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Panoram's PV230 DSK Enhances Gaming and Audio Production Applications
January 22, 2003 - Sun Valley, Calif. - What do gamers and audio engineers have in common? At two recent major trade expos - the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. and the National Association of Music Merchandisers Show in Anaheim, Calif. - it became clear that at least one thing they have in common is a great interest in using Panoram's PV230 DSK for their respective addictions.

The PV230 DSK is a highly stylized, 3072x768-resolution desktop visualization system, utilizing three LCD panels in a wraparound array, with a mere 11mm of separation between them. Used with a three-headed graphics card, such as the Matrox Parhelia, the PV230 DSK provides a single giant "desktop", making it perfect for software applications that benefit from the massive screen real estate or from an immersive visual experience.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
As it turns out, this made it a perfect match for Intel Corporation, who not only used it in their booth at CES2002, but also on stage at CEO Craig R. Barrett's keynote speech to demonstrate the concept of the "extended PC" in gaming applications.

In the speech, a member of Mr. Barrett's demonstration team explained how the PV230 DSK enhances the gaming experience, "Well, games are about action. And to get all the action a gamer needs you need power…we're using this really cool three-screen display from Panoram Technologies, and the game we're playing here is called Neverwinter Nights; it's a fantasy role-playing game. This is what I call an immersive gaming experience. So if you want to see what's lurking around the corners, you can. You can see everything around you in this really great panoramic view. I can play with my buddies online and open up my inventory and map without blocking the play area…"
[Click to view a video clip of Craig Barrett's keynote speech]

National Association of Music Merchandisers Show (NAMM)
Soon after the PV230 DSK immersed the consumer electronics world in gaming, it opened up the world of music, exhibiting the use of Steinberg's popular Cubase audio production software. Employing four of the PV230 DSK displays in their booth at NAMM, Steinberg demonstrated how the Cubase software could be operated at its full potential simply by working with more screen real estate.

Cubase offers a host of tools and utilities for manipulating the media in windows that can be positioned and sized anywhere on the screen. Also, the graphic representation of audio tracks is naturally oriented in a horizontal manner, making the wide aspect ratio of the PV230 DSK a perfect fit. The super-thin separations between the LCD panels on the display enable a window to be stretched across the entire screen, with almost no visual distraction between panels.

Other Apps
Applications for the PV230 DSK extend far beyond the gaming and music industries. It is compatible with almost any software running on Windows, Linux, MAC OS, HP, Sun or SGI platforms. Indeed, the PV230 DSK improves the computing experience of virtually any task, from spreadsheet analysis, electronic publishing and photo editing to engineering, product design and scientific analysis. For more details on this powerful visualization system, click here.