The movie industry’s transformation to digital technology has created an opportunity to efficiently deliver closed caption data to movie patrons. This coincides with large demand from people with hearing difficulties to watch movies more easily and enjoyably. Sony has therefore developed entertainment access glasses utilizing its unique holographic technology: The STWA-C101 Data Transmitter. When wearing this stylish and lightweight see through eyewear, users can see closed caption text seemingly superimposed onto the movie picture that they’re watching on screen - it’s a natural sub title movie experience. In addition, as the captioning glasses’ receiver box is equipped with an audio assist function, this solution is useful not only for people with hearing difficulties but also for people with visual impairments - both can enjoy movies far more than ever before.
With Sony’s entertainment access glasses, a broader range of the movie-going public can now enjoy exciting movie experiences, and exhibitors can achieve valuable service differentiation while also increasing customer traffic.
- Holographic Closed Caption - With Sony’s unique holographic technology, closed caption text seemingly floats in the air, at a comfortable distance from a viewer wearing the see-through STW-C140GI caption glasses, and overlaid on the cinema screen picture
- Audio Function - This solution includes an audio function which allows connection of third-party headphones to the caption glasses’ receiver box
- Comfortable Viewing Experience - Sony’s entertainment access glasses offer a great movie experience without eye fatigue, enabling patrons to enjoy a movie comfortably for longer than two hours
- Multi-lingual Capabilities for Caption Data - Viewers can choose from one of six languages according to their preference, simply by manipulating the captioning glasses’ receiver box
- Interoperability with Third-party Digital Cinema Servers - Sony’s entertainment access glasses can support digital cinema servers from other manufacturers such as Doremi Labs Inc. and Dolby Laboratories Inc
- System Configuration - Closed caption data is transmitted from a digital cinema server by the STWA-C101 Data Transmitter and received by the caption glasses’ receiver box
