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Special Announcement
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 CRS
celebrates 15 years in vision science!
Cambridge Research Systems (CRS) is proud to announce that
2004 marks its 15th anniversary year. We would like to take
this opportunity to thank all our customers, OEMs and partners
for their support over the last 15 years.
Background: CRS was founded by Professor John Robson FRS
and his son, Tom Robson, to design and manufacture equipment
for vision scientists. Now the market leader in this field,
CRS remains dedicated to scientific and technical excellence
in our growing range of solutions for both basic and clinical
research.
Keep an eye on this news page for information about new
visual stimulator, eye tracking and visual tests that will
be launched during 2004.
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News Archive
1 September
2004
1 September 2004
31 August
2004
- CRS Sponsored Poster Prize at ECVP
CRS are pleased to sponsor the
prize of 400 Euros awarded for Best Poster at ECVP
- 2004 which was held in Budapest this year. Our congratulations
go to the winning authors of poster number 78/ A-0398 on
P02 Tuesday: 'Interactions between audition and
vision for face recognition'.
Isabelle Bülthoff,
Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik,
Spemannstr.38, 72076 Tübingen, Germany,
Fiona N Newell, Department
of Psychology, University of Dublin, Trinity College,
Dublin 2, Ireland
12 August
2004
- FaceLAB 4 launch at ECVP
Cambridge Research Systems are excited
to participate in the launch of FaceLAB
4 at the European Congress
on Visual Perception in Budapest, Hungary. This is the
latest evolution of an innovative head and gaze tracking
system from
Seeing
Machines. This new version incorporates
many new features that make it an ideal choice for behavioural
monitoring in Vision Science.
FaceLAB
4: augmenting its highly accurate 6 Degrees of Freedom head
tracking, the new camera configuration makes high resolution
eye tracking feasible. The video tracking technology makes the
system completely remote, allowing free head movement within
a 500 x 600 mm space whilst measuring head rotation to ±1°
accuracy and translation to ±1 mm. FaceLAB
4 now measures eye rotation with a resolution of up to 1°.
Originally developed for the automotive industry, we can see
numerous application for the technology in Visual Science. The
latest version has been especially configured to not only operate
on adults, but also with young infants. FaceLAB
4 is the ideal choice where the precision of conventional
eye tracking is less important than the ease of use and setup.
Suitable applications include: behavioral and fixation monitoring,
forced choice preferential looking, electrophysiology, vestibular
research and many more.
Come and see the remarkable FaceLAB
4 system at ECVP: we will
be demonstrating FaceLAB integrated with the latest ViSaGe
visual stimulator in a Preferential Looking application.
9 July 2004
3 July 2004
- Major new VSG software release available to download
A new version of the of the VSG Software Library is now available,
which supports the latest ViSaGe
system. All ViSaGe
customers will need to download this release and the ViSaGe
device driver from our
Downloads page. Existing VSG 2/x series customers may also
like to upgrade to the latest version as it contains a number
of bug fixes and new features.
26 May 2004
7 April 2004
2 March 2004
- Additional training material for VSG system
Following the success of our recent one-day VSG training
session in Lyon, France, we have made the PowerPoint presentations
available for all our customers to download.
If you are new to the VSG systen, you will find extra technical
information in the slides to help you get started with
the your first program.
There is also a preview presentation of our new VSG
Toolbox for MATLAB, which is scheduled for release in May and will
contain much improved support for vectorised programming,
psychophysical methods, gaze tracking using the Video Eyetracker
Toolbox, cone colour spaces, dot plotting, plus classic
psychophysical experiment demonstrations.
27 January 2004
- New video modes for Bits++ system
Two new high-resolution video modes enhance the functionality
of the Bits++ system:
Mono++ provides true 14 bit monochrome displays, Color++
provides true 14 bit colour displays. Take a look at the revised
technical description to find out more.
If you already have Bits++, just download
the latest Bits++ software release to get access
to the new firmware files, which provide support for
the Mono++ and Color++ video modes.
19 December 2003
28 November 2003
14 October 2003
- New VSG2/5 firmware
We have updated the firmware for the VSG2/5.
This gives improvements in drawing to video,
overlay and analog capture. We would suggest all
VSG2/5 users should use the new version. Download the VSG Software Library v6.111 from our downloads page,
install it, and power cycle your system.
6 September 2003
- CRS Sponsored Poster Prize
CRS are pleased to sponsor a prize of 400
Euros for Best Poster at ECVP - 2003 which was
held in Paris this year.
Our congratulations go to the winners who were
the authors of poster number 184/ abstract number
126b: 'The reverse-perspective illusion is not
caused by binocular disparity'.
Norman Cook, Department of Informatics, Kansai
University, Osaka, Japan
Lorenz Leumann, Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Peter Brugger, Department of Neuropsychology, Neurology Clinic, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
26 August 2003
28 July 2003
20 May 2003
- Congratulations: Professor John Robson FRS
Everyone at CRS is extremely pleased to
congratulate our co-founder and long time
collaborator, Professor John Robson on his
election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. The
Royal Society is the oldest and possibly the most
prestigious scientific academy in the world. John
joins an alumnus that includes the greatest names
in science in the last 400 years. John's
distinguished career has included significant
contributions to so many different aspects of
Visual Science that they are too numerous to
list. These have ranged from ground breaking work
in characterizing the visual system using system
analysis, through innovative clinical tests, to
solving basic problems of retinal physiology.
However the one cohesive strand which runs
through his career has been his careful and
innovative approach to techniques and
methodology, which has benefited not only his
many collaborators but also Vision Science as a
whole. John's election recognizes a truly
original contribution to the field. See
here for more details.
