Digital Projection, a brand of Delta and manufacturer of high-performance projectors, has created an all-new software tech stack that allows users to design and implement an entire installation within the company’s bespoke software platforms.
Using the company’s electronics platform, Nexus, customers can now benefit from automatic projector calibration, including advanced align, warp and blend tools, without the need for third-party applications.
The precise pixel blending and warping is done directly in the projector hardware, something the company says is unique to Digital Projection.
The tech stack is split into two distinct areas: pre-installation, for users’ design needs, and installation tools.
Digital Projection says that when a user needs to design complex applications with multiple projectors, they should select the Multi Projection Simulator Pro option.
Used internally by Digital Projection staff and now being released to the market, it gives users the ability to design and deploy their environments from within the Digital Projection tech stack.
The technology boasts features such as automatic layout assist, situation simulation and imports of 3D objects.
Built into the latest version of Digital Projection’s Projector Controller II software is the ability to automatically align, blend and warp multiple projectors using a camera. The Projector Controller II program interfaces directly with Nexus, Digital Projection’s new electronics platform, eliminating the need for third-party auto-calibration software.
Projector Controller II allows the management of multiple projectors from a single, centralised PC-based application. Suitable for use in large installations, or where projectors are in multiple locations in a building, the software is designed to reduce the time required for set-up and configuration.
There are two versions of Projector Controller II’s auto-calibration tools:
- Smart Align, a free add-on ideal for simple flat-screen calibration using only a mobile phone
- Advanced Align, a camera-based solution for complex, multi-channel surfaces.
A free add-on for Projector Controller II, Smart Align enables users to quickly align and colour-match their projectors using only their smartphones.
For more complex applications, Advanced Align (a paid solution with a 30-day free trial) makes full use of the capabilities of the Nexus chip to offer users an advanced calibration solution, including 2D and 3D content mapping, warp and blend, and full integration with media servers and presentation switchers, via the projector hardware.
With Advanced Align, the warp/blend is carried out in the projector hardware to provide the most accurate pixel-based blend. This reduces overhead on the server, eliminating the need for third-party image generators. Additionally, the output is uncompressed when autocalibration and warp/blend is performed by the projector hardware, unlike the inferior compressed output from a computer’s graphics card.
Designed to deliver advanced image processing to all Digital Projection products – from the flagship 3-Chip DLP TITAN Laser 47000 projector to the budget-friendly 1-Chip E-Vision 8000i – Nexus offers users enhanced, multi-functional image processing technology, with de-interlacing, scaling, warping and edge blending all combined in a single chip. This means that all signal processing is undertaken in one location, minimising delays which introduce latency.
Nexus additionally boasts support for HDR (SMPTE ST2084(PQ) and HLG) and Art-Net, 10-bit colour processing (30 bits per pixel), and onboard image quality control with full-gamma colour management. Also key is its ability to accept dual input signals up to 4K-UHD; these are independently processed, meaning they can accept the most advanced signals in a chain.
The Nexus platform is available on the TITAN Laser 47000 WUXGA and 41000 4K-UHD, M-Vision 27000 WU and 24000 WU, and E-Vision 16000i, 10000i WU and 8000i WU, with more projectors set to be added in the coming months.
