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MillimeterVista Systems Introduces the Spyder Stereoscopic Option at IITSEC
Dec 15, 2006 12:27 PM
The Stereoscopic Option for Vista Systems’ Spyder windowing processor made its debut at IITSEC, the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference, December 4-7, 2006 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The Spyder Stereoscopic Option (SSO) adds full stereoscopic support to Spyder’s already extensive mixing, scaling, smooth-motion, keying, and blending feature set—a combination unparalleled by any other product on the market.
“We’ve had an increasing number of requests to accommodate stereoscopic sources and displays,” says Vista Systems CEO Clark Williams. “Traditionally, displays are either configured for Stereo or Mono. We wanted to provide a bridge that allows stereo and mono sources and displays to co-exist in the same system at the same time. Furthermore, we didn’t want to sacrifice any of the power and flexibility that Spyder is known for. That's why we didn’t just make a stereo version of Spyder, we're adding Stereoscopic input and output to Spyder’s existing feature set.”
SSO allows Spyder inputs to accept stereoscopic sources and synchronization signals. Stereo sources can have resolutions up to SX+ (1400x1050) and refresh rates up to 120Hz. SSO also enables Spyder outputs to connect to Active and/or Passive stereoscopic display systems. Stereo displays can have resolutions up to SX+ (1400x1050) resolution each with refresh rates up to 120Hz. Spyder also allows higher-resolution stereoscopic displays to be created by tiling and/ or blending.
Spyder permits 2D (standard) and 3D (stereoscopic) content to mingle together seamlessly. Stereo and mono sources can be backgrounds, PIPs or keys. A mode switch enables users to change stereo sources to mono mode for quick viewing without glasses with a mouse click.
Vista Systems' Spyder has tremendous flexibility in output configurations. For example, Spyder can output to any of the following displays: a stereoscopic-blended projector array running at 120Hz; a passive-blended projector array running at 60Hz x2; a commodity LCD monitor running at 60Hz; a mono single commodity projector running at 60Hz; and an HD-SDI recorder running at 59.94. Most impressively, Spyder can output the same live content in all of these formats simultaneously!
“Spyder’s advanced architecture, when applied to stereo applications, offers capabilities that simply don’t exist in other stereo products," Williams says. "For example, Spyder can output to active, passive and mono displays simultaneously, even output each at different resolutions and refresh rates. Spyder can also output stereo and mono versions of the same stereo source on the same stereo display in different PIP windows. This way, audience members with glasses will see stereo and those without will see mono. Features like mixing, alpha channel keying, and flying windows don’t currently exist in the stereoscopic space and signal formats are very limited, Spyder overcomes those restrictions. Spyder offers a full compositing environment for stereo and mono graphics and video content at the highest possible quality with Spyder’s well known ease of use.”
To recap, SSO enables Spyder to: • Accept Stereoscopic sources up SX+ up to 120Hz (2 connectors); SX+ up to 105Hz (1 connector) or SXGA up to 115Hz (1 connector) • Output to Stereoscopic displays up to SXGA+ @120Hz • Mix Stereo and Mono content seamlessly • Mode switch stereo sources to mono mode for quick viewing without glasses • 2D and 3D outputs available simultaneously at different resolutions and refresh rates. • Record using commodity digital video recorders The Spyder Stereoscopic Option will begin shipping in Jan. 2007.
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