DCI has served the industry well by providing certain implementation details, particularly in the area of security, that are not covered – nor should be covered – in standards. NIST FIPS security compliance has been criticized – including by this journal – for bringing into play a US government compliance
Archives for October 2011
Carlyle Completes Buyout of GDC
GDC Holdings boasts the largest CG production studio in Asia, having 16 sound stages, and impressive facilities for 3D animation for TV and motion pictures. (Note that in the animation world, “3D animation” refers to computer rendered graphics, rather than hand-drawn.) GDC released its first animated feature in 2005,
IMAX, Kodak, and Laser Light Sources
Laser light sources for digital projection received attention in the press this month through a licensing deal cut between IMAX and Kodak. According to reports, IMAX paid somewhere between $10M and $50M for the exclusive rights to some 100 patents of Kodak’s pertaining to laser light sources. IMAX also
Other News
The ITU reached agreement this month on Ultra High-Definition Television (UHDTV). The format supports a 7680×4320 image raster, 60fps, and 22.2 multichannel sound. A possible application of high resolution transmission is auto-stereoscopic 3-D. Yelmo Cines became the first exhibitor in Spain to go all digital across the 400 screen