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Developing a Fulldome Standard: A Historical Perspective for Success

Developing a Fulldome Standard: A Historical Perspective for Success. Jim Costigan & Blair Parkin Visual Acuity, Ltd. Standards that have stood the test of time. http://www.istcomprsarto.it/ipertesti/astronomia/merkhet.htm. Heliopolis Obelisk, Cairo, Egypt. CAVE Displays. Spatial Standards.

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Developing a Fulldome Standard: A Historical Perspective for Success

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  1. Developing a Fulldome Standard:A Historical Perspective for Success Jim Costigan & Blair Parkin Visual Acuity, Ltd.

  2. Standards that have stood the test of time http://www.istcomprsarto.it/ipertesti/astronomia/merkhet.htm Heliopolis Obelisk, Cairo, Egypt

  3. CAVE Displays

  4. Spatial Standards • A way to define the space in such a way that software could be added as a plug and play. • This is a function of the software and providing a common definition of the physical space.

  5. Problems of Definition • Create a physical space and map a virtual space to it • -where is 0,0,0? • -what is the unit of measure

  6. CAVE Displays

  7. ImmersaDesk™

  8. Avatars & Networking

  9. Reality Centre

  10. Dome

  11. Test Patterns • Centered on a physical location • -CAVE test patterns moved from center of the cave to center of the floor • Multiple test patterns to perform multiple functions • Alignment (CRT only?) • Scaled registration • Sub system test patterns (audience response, navigation, tracking) • Residual Error (specific for a projector / bend system) • Black Balance / Color balance • Users guide with test patterns so that non-engineers can correctly define issues

  12. Test Patterns

  13. The IMAX Example

  14. DVD Format

  15. HDTV Television Standards • Advanced Television Systems Committee • Joint Committee on InterSociety Coordination (JCIC) • Electronic Industries Association (EIA • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) • National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) • National Cable Television Association (NCTA) • Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) • Currently 140 voting member organizations

  16. Interactive Television • Cable Operators …………………………………………...OCAP • Broadcasters ……………………………………………….DASE • Others…………………………………………………….....MHP • Others……………………………………………………….GEM • ACAP……………………………………Advanced Common Application Platform

  17. Courtesy of the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), Japan

  18. Estimated Television Ownership in the US for 2000 • 100,800,000 • 98% of all households

  19. Standards • It is very easy to have a technical success and a market failure. • If the standard is not supported it doesn’t matter.

  20. The users speak….. • “Vendors who want to play seriously stand behind their products to help customise the solution and provide good customer service for a lasting relationship. Our project needs stable partners with upgradeable technology.” • “Symbiosis is not working well, but there is no reason for this other than the lack of industry standards. The viewing public would be best served, and so would industry, if greater efforts were made to respond to our needs.” • “The one area of this institution that does not need biodiversity is the technology” • “Exchange of knowledge, means exchange of content.”

  21. Format • Format noun the way in which something is arranged or set out: • The medium in which a sound recording is made available: • Computing a defined structure for the processing, storage, or display of data: a data file in binary format.

  22. Framework • Framework noun an essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object: a conservatory I a delicate framework of iron • A basic structure underlying a system concept, or text

  23. Guideline • Guideline noun a general rule, principle, or piece of advice.

  24. ISO • ISO International Organisation for Standardization. • - ORIGIN from Greek isos ‘equal’; the term is often erroneously thought to be an abbreviation.

  25. Standard • Standard noun 1 a level of quality or attainment: • A required or agreed level of quality or attainment: • 2 an idea or thing used as a measure, norm or model in comparative evaluations: • adjective 1 used or accepted as normal or average: • (of a size, measure, design, etc ) such as is regularly used or produced: • Care required – do we mean noun or adjective!

  26. Assumptions • Standards are critical • Methodology is a means to an end • Standards can shape the market place • Good Standards do not inhibit innovation • There are competitive issues involved in standards • Standards reflect the culture

  27. What is needed • Standards • Formats • Guidelines • Recommended Practices • Common Nomenclature

  28. A suggestion ….

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