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Motion Picture Scanning Services (MPSS) Appoints Software Architect and Industry Legend Greg Passmore Chief Technology Officer
Motion Picture Scanning Services (MPSS) Appoints Software Architect and Industry Legend Greg Passmore Chief Technology Officer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMotion Picture Scanning Services (MPSS) Appoints Software Architect and Industry Legend Greg Passmore Chief Technology Officer\n\nMotion Picture Scanning Services (MPSS) Appoints Software Architect and Industry Legend Greg Passmore Chief Technology Officer\n\nNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - August 12, 2014) - (OTCQB: VGTL) - Renowned defense, gaming and film industry software architect Greg Passmore has been named Chief Technology Officer and is the co-founder of Austin-based Motion Picture Scanning Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of VGTel - 360 Entertainment & Productions. Mr. Passmore is an industry leader whose three decades of proprietary innovations in computer graphics and image computing span visualization work from the Department of Defense to Hollywood blockbusters. With him, he brings a competitive advantage to MPSS in film preservation, color science and image processing. Mr. Passmore has developed 3D technology that was used in many Hollywood blockbuster films, including Alice in Wonderland, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and the latest Superman installment, Man of Steel. \"The appointment of Mr. Passmore instantly levels the playing field, and his experience in computer graphics and image processing swings the balance of power in our direction\", said Greg Wells, CEO of VGTel - 360 Entertainment & Productions, a multi-tier international entertainment and media enterprise which primarily develops, finances, produces and distributes 4K UHD content. Mr. Passmore has appeared on ABC News Nightline as an industry expert, and his studio has produced an array of award winning 3D movies, including science and nature documentaries, broadcast television programming and feature films. The MPSS studio is a world-wide resource for digital scanning of cinematic content from their original film formats. The studio is one of the only specially equipped labs able to scan 65/70mm film designed for the giant screen. Facilities are also in place to apply the same ultra-high resolution technology to the more mainstream 35mm and 16mm film formats. A custom server farm then renders these newly scanned films into 4K Ultra High Definition, and creates the masters for immediate distribution and sale. Specifically, Mr. Passmore will oversee the ongoing development of proprietary MPSS software for image anal...