We started at 9am with breakfast in the hotel. A decent buffet with standard stuff. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, pastries and even fresh fruit and a salad bar.
At 10am we walked to the Convention Center, a 10 minute walk from the hotel.
Johan had to get his badge first, for some reason his never arrived at the VU.
While strolling through the North and Central halls we noticed that there are a lot of technology stands. Video and audio processing systems, radio antenna's, etc. The south hall is more for the visually inclined visitors. We found a stand of Brainstorm, a 3D rendering system that enables you to overlay computer graphics with (live) video. Very impressive and possibly interesting. They're interested in cooperating with universities and we can get a free version to play with for a while. Definitely something to think about.
An other company, Immersive Media, have developed a 360* all around camera for that is streamed over the internet to a Flash application and enables the user to freely look around while the video is playing. Look very impressive (also through a HMD) and runs very smoothly. They're also very interested in working with a university.
Finally we also saw some amazing projectors (Christie). The quality of the projected images is unbelievable. Better than any LCD or plasma screen. It's even possible to connect four projectors and with the aid of a small camera create a perfectly aligned mosaic image. Impressive.
Finding a place to sit down and eat wasn't so simple. Plenty of places to get a bite to eat, but little sitting space. In the eat we got some simple sandwiches and joined many others sitting on the floor. You'd have thought they'd put some more chairs and tables up, plenty of room.
The other thing that was hard to find was the wireless network. We did in the end, so Johan could check his e-mail.
At about 4pm we walked back to the hotel to give our tired feet some rest.
After a quiet rest of the afternoon, Johan decided to call it a day and go to sleep early. Marco picked up a Chef's salad, dessert and some coffee in the hotel's coffee shop.
Tomorrow we'll take some pictures at the show so you all can see what it is all about.
Weather forecast for tomorrow: lots of wind, gusts up to 50mph!
Oh BTW. I forgot something about yesterday. In one of the stores I was able to see and hold a Macbook Air for the first time. I must say it's a very beautiful notebook. Brushed aluminum outside give it a solid feel. It's thin! And looks smaller than it actually is (with it's 13" wide screen). Definitely a must have :-).
1 comment:
forget about a new lap top. You had one last year. Now it's my turn!
Det
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