels will be blended using a proprietary optical edge-blending (OSEM) resulting in a seamless image.
Other Barco equipment to be presented at Siggraph 2001 include new high-performance MICA (Mini CADWall), the new 908 Motorized Baron, the transportable BR Center, and the new Barco Galaxy Stereo DLP™-based projector. Barco is located in booth number 1035 at the Siggraph Trade Show.
BARCO BackgroundBARCO has four key activities: Barco Projection Systems, BarcoView, BarcoVision and Barco Graphics. In 2000, the entire Barco group, without BarcoNet, which was split off from BARCO in the second half of 2000, delivered a revenue of euro 751 million. Approximately 50 % of this revenue is realized outside Western Europe. BARCO has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in 97 countries throughout the world. BARCO has been quoted on the Brussels Bourse since 1986, and is now quoted on Brussels/Euronext. BARCO is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.
