Christie and D3D Cinema have partnered in a joint effort to provide Christie's laser projection for tilted giant screen dome cinemas. R&D and preliminary testing is underway in conjunction with a host of third-party partners, from veteran dome cinematographers and post-production labs to optics specialists and test bed theaters.
Union Station’s Beaux-Arts facade was recently transformed into a canvas for The Monument Comes Alive, a 3D projection mapping video that was the centerpiece for the iconic Kansas City building’s centennial celebration.
Empire Cinemas has installed MasterImage 3D in their flagship Empire Leicester Square and the new Walthamstow multiplex.
Christie has acquired coolux, developer and supplier of 3D compositing and rendering systems, best known for its Pandoras Box product family. Coolux will be integrated into Christie’s global market solutions team, maintaining its office in Cologne, Germany.
Harkness Screens has been granted a licence from 3D technology provider RealD to manufacturer screens using its Precision White Screen Technology.
Digital Domain Holdings Limited, the parent company of Digital Domain 3.0, has entered into an unprecedented ten-year agreement with TNT Production Limited to produce 3D virtual performance holograms of Miss Teresa Teng for concerts, movies and all manner of media.
MasterImage 3D has challenged the validity of four of RealD’s 3D polarization patents by filing five petitions for Inter Partes Review (IPR) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Barco has become a founding member of the International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society.
Vue Entertainment International is converting up to 400 of its Sony 4K projection systems at screens in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Denmark to Sony Digital Cinema 3D. The phased conversion process is scheduled to start this month and extend over the next three to four years. A total of 394 screens across the group’s Vue and CinemaxX theatres will be converted
Southern Theatres has completed its second all Christie entertainment complex, at the new Southern Theatres Movie Tavern 8 in Covington, Louisiana. The eight-screen cinema eatery has Christie Solaria Series projectors and Christie Vive Audio cinema systems.
