Baking A Cake With The Audio Definition Model June 10^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

The trouble with Next Generation Audio is its versatility and the wide array of devices which need to deliver the enhanced immersive experience for the consumer. The Audio Definition Model may hold the key.

Information: Part 3 - Applying Statistics June 6^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

We are not done with statistics yet. In a sense we will never be done with it and it is better to know how to deal with it than to ignore it. It is better still to know how others commonly fail to deal with it and reach conclusions that…

Transforms: Part 5 - OFDM June 3^rd 2022 - 09:00 AM

Thus far we have looked at transforms from a somewhat abstract viewpoint. In contrast, here we look at an application where transforms take center stage.

HDR: Part 2 - Brightness Encoding May 27^th 2022 - 01:00 PM

Dealing with brightness in camera systems sounds simple. Increase the light going into the lens; increase the signal level coming out of the camera, and in turn increase the amount of light coming out of the display. In reality, it’s always been more complicated than that. Camera, display and p…

Electricity: Part 3 - AC Systems May 27^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at alternating current (AC) systems and how generating AC often requires an intermediate step of converting to DC to improve the efficiencies of AC generators.

Creating Virtual Sets With LED Walls And Unreal Engine With Andy Jarosz May 25^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production based around LED walls involves a disparate collection of technologies, and the people best placed to get the best out of the technology are often multi-disciplinarians with experience across several fields.

Information: Part 2 - Gaussian Distribution May 23^rd 2022 - 09:00 AM

Information can never be separated from its nemesis, which is uncertainty. The former is only possible by limiting the latter.

US Open Golf Puts Spotlight On Latency And Scale For Live Streaming May 20^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

Every big global sporting event exerts stress on streaming infrastructures and challenges providers to deliver further improvements in the viewing experience as demand and traffic levels go on increasing. The 2022 US Open Golf Championship in Brookline, Massachusetts, is particularly under the spotlight as the world’s third golf major of t…

FCC Can’t Find Spectrum For Wireless Microphones And Other Devices May 19^th 2022 - 10:40 AM

Despite significant lobbying efforts on the part of wireless microphone manufacturers and others to establish secure RF spectrum in which to operate, the FCC has issued a new order declining the industry’s request to preserve a vacant channel in the television bands for use by white space devices and w…

HDR: Part 1 - The State of HDR May 18^th 2022 - 12:50 PM

Over the century or so we’ve been making moving images, a lot of improvements have been dreamed up. Some of them, like stereo 3D and high frame rate, have repeatedly suffered a lukewarm reception. Other things, like HD, and even sound and color, enjoyed more or less universal acclaim.