Monday, January 19, 2009

SD&A 2009 DEPTHQ® PROJECTOR AND GUITAR HERO



San Jose, California, USA January 19 2009
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference

Fellow Committee Chairs Neil A. Dodgson and Gregg Favalora rock out to DepthQ 3D projections, Guitar Hero, and NVIDIA 3D Vision eyewear. Photos by Andrew J. Woods

A fun night - Chris






Thursday, January 08, 2009

DEPTHQ® HD 3D PROJECTOR FEATURED IN NVIDIA BOOTH CES 2009

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2009 — Lightspeed Design, Inc., a worldwide leader in stereoscopic 3D technology and services, and InFocus® Corporation, the industry pioneer in digital projection, today announced that the DepthQ® HD 3D Projector will support the launch of the new NVIDIA® GeForce® 3D Vision™ gaming solution.

The DepthQ® HD 3D stereoscopic projector is a blazingly fast 120 frames-per-second s3D (stereoscopic 3D) display technology designed to inject the most immersive gaming experience ever into your home today. Period. HD for incredible detail … Texas Instruments DLP® and BrilliantColor™ technologies for unreal colors and brightness … 120P for the fastest projector ever … and a third dimension to drop your jaw. Just imagine your favorite video games nine feet wide (2.7m) and as deep as the universe! The 2009 CES presentation is supported by Da-Lite Screen Company’s Video Spectra front-projection screen material. The DepthQ® HD 3D projector brings the excitement of s3D into your home in a BIG way, offering the premium immersive gaming experience available today.

“NVIDIA GeForce graphics processor technology is fundamentally changing the way our customers use their computers. By allowing real-time conversion of existing PC games into stereoscopic 3D and opening up new markets for 3D movies and pictures, GeForce 3D Vision will revolutionize how users interact with visual computing applications and is forming the foundation for a new consumer stereoscopic 3D ecosystem,” said Chris Ward, President, Lightspeed Design Inc.

Availability

Currently shipping, Lightspeed Design is the exclusive worldwide distributor of DepthQ HD 3D projectors. For more information: http://www.depthq.com or call +1 206 784 1385.

For a full demonstration of the DepthQ® HD 3D projector, please visit NVIDIA at booth #35352 in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2009.

About Lightspeed Design, Inc.

Lightspeed is one of the world’s premiere designers of stereoscopic 3D presentations and software technologies, with considerable technical expertise in projection, optics and electronics. Clients include Pfizer, Intuitive Surgical, Microsoft, Harvard & Munich Universities, US Army, NASA, JPL, DreamWorks SKG, IMAX, and Walt Disney Animation.

Lightspeed’s headquarters is in Bellevue, Washington, USA. For more information, visit us at http://www.lightspeeddesign.com or contact the company directly at sales@lightspeeddesign.com or +1 425 637 2818.

About InFocus Corporation

InFocus is the industry pioneer and a global leader in the digital projection market. Backed by more than 20 years of experience and innovation in digital projection, as well as 150 patents, InFocus is dedicated to setting the industry standard for large format visual display. The company is based in Wilsonville, Oregon with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the company’s website at http://www.infocus.com.

DepthQ is a registered trademark of Lightspeed Design, Inc. InFocus is a registered trademark of the InFocus Corporation. NVIDIA® GeForce® 3D Vision™ is a registered trademark of the NVIDIA Corporation. Digital Light Processing, DLP, the DLP Medallion, and BrilliantColor are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All rights reserved.

Press contact:

Chris Ward
Lightspeed Design, Inc.
(425) 637-2818







Photo by Neil Schneider MTSB.

Friday, December 12, 2008

DEPTHQ® HD 3D PROJECTORS CREATE 3D STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY FOR DATAMINE CANADA


ONTARIO, CANADA - December 12, 2008: Lightspeed Design, Inc today announced that a pair of DepthQ® HD 3D Projectors were installed to create a blended, super-wide HD 3D stereoscopic display by Datamine Canada, part of the Datamine Group, the world's leading supplier of technology to the mining industry.

Since 1981 global mining houses have turned to Datamine for industrial strength mining technology and today Datamine implements solutions in 70 countries around the world.







Thursday, December 04, 2008

DEPTHQ® HD 3D PROJECTOR FEATURED BY NIHON BINARY CO., LTD. AT 3D EXPO IN YOKOHAMA



Yokohama, Japan - December 3-5, 2008: Lightspeed Design's DepthQ® HD 3D projector was featured by the Nihon Binary Co., Ltd., a Japanese dealer of the product, in their exhibition booth at the 3D Expo in Yokohama.

