Psykinematix 2.0: The world most advanced software solution for visual psychophysics!
SENDAI, Japan — August 3rd, 2015 —KyberVision Japan LLC unveiled today several major updates of Psykinematix, its Mac OSX OpenGL-based software dedicated to visual psychophysics.
Psykinematix v1.5 Standard Edition is an incremental free update with many bug fixes, improvements, and new features. This version remains fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") to Mac OSX 10.10 ("Yosemite"), and still runs on both older PowerPC-based and newer Intel-based Macintosh computers.
Psykinematix v2.0 GPU Edition takes advantages of the computation power (GPU Computing) available in modern graphics cards. Their computation power is harvested without any additional work from the end-user: built-in and custom stimuli can be generated on the fly and in real-time hence minimizing the amount of required video RAM and freeing the CPU for more important tasks.
Psykinematix v2.0 Bits#/Display++ Edition is the result from a fruitful collaboration between Cambridge Research Systems (UK), Namoto Trading (Japan) and KyberVision Japan LLC: it brings support for the Bits# Stimulus Processor, Display++ LCD Monitor and accessories from Cambridge Research Systems which specializes in bringing to market the best hardware solutions for vision science. Psykinematix v2.0 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") to Mac OSX 10.10 ("Yosemite"), and runs only on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
What's New with Versions 1.5 and 2.0?
- Support for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
- Addition of Backup & Restore options in File menu
- Support for 11.6 bits monochromatic mode through Bit-Stealing
- Support for Noisy-Bit technique (stochastic dithering) to provide quasi-continuous luminance resolution (based on Allard & Faubert 2008)
- Addition of "Targeted Chromatic Mode" in Gamma calibration panel
- Report R2 value for Gamma correction
- Support for Catch trial proportion in Staircase method
- Addition of optional Pause between repeats in Conditions Method
- Standard/Test intervals randomization option in Yes/No procedure
- Improved speed and memory usage when generating time-varying stimuli
- Addition of pnoise(X,Y) function to generate Perlin noise in Custom Stimuli, log2(), clip(), step() and hsmoothstep() in mathematical expressions
- Addition of a "Hole Size" parameter in zone specification for RDK stimuli
- Addition of "Asyn/Syn" lifetime mode in RDK stimuli
- Support for time-varying elements in RDK stimuli and "Asyn/Syn" dynamics mode
- Support for time-varying direction, speed, coherence and dot number in RDK stimuli
- Support for multimedia image stimulus in MEF and SSS stimuli
- Support for time-varying grid size in MEF stimuli
- Support for time-varying alpha for Text Multimedia stimuli
- Support for custom image as target and square shape for ground in Ishihara stimuli
- And many other improvements...
- Support for GPU-based preview and run-time rendering for custom, grating and checkerboard stimuli
- Option for GPU-based stimulus generation in Timing Preferences, Experiment Display Preferences and Rendering Control Settings for individual stimuli
- Support for Bits# visual stimulus processor and Display++ LCD monitor from Cambridge Research Systems (CRS)
- Support for Mono++, Colour++ and Bits++ video modes
- Support for CRS ColorCal 2 colorimeter
- Support for CRS CB6 and CT6 response boxes
- Support for Bits# high-resolution (13 bit) hardware Gamma correction
To learn more about these new versions and their system requirements, please visit: http://www.psykinematix.com.
Pricing & Availability
Psykinematix is available on a Try-Before-You-Buy basis: a free, fully functional trial copy can be downloaded at psykinematix.com/download/ and evaluated for 15 days before it switches to a Demo mode. Despite its limitations, this Demo version can still be used as a FREE educational tool in classroom. Psykinematix can be purchased immediately through our Paypal online store. Psykinematix 1.5 is now even more affordable starting at a new low of $250 (USD) for a student license, while Psykinematix v2.0 GPU Edition starts at only $500 (USD). We also offer several other licensing schemes, that come with their own support package. Additional support packages are available as separate purchase.
For more details about pricing, please visit our online store: http://psykinematix.com/onlinestore/.
Press Contact:
William Beaudot, PhD
President & Chief Scientist
william.beaudot@kybervision.com
Founded in 2004 in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and relocated in Sendai (Miyagi, Japan) in 2015, KyberVision operates in the field of Vision Sciences, and provides consulting, research & development services to universities, research centers, hospitals and businesses around the world. Its mission is to offer superior products and services while meeting the needs of its quality conscious clientele. Its personalized approach and its great flexibility allow KyberVision to establish with its clients a business relationship based on confidence and cooperation. The diversified range of skills and expertises of KyberVision's president is a keystone for providing these services.