OLYMPUS TECHNOZONE Vol.49 2001-03
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New possibilities from movie theaters to homes with development of curved variant
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----Will the arch-shaped variant be developed into a product?
It needs a little bit more time before we will have it ready
as a product. One idea that we have had is to combine a curved screen with a
dome structure so that it could extend around the walls and cover the ceiling
of a room. We have a plan together for realizing this product in the spring of
2001.
The arch-shape variant makes it ideal for theaters or amusement
parks where the audience can see an image from a number of different directions.
According to people inside the entertainment industry, viewers can quickly get
bored with new technology, so you have to use something that will really thrill
and excite them. Many people from the industry saw the arch-shaped variant at
the DreamTech exhibition, and were suitably impressed with its potential in this
regard. We have thought up a number of ways in which the system could be used
in the industry. And our dreams are expanding, too.
----Even theaters in regional areas have very good facilities. There seems
to be a wide range of prospective uses...
Since movies are now also starting to go digital,
we think that this kind of product has global potential.
Home video is now well-established in many
homes. People are used to screening what they have just shot straight
away in a home setting. So movie theaters need to keep providing
that sense of awe and wonder, or else we could all just stay at
home instead. And this product brings to life that world of images
you would normally associate with going to the movies.
Seeing Godzilla on a small screen is just boring.
Of course, someday we can develop a giant-screen
high-definition display system that would also be thin enough to
fit into people's homes. That's our dream, in a sense.
It's hard to imagine getting anything that
is 100 inches across into the average Japanese home. But in the
United States, the size is not a problem, so the cheaper we can
make the product the better. For the Japanese home appliance market,
we will not get anywhere until we can make it something you could
fix onto a wall.
----Isn't one of these being installed at the Olympus head
office?
Yes--after all, there's nothing like seeing
it with your own eyes! To let everyone see how amazing high definition
this new product is, we put the first equipment into the reception
area of the Olympus head office for the whole of March 2001. A
lot of people came to see it.
----What is the Infocom, which is scheduled to be displayed
for the first time in June 2001?
Once a year, the world's largest trade show
for giant-screen displays is held in the United States. Many people
from the industry gather at that event, so it's a great place to
show off new products. It promises to be an excellent opportunity
to show the world that Olympus has put a lot of effort into developing
such systems.
We have also developed a large-screen system for personal use, called Eye-Trek,
which is incorporated into the Infocom system (see photo). This means that we
have large-screen products for displaying images both to audiences and to single
viewers. Our thinking at the moment is to display the HDPS100 and the Eye-Trek
together at the show in the United States. That should convince people that Olympus
is a really innovative manufacturer. |
