
The International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society honored nineteen companies and organizations today for "Advancing the Entertainment Industry through Technology," during the Society's 5th Annual Entertainment Technology and New Product Awards luncheon ceremony held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.
The Society's Technology Awards Committee votes annually in selecting products and systems, which through their "innovation and impact" make movies and content more exciting and successful.
Honored with the Society's Lumiere statuettes were Barco for its DP4K-60L Laser Projector, Walt Disney Studios Technologies and partners ARRI and Fraunhofer Institute Berlin for their new Tri-Focal 3D Camera System, Dolby Labs for its new extended dynamic range Dolby Vision, Prime Focus World for its 3D Hybrid Stereo Pipeline, Volfoni 3D for its SmartCrystal Diamond theater system, Panasonic for three new 4K cameras and recorders, and View Holographics from the UK for its hologram technology system.
The 2014 Technology Award Winners:
Adobe - Creative Cloud/Speed Grade
Barco - DP4K-60L Laser Projector
BitSpeed - Concurrency
Blackmagic Design - UltraStudio 4K
Walt Disney Studios - Trifocal Camera
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Intstitute - Trifocal Camera
ARRI - Trifocal Camera
Dolby Laboratories - Dolby Vision - EDR
DVS - Clipster
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute - STAN System
Gener8 - GPU-Accelerated Video In-Painting Occlusion Filling
MasterImage 3D - MI-HORIZON3D
Panasonic - 4K LUMIX, Digital Single Lens Mirror-less Camera DMC-GH4
Panasonic - 4K Wearable, Point-of-view Camera HX-A500
Panasonic - 4K VARICAM, High end production camera recorder AU-V35C1G/VREC1G
Prime Focus World - Prime Focus World Hybrid Stereo Pipeline
View Holographics - Holography
Vision3 - Post Conversion Management System
Volfoni3D - SmartCrystal Diamond
New Product Awards Were Also Presented To:
4DX - Cinema Innovation of the Year - 4D Movie Theater: Motion Seats and Environmental Effect Equipment, Regal Cinemas LA Live Stadium 14
StereoLabs - Autostereo Software of the Year - Verity
StereoLabs - Autostereo Workflow of the Year - First Live 3D Workflow for Glasses-free 3D Displays
SuperD - 3D Mobile Product of the Year - SuperD Glasses-free 3D Mobile Solution
zSpace - 3D Education Product of the Year - zSpace STEM Lab