22 April 2003
- USA Demonstrations
Coinciding with ARVO and VSS, our long time
marketing manager Steven Elliott will be
available to demonstrate our products in the USA
until the 16th of July. He is able to
demonstrate most of our equipment in your own
laboratory anywhere within the continental
USA. Visit him at ARVO, booth 925 (www.arvo.org)
and VSS in Sarasota, on the Lower Level of The
Hyatt (www.vision-sciences.org),
and see what's new in Tools for Vision
Science. Alternatively, send him an email
for details of his itinerary. steve.elliott@crsltd.com
22 April 2003
- A new fully-qualified version of the VSG
Software Library (Version 6.110) is now available
on the Downloads
page
17 February 2003
- We are pleased to announce a new member of
staff at CRS. Thierry Decoster has joined us as a
Sales Engineer with special responsibility for our
customers in France and other Francophone
countries.
"Je suis très heureux d'avoir
intégré une équipe qui
développe depuis plus de dix ans des
systèmes dédiés aux sciences
de la vision. Je serai particulièrement
attentif à toute demande émanant
des chercheurs francophones et de leurs
équipes. Si vous souhaitez toute
information complémentaire ou toute
démonstration, n'hésitez pas
à me contacter" : Thierry
Decoster.
16 August 2002
15 August 2002
- New BITS++
promotion, which runs until the end of August
2002
Just register your interest in this exciting new
high-resolution colour and contrast technology and
print off a coupon, which entitles you to a massive
$995 saving on the
BITS++ with colour calibration
configuration
-
200 Hz monochrome monitor now available
Cambridge Research Systems can now provide a
fixed-frequency 200 Hz monitor with a DP104
fast-phosphor CRT, which is designed specifically
for stereoscopic
applications
July 2002
- New
vsgEyetrace release available for the VSG2/5,
VSG2/4, & VSG2/3 visual stimulators and your
analog eye tracker
This is a maintenance release, which fixes a data
saving issue for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows
Me
- New BrainVoyager 2000 Technical
Support FAQ
If you are have problems importing your data into
the
Trial version of BrainVoyager
2000, take a look at the tips included in the
latest Technical
Support FAQ
- Beta
VSG Software Library release available for the
VSG2/5, VSG2/4, VSG2/3 & VSG2/2 visual
stimulators
This interim version fixes a "Regional Settings"
issue that was introduced in the previous
vsgDesktop v6.10 release. The fault in the Gamma
Correction plug-in may prevent European customers
from calibrating their stimulus display. The
interim release also incorporates the previous
Borland C++Builder hotfix
- New
BrainVoyager 2000 Demonstration version now
available
If you want to try BrainVoyager
2000 then
download the demonstration version and surf the
sulci with the supplied data set. If you are
interested in evaluating BrainVoyager with your own
data, just
register your interest to receive our new
BrainVoyager Evaluation Toolkit
- New forums added to the on-line Message
Board
If you want to discuss BrainVoyager
2000 or vsgEyetrace
with your colleagues, try using the Message
Board. If you need immediate technical support,
contact the Support
team with your questions
June 2002
- Skalar
IRIS IR Light Tracker is now available to order
through Cambridge Research Systems
The Skalar IRIS is a limbus tracker, which is
designed specifically for oculomotor research. It
is compatible with the VSG2/5
visual stimulus generator and together with the
vsgEyetrace
software it offers a complete oculomotor eye
movement stimulus and recording system for the
PC
- Want to try BrainVoyager
2000? Then
download the demonstration version and surf the
sulci with the supplied data set
If you are interested in evaluating BrainVoyager
with your own data, just
register your interest to receive our new
BrainVoyager Evaluation Toolkit
- New edition of vsgNEWS
is scheduled for distribution today
- Forgot to collect your BITS++
voucher during ARVO or VSS last month?
Register your interest in this exciting new
technology and print off a coupon, which entitles
you to a discount off the equipment until the end
of the month
- The first vsgEyetrace
release is now available to
download
If you have an analog eye tracker like the Skalar
IRIS IR Light Eye Tracker or ASL Model 310 Limbus
Tracker, you can run the software in
demonstration mode with your VSG2/5,
VSG2/4, or VSG2/3 visual stimulator to test all the
features of this low-cost oculomotor research
tool
- Come and see BrainVoyager
2000 in action during the Foursites Symposium on Brain
Imaging & Vision at Brunel University
on 24 June 2002
BrainVoyager
2000 is a highly optimized and user friendly
software system for the analysis and visualization
of functional and anatomical magnetic resonance
imaging data
May 2002
- Revolutionary new BITS++
technology allows you to run high resolution
colour and contrast experiments using your existing
equipment
Software support for
The Psychophysics Toolbox, Windows &
Macintosh
- BrainVoyager
2000 is now available to order through
Cambridge Research Systems
If you are interested in functional brain imaging,
then surf the sulci with BrainVoyager
to explore the secrets of the active brain
- New
VSG Software Library release available for the
VSG2/5, VSG2/4, VSG2/3 & VSG2/2
Includes Plug&Play WDM drivers for the VSG2/5,
which provide full support for Windows 2000 &
Windows XP
- New
Stimulus Description Language release available
for the VSG2/5
This is a maintenance release which includes
several fixes to the SDL Kernel, plus an
auto-update facility for the VSG
Series Five
If you have a VSG
Series Five, you will be sent a new Recovery
Disk to update your system
April 2002
March 2002
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