Christie wants to re-define content management for the control room with the Christie Phoenix, an open content management system designed specifically for fast-paced command and control centres with highly mobile and dispersed workforces (such as public utilities, government, security and surveillance, transportation and telecommunications).

A network streaming solution at its core, Christie Phoenix allows users to seamlessly access and control information, in virtually any location to collaborate, synthesise and generate fast and accurate decisions in the most critical situations.

Based on a single streaming appliance, the Christie Phoenix node, and a robust PC user software environment, Christie Phoenix systems are designed to be simple and cost effective to configure, deploy and manage, simultaneously, all from one box. Read more...

FlatFrog’s Planar Scatter Detection technology (PSD) is the first multi-touch display technology to offer pressure detection.

PSD is an advanced optical in-glass multi-touch technology where light is injected inside the top glass pane and scatters wherever the top surface is touched. This scattering effect is detected, and positions of several simultaneous touches are determined. Now not only can PSD detect pressure, but it detects 1000 levels of pressure for 40 individual touches.

“This is another major breakthrough for us at FlatFrog, and it opens up exciting new possibilities for multi-touch input,” says Ola Wassvik, CTO and Co-founder of FlatFrog. “Developers can use pressure detection to improve navigation, workflow and control in operating systems and applications. Users could for example press harder to open up shortcuts or menus. Pressure detection could also eliminate unwanted touches, such as opening a link or closing a window by mistake.” Read more...

Christie releases its The Book of Shapes – a "coffee table" style book showcasing projects around the globe, projects that Christie believes redefines the use of display technology in everything from retail stores to museums to corporate spaces.

It’s yours to download (for free) as an interactive iPad app, PDF, or hard copy. This book explores how Christie MicroTiles —modular video building blocks — have inspired architects and designers to introduce inventive, irregular shapes into projects where video, motion graphics and interactive content are applied.

The release of The Book of Shapes: International Design Inspirations Featuring Christie MicroTiles comes on the 3rd anniversary of the market release of MicroTiles. Now some 30,000 units are in use globally. Read more...

Vision’s new DC-1000 Techcam features 4 integrated laser pointers which outline the A4 capture area on the table, letting the user to interact more naturally with whatever they are showing.

Vision focuses on matching resolution to those display devices that these cameras are most commonly used with. Vision claim by choosing a 1600 x 1200 sensor the image quality is better, motion is smoother, and compression is minimised.

Vision’s General Manager Stuart Lockhart says “5 megapixel document cameras need such extreme compression to pass Read more...