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Barco is driving its new FL40 HLD (previously known as ColorSpark) LED plus accumulating conversion rod light engine simulation projector. Appropriately the projector is used in a driving simulator at the Rai in Amsterdam. As the Rai is the Dutch Automobile Industry association.
The FL40 was introduced last November at the simulation and traning show in Florida. This is the first time the FL40 is showcased publicly in the EMEA region. According to Barco the FL40 is a 'rock-solid FL40 projector true solid-state projector, using the latest in HLD and LED illumination technology. Which combines amazing visual performance and extreme reliability with a low TCO. Even in the most demanding environments it delivers a vision to trust'.
However it is not completely solid state when used in the 4K mode, as that involves an optical actuator to shift the pixels, and that means the proejctor requires maintenance/service halfway through its specified life of 50000 hours at 25000 hours.
Built on the powerful Barco Pulse software platform, the FL40 has a flexible architecture that allows for up to 4K (3,840 x 2,400) resolution and advanced low-latency processing taking place in only one single step. Regardless of resolution or degree of geometry correction, the image latency is always kept to a minimumfor use in interactive, real-time environments like in a driving simulator or a dark theme park ride.
In the Barco Hospitality suite D504 on the 5th floor of the Elicium building a two channel FL40 will be integrated into a compact VI-grade driving simulator with a curved screen by project: syntropy. ProjectionTools by domeprojection.com is used to perform projection alignment and calibration of the two FL40 projectors, an operation that is performed via the Barco Pulse software inside the FL40. The result is a perfectly warped and blended projection image, combined with meticulously precise correction of color, black-level and many more parameters.
“The FL40 is an extremely robust and flexible projector on so many levels,” says Christoph Bode, Owner & Technical Director, domeprojection.com. “As a projection alignment and calibration provider we really appreciate that we can develop our own management tools and value-add features utilizing the processing power of the Barco Pulse software architecture found on all the new Barco projectors. For us this means we can develop our tools once, after which they are applicable across the entire Barco portfolio. This saves us drastically on time and resources, future-proofing our investment”
Guido Bairati, VP Global Sales, VI-grade , adds: “We are really excited to show off our Compact Driving Simulator for the first time at ISE together with our close partners Barco and project: syntropy. The extremely high resolution, color rich and smooth imagery provided by the FL40 really brings out the best of the VI-GraphSim that runs the driving scenarios. Also important is the way domeprojection.com and project: syntropy have worked to align, calibrate and set everything up in the system”.
The FL40 was introduced last November at the simulation and traning show in Florida. This is the first time the FL40 is showcased publicly in the EMEA region. According to Barco the FL40 is a 'rock-solid FL40 projector true solid-state projector, using the latest in HLD and LED illumination technology. Which combines amazing visual performance and extreme reliability with a low TCO. Even in the most demanding environments it delivers a vision to trust'.
However it is not completely solid state when used in the 4K mode, as that involves an optical actuator to shift the pixels, and that means the proejctor requires maintenance/service halfway through its specified life of 50000 hours at 25000 hours.
Built on the powerful Barco Pulse software platform, the FL40 has a flexible architecture that allows for up to 4K (3,840 x 2,400) resolution and advanced low-latency processing taking place in only one single step. Regardless of resolution or degree of geometry correction, the image latency is always kept to a minimumfor use in interactive, real-time environments like in a driving simulator or a dark theme park ride.
In the Barco Hospitality suite D504 on the 5th floor of the Elicium building a two channel FL40 will be integrated into a compact VI-grade driving simulator with a curved screen by project: syntropy. ProjectionTools by domeprojection.com is used to perform projection alignment and calibration of the two FL40 projectors, an operation that is performed via the Barco Pulse software inside the FL40. The result is a perfectly warped and blended projection image, combined with meticulously precise correction of color, black-level and many more parameters.
“The FL40 is an extremely robust and flexible projector on so many levels,” says Christoph Bode, Owner & Technical Director, domeprojection.com. “As a projection alignment and calibration provider we really appreciate that we can develop our own management tools and value-add features utilizing the processing power of the Barco Pulse software architecture found on all the new Barco projectors. For us this means we can develop our tools once, after which they are applicable across the entire Barco portfolio. This saves us drastically on time and resources, future-proofing our investment”
Guido Bairati, VP Global Sales, VI-grade , adds: “We are really excited to show off our Compact Driving Simulator for the first time at ISE together with our close partners Barco and project: syntropy. The extremely high resolution, color rich and smooth imagery provided by the FL40 really brings out the best of the VI-GraphSim that runs the driving scenarios. Also important is the way domeprojection.com and project: syntropy have worked to align, calibrate and set everything up in the system”.