From poup@mic.atr.co.jp Sat Aug 29 01:28:23 1998 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA01384 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:28:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (IDENT:0ItFla3E3pxSfIUeZ3aD8x9/7cjmpIRF@[128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA24787 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:28:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailhost.mic.atr.co.jp (mic.atr.co.jp [133.186.20.201]) by wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA31404 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:28:08 PDT Received: from pop.mic.atr.co.jp by mailhost.mic.atr.co.jp (8.9.1+3.0W/3.7W) id OAA23765; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:27:36 +0900 (JST) Received: from mic.atr.co.jp by pop.mic.atr.co.jp (8.8.8+2.7Wbeta7/3.6W04/07/98) id OAA03015; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:27:35 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <35E790E4.FCD6CC29@mic.atr.co.jp> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:25:56 +0900 From: Ivan Poupyrev Organization: ATR International X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 3D UI list <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu> Subject: Image Based Rendering HMD? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO This report is not very generous on details of what exactly they are doing but it seems they are trying to use image based rendering instead of traditional 3D geometry approach in this HMD. Any comments? Ivan ------------------------------------------------------------------ Genesis Microchip and Kaiser Electronics Announce Partnership for "Image Warp" Technology TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1998--Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSSF - news) and Kaiser Electronics announced today a $2 million development program aimed at designing a revolutionary helmet-mounted display (HMD) system. Genesis will provide Kaiser with an integrated circuit that re-shapes dynamic video for projection onto the helmet-mounted display. Kaiser's HMD will incorporate the Genesis chip's ``image warping'' capability, which digitally manipulates real-time video images while maintaining critical image quality and detail. ``Manipulation'' is a process where portions of a video image are enlarged, reduced, centered, rotated or shaped. The Genesis chip will also perform ``arc raster conversion'' of radar signals from a circular display format to the more common rectangular display used by LCD and CRT monitors. ``The capabilities provided by the Genesis image warper make possible numerous revolutionary improvements in helmet-mounted displays,'' says John Milner, director of Rotorcraft Programs at Kaiser Electronics. `` he accuracy and speed with which this chip manipulates high-resolution digital video enables us to utilize emerging miniature flat panel displays rather than the bulky CRTs previously implemented. Kaiser is very excited about this product and our strategic relationship with Genesis.'' The use of video processing technologies reduces the need to increase optical equipment, resulting in a lighter helmet, which reduces pilot fatigue. ``As the leader in avionic displays, Kaiser will help us to realize mission-critical image quality,'' says Stephen J. Solari, Genesis Microchip's vice president of Marketing and Business Development. ``We'll take advantage of the ever-decreasing cost of silicon to bring this technology to automotive and consumer markets in the next century.'' The new HMD system is expected to be in production in 2001. -- Ivan Poupyrev [poup@mic.atr.co.jp/poup@hitl.washington.edu] Researcher, MIC Labs, ATR International, Japan 0774-951432] Ph. D. Candidate, ISL, Hiroshima University, Japan 0824-212959] Visiting Scientist, HITL, University of Washington, US 206-6161474] http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/poup]