The Digital Fact Book - Quantel

Miniaturization (Stereoscopic)Confusing visual cues in a stereoscopic scene that can make an object appear to be the‘wrong’ size i.e. the impression of being strangely reduced in size. This is due to the choiceof an interaxial distance of greater than 63.5 mm relative to the focal length of the cameralenses e.g. shooting with very widely spaced cameras. Subjectively this makes the audiencefeel like a giant looking at tiny objects, which is why miniaturization is sometimes referredto as Lilliputianism.See also: Gigantism, InterocularMobile TVThis is where broadcasters and mobile (cell) telcos are coming together to allow consumersto access video content on their mobile phones. This includes downloads to flash memory,3G streaming and mobile digital broadcast TV. The landscape is complex as there aremany competing formats including DVB-H, DVB-SH, MediaFLO, ISDB-T, S-DMB/T-DMBin different regions and backed by different hardware manufacturers, technology suppliers,content providers and mobile operators. China is adding its homegrown China MultimediaMobile Broadcasting (CMMB). In Europe, the European Union has decided to supportthe DVB-H standard for mobile TV. DVB-H uses a separate broadcast network, rather thana phone network, to send TV content to phones or mobile devices.MModemShort formodulator/demodulator, it is a two-way communications interface working betweena communications channel, such as a DSL line, and a machine – such as a computer.Moore’s LawA prediction for the rate of development of modern electronics. This has been expressedin a number of ways but in general states that the density of information storable in siliconroughly doubles every year. Or, the performance of silicon will double every eighteen months,with proportional decreases in cost. For more than two decades this prediction has held true.Moore’s Law initially talked about silicon but it could be applied to other aspects suchas disk drive capacity that doubles every two years and has held true, or been exceeded,since 1980, and still continues unabated.See: Disk drives123