Planar Systems Helium is a family of multi-touch desktop monitors designed specifically to work with Microsoft Windows 8-connected Ultrabook, tablet or desktop PC.

The Planar Helium family debuts with a 27-inch model (model PCT2785) that customers can simply plug the monitor directly into their Ultrabook, tablet or desktop PC, and everything works right out of the box - no Windows configuration required.

Including a built-in 1080p webcam and microphone for VTC apps and a built-in USB hub that allows users to connect other peripherals directly to the monitor, the Helium display can also be paired with other non-touch monitors and has 20 simultaneous touch points that recognize touch input from a finger, thin gloved hand or conductive stylus.

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Now Electrosonic’s projector lamp website serves customers throughout Europe and supports the euro (as well as the dollar, the pound, the krona and more).

Electrosonic claims they have “the largest and most comprehensive inventory of OEM lamps.”

Also available are OEM-equivalent lamps for xenon and UHP projectors--Electrosonic says they offer savings of up to 50%. The “Sapphire” xenon projector lamps are made in Japan. The “Diamond” UHP lamps use OEM bulbs and offer a 120-day warranty.

Electrosonic’s lamp customers receive a 30-day satisfaction guarantee and an enhanced 90-day warranty on their lamp purchases.

Electrosonic also offers its Lamp Replacement Program-- customisable and offers installation and calibration services, and guaranteed availability.

Electrosonic says its volume buying power and knowledge of the lamp businesses allows them to source lamps via many different channels. Special discounts exist for education, government, entertainment and corporate buyers who join Electrosonic’s buying group for their vertical sector.

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Situated on the edge of the UK’s Lake District, Muncaster Castle (that’s Muncaster not Munsters Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Munsters) is considered one of the most haunted buildings in the country. Halloween Week is the busiest time of year for the castle, and Dataton Watchout production and presentation software drive its exterior illuminations to add to the fright.

This year the Castle upgraded to version 5 of Watchout….Peter Frost-Pennington, managing director of Muncaster Castle, says, “Back in 2003 we decided to put in an exterior lighting scheme to enhance the air of mystery surrounding the venue. The towers of the Castle are an interesting backdrop. We started projecting a few images of skulls and ghosts created in Powerpoint and run by Windows Media Player. But we always knew we could do more. We’d seen the projections that were done as part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee using Watchout, and we wanted that too.

The last record for lumens in laser projection was Christie’s own 63,000 lumen record set at IBC Show in September. Now Christie raises the bar again for achieving the world’s brightest laser projection.

in Beijing, Christie did a demo of its prototype laser projector: World’s first 72,000 lumen laser projection. Short movie clips of 3D content projected on a 20-metre wide by 12-metre high screen were screened at typical 3D brightness levels of 3-4 ft-L and then using the laser projector at 14 ft-L at the theater of Wanda Shi Jin Shan Cinema, leaving the audiences in awe.

“Today’s laser projection demo was fabulous! I’m impressed with the ultra brightness and life-like colours delivered onto the screen,” says Ning Ye, General Manager of Wanda Group.

Presenting at the laser demo event, Dr. Don Shaw, senior director, Product Management, Christie Entertainment Solutions, notes, “Audiences deserve to see the brightest 3D with 14 ft-L on cinema screens. Our demonstration today showed just how truly spectacular a movie maker’s vision can be realised when shown at the highest light levels, making the shared experience more immersive, and, ultimately, driving more cinema ticket sales.”

NEC Display Solutions Europe is the display technology sponsor for the exhibition David Hockney. A Bigger Picture at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.

Running to 3rd February 2013, the show will feature a range of the artist's wide-ranging portfolio displayed across more than 70 of NEC's pro MultiSync X551UN large format displays. In addition, 13 units of NEC MultiSync EA273WM are used to display Hockney's digital artwork.

Along with traditional painting techniques, Hockney has engaged intensively with computer drawing. The images generated in this way are a major feature of the Cologne exhibition and possess an extraordinary vibrancy and immediacy, but their synthetic nature also gives them a strangely unreal aura.

One of the highlights of the exhibition shows twelve jugglers performing in video projections on an 18-screen videowall, providing an unexpected take on the perception of motion in time and space.

If you pass through Canada's Toronto airport terminal, you might see passengers flapping their wings like birds.

No, it’s not the frustration of delayed flights…it's part of the entertainment brought about by GE Canada's Mine Flight, an interactive, gesture-controlled display that creates an interactive 3D "flight" experience at Toronto Pearson Airport, Terminal 1.

Yes, we said a “Mine” flight. If an underground location and an aboveground activity confuse you, consider that it’s just a game.

How do a mine and flight go together? Well, GE Canada is in the mining business and they wanted a way to interact with Toronto’s 9.4 million passengers annually. Mine Flight may sound like an illiterate traveler but it was developed by GE's creative and media partners, BBDO and OMD, along with Belgian agency Brandfirst who created the game.

Vivitek Corporation will show its newly updated range of large venue and educational projectors at InfoComm MEA.

On display will be a preview of the D7180HD; the world’s first ultra-short throw HD projector; the D8800 for the Pro AV staging business and the D5280U, all-around projector for business, education and leisure applications.

The D7180HD is an ultra-short throw projector with a native 1080p resolution and delivers a large 86” to 97” image from a zero distance. The D7180HD will be shown with an impressive edge-blended picture of 4 units in a rear projection setting, using the Vioso Anyblend software, demonstrating the signage and simulation applications.

StarGlas 60 is a glass rear projection black screen material formulated to offer “unsurpassed” contrast levels, at sizes over 8X larger than any other manufacturer. This screen is currently available up to 126" x 204", with larger production sizes in the near future.

StarGlas 60 will accommodate short projection light paths. The diffusion layer between the glass protects it from damage allowing StarGlas 60 to be used almost anywhere, including outdoors, shopping malls, schools etc.

For passive 3D applications, with a high level of soundproofing between the projector and the audience area, StarGlas 60 offers Identical gain and color matching for multiple screen applications. StarGlas 60 meets Class II Safety codes, for installation in proximity to floors and doors.