TORONTO, Canada – BlackBox from CAST Software has added three new partners filling the categories of media server, stereoscopic camera and network technology: Coolux, Magna BSP Ltd. and SAND Network Systems. These companies join the existing BlackBox partners including MA Lighting of Germany for lighting control; Niscon Inc. of Toronto Canada for motion control via its Raynok Motion Control System Software; Out Board Electronics', of London UK, TiMax Audio Imaging delay matrix system for sound automation; and Ubisense, providing rapid response realtime location detection.
CAST has been working with these companies to ensure BlackBox meets its technical objectives. In exchange, these companies are granted a 12-month exclusive partnership to capitalize on the use of BlackBox in the market once it is available for general distribution, which is expected to happen later this year.
Coolux Media Systems, with locations in the U.S., Germany and China is the producer of the Pandora's Box media and show control system for realtime video editing and image processing. Pandora's Box Media Servers and Players are a scalable network system with access to all common control protocols from within their Media Net platform.
Magna BSP of Israel is the producer of BiScopic Protection, a stereoscopic vision sensory system for the detection of perimeter intrusion. BiScopic Protection (BSP) is based on a pair of electro-optic cameras – CCD and/or infrared thermal imagers – to achieve high probability of detection while maintaining a low false alarm rate (FAR). It operates 24/7 in all conditions and can detect a target as small as one pixel and even less. The stereoscopic vision feature of the system and its sophisticated software is designed accurate detection of objects and a precise estimation of their size, distance, height above ground, azimuth and other critical characteristics. The system can filter the detected objects according to a wide range of parameters.
SAND Network Systems, Inc. (SandSys) with locations in California and Norway, is dedicated to control and network technology, developing and manufacturing hardware and software for Ethernet and USB, entertainment-specific technologies like DMX, RDM, ACN, MIDI, wireless DMX, as well as a number of open and manufacturer proprietary protocols.
"Our industry continually strives for more impressive creative results to wow audiences by investing significant capital in technology, innovation, and robotization," said Gil Densham, president of CAST Software. "Accomplishing the creative objectives means it is vital that each disparate technology communicate and work seamlessly together. BlackBox is designed to deliver these solutions.
"CAST's BlackBox is a truly collaborative effort. We selected our partners to help us ensure that BlackBox becomes the solution we envision," Densham added. "Together, we will develop a technology solution that may revolutionize our industry."
BlackBox uses a wysiwyg.bbx "CAD-type" software which defines the space (establishing "0"0"0"). BlackBox receives and converts live positional data received from input various devices, such as RFID, stereoscopic/thermal camera, SONAR, RADAR, about moving objects, establishes the 7D positions of those objects, computes instructions in XYZ, plus yaw, pitch, roll and time terms and provides moving positional information so moving lights, set pieces, spatial sound, media servers, robotic cameras and other objects are synchronized and tracking to the action of those moving objects, at a minimum speed of 50 Hz.
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