Based in Tokyo, Japan, Nihon Binary Co, Ltd. was established in 1979 as a technically oriented trading company to import advanced imaging and graphics peripheral devices and software from the United States and around the world.





Monday, June 23, 2008

LIGHTSPEED SUPPORTS DA-LITE’S INFOCOMM 08 PREMIERE OF 3D VIRTUAL BLACK™ REAR PROJECTION SCREEN, LAS VEGAS


Las Vegas, USA- June 2008: Lightspeed Design, Inc. today announced its support of Da-Lite Screen Company’s very successful premiere of its new 3D rear projection screen material, 3D Virtual Black™ at InfoComm 2008, Las Vegas, USA.


During the past year, Lightspeed Design has had the opportunity to assist the Da-Lite Screen Company, as they developed their new rear-projection polarization preserving screen material.

Lightspeed supported the InfoComm booth presentation with its high quality 3D films and custom graphics, as well as our High-Definition DepthQ server technology.

Both the product and the première were an incredible success, creating lots of -Buzz-

Insight Media was at InfoComm this year and we have awarded our "BEST BUZZ" awards. Your product created a buzz this year and we wanted you to have the certificate attached as proof" Anthony Gentle, Insight Media











Da-Lite Screen Company, 3D Virtual Black™:
Da-Lite Screen Company revolutionizes 3D projection with the introduction of its new 3D Virtual Black™ projection screen material designed exclusively for 3D rear screen applications. Specifically designed and dedicated as the first rear screen 3D projection fabric in the industry, 3D Virtual Black features breakthrough polarization preserving properties engineered by Da-Lite Screen company’s research chemists.

Lightspeed Design, Inc:
Lightspeed Design Inc, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a veteran executive producer of inventive 3D visual experiences for corporate marketing, museums, and attractions. Lightspeed's clients include: Mercedes, GMC, U.S. Government, Continental-Teves, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo of America, IMAX Corporation, and Disney Imagineering.

Monday, January 21, 2008

LIGHTSPEED COMPLETES 3D THEATER INSTALLATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA



Bellevue, WA- January, 2008: Lightspeed Design, Inc., today announced the successful installation of four 3D digital theaters for the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The 25 seat 3D theaters are located in Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, and Lucknow, India.

Science City Kolkata (NCSM ) Kolkata, India


Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum (NCSM) Bangalore, India


National Science Centre (NCSM) Delhi, India


Regional Science City (NCSM) Lucknow, India




















Tuesday, January 15, 2008

DEPTHQ® 3D HD SERVER DELIVERED TO IMAGINARIUM HANDS-ON MUSEUM– FORT MYERS, FLORIDA



Bellevue, WA- Jan, 2008: Imaginarium Hands-On Museum, Fort Myers, FL has acquired DepthQ Server for its new high definition 3D Theater. The new theater will present Lightspeed Design and DeepSea Ventures 3D film “DIVE! Manned Submersibles and The New Explorers.”

DepthQ Server was installed by dealer and systems integrator Ron Labbe of Studio 3D.

Imaginarium Hands-On Museum

WINK-TV News Coverage of Dive! opening


DEPTHQ SERVER® FOR STEREOSCOPIC MEDIA
The DepthQ Server® is a feature-packed software solution for the playback of stereo 3D movies from a standard off-the-shelf PC. Easy to use and designed from the ground up as a professional product, DepthQ Server® provides flawless playback for the most perfect, comfortable-to-view stereo 3D experience possible.



DIVE! is a stereoscopic 3D digital theater experience for aquariums, science and maritime museums that will inspire children and young adults to follow their sense of adventure and discovery. This 22 minute high-definition 3D film combines computer graphics and live-action to literally take the audience along for the ride as a unique expedition of 'Citizen Explorers' voyage in submarines to the bottom of the ocean.



Lightspeed Design Inc, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a veteran executive producer of inventive 3D visual experiences for corporate marketing, museums, and attractions. Lightspeed's clients include: Mercedes, GMC, U.S. Government, Continental-Teves, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo of America, IMAX Corporation, and Disney Imagineering.

DeepSea Ventures (DSV), a deep ocean exploration company based in Spokane, Washington. Founder, Guy Zajonc, is a veteran of 6 deep-water expeditions. Japanese submarine I-52, RMS Titanic, the Battleships Bismarck, 1810 deep Atlantic wreck, SS Republic and the first deep water search for Amelia Earhart.