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Display Market Analysis
Ross Young, co-founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), will provide the latest results for display revenues and shipments by market and technology. He’ll share DSCC’s latest long-term forecast by technology, market, fab schedules, and capacity. Young also will focus on how display technology performance and market share are likely to evolve as OLED, miniLED, LCD, and microLED competition heats up.
Next Generation Cinema LED Display Screens
Abstract: Since the dawn of cinema, displays have consisted of a large reflective screen illuminated by an imaging projector. While the projector technology has seen significant advancements, the basics have remained unchanged: a projector and screen. That has now changed with the introduction of direct-view displays derived from an array of LED pixels, opening up new opportunities for image quality and configuration. In this talk, you’ll learn about the enabling technologies for direct-view cinema, their current deployment status, and the impact on filmmaking and studio releases.
Peter Lude, CTO Mission Rock Digital, broadcast and media consultant, and SMPTE fellow (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers). Pete has been working on high-end LED emissive displays for digital cinema (theaters) – with unique requirements dictated by the Hollywood Studios DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) team. There are currently around a dozen approved high-quality LED cinema installations throughout the US, and many more worldwide. By coincidence, there are two theaters with LED screens now, right in Buena Park.
RGB: The Next 25 Years
Abstract: The sRGB standard was established in 1998, and remains in very wide use today. It’s had a good run! sRGB has been hugely important – and valuable – to the display industry. However, it won’t last another 25 years. We need to consider what comes next. We discuss the ambiguity concerning whether or not sRGB’s EOTF has a linear slope near black; the crude appearance match commonly achieved by altering display gamma to account for display and viewing conditions (eg, between 2.4 and 2.2); whether or not display mapping algorithms are necessary at the display to compensate for colour gamut mismatch; and whether a new wide colour gamut interchange standard is needed.
Charles Poynton is an independent researcher specializing in the physics, mathematics, engineering, and programming of digital colour imaging systems, including digital video, HD/UHD/4K/8K (HDTV/UHDTV), VFX/CGI, DI, and digital cinema (D-cinema) systems, including wide colour gamut (WCG) and high dynamic range (HDR) systems. He is engaged in technology forecasting, systems modelling, algorithm development, colour characterization and calibration, image quality assessment, and expert witness work. He contributed to the development of colorspaces such as BT.709/BT.1886, DCI P3 RGB, Adobe RGB 1998, ACES AP0/AP1, and BT.2020. He was responsible for the introduction of 1080 image rows (and “square pixels”) for HD. He is the author of “Digital Video and HD Algorithms and Interfaces,” now in its second edition. He earned his PhD in 2018 from Simon Fraser University.
Disrupting Flat Images with SolidLight™ Holographic Displays
Abstract: Jon Karafin, CEO of Light Field Lab, Inc., will detail the very latest developments in light field and holographic display technologies, including insights into the creative and technical implications for content creation, as well as analyze the data requirements and solutions for streaming holographic media, and provide a glimpse into Light Field Lab's holographic technologies.
Jon Karafin has dedicated his career to innovation in live-action cinema, VFX post-production, and light field technology, transforming bleeding-edge concepts into market-ready solutions. As CEO of Light Field Lab, a breakthrough technology startup, Karafin applies his expertise to designing the world’s most advanced, scalable holographic systems. Karafin has an extensive background in light field and visual effects technology, having previously held executive roles at Lytro, RealD and Digital Domain. During his tenure, he was responsible for ushering in a new era of cinematic capture through the launch of Lytro Cinema, as well as delivering technology and content for many of the highest-grossing feature films, including Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, Michael Bay’s Transformers 3, and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Karafin holds graduate degrees from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and BFAs in multiple fields from Ithaca College.
MicroLED Display Architectures
Nag Patibandla is the Vice President for Advanced Deposition Products in the Office of the CTO at Applied Materials, Inc. He manages a number of emerging technology and government/externally funded programs to develop new products, to validate innovation, to define product architecture, and to engage partners.
Mixed Reality things I liked and disliked at CES and the AR/VR/MR 2024 Conferences
Karl Guttag, has 46 years of experience in Graphics and Image Processors, CPUs, display devices, and display systems. He was with Texas Instruments from 1977 to 1997 as an I.C. architect and became the youngest T.I. Fellow in the company's history. In the years 1998 through 2022, he work for four display device and systems companies and was a co-founder and CTO of three of these companies. His blog KGOnTech (www.kguttag.com) started in 2011. The blog primarily covers display devices and systems for Mixed Reality, HUD, and projection system with occasional covered computer and video game history. He is a named inventor on 150 issued U.S. Patents. Billions of dollars of yearly revenue have been attributed to products using these inventions. He has a BSEE from Bradley University and an MSEE from the University of Michigan.
The presentations are followed by an extended Q&A time for interacting with the speakers and attendees, networking with your display colleagues, and opportunities to discuss your design and test challenges with exhibitors.