Talkin' Displays in the City of Angels

摘要

This year, the Society for Information Display (SID) returned to Los Angeles for its annual Display Week conference. Apart from the weather, which mimicked last year's Seattle venue, the show was a smashing success. This being Los Angeles, we had Hollywood royalty on display — visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner) discussed trends in production and exhibition technologies, with a heavy focus on stereoscopy and high frame rates. Noting that the "transition to all-digital film is being driven by 3D", Trumbull reiterated the basics of stereoscopy — 120 frames/sec, 60 per eye, alternating left and right images. But this was just the window dressing.