Research & Development
New Energy Vision (NEV)
for Windows PC
New Energy Vision (NEV) reveals real-time subtle interference patterns not normally visible to the naked eye and follows Harry Oldfield’s ground-breaking invention polycontrast interference photography (PIP) system of the 1980s. The New Energy Vision PC system provides the researcher not only with ease-of-use but also multiple facilities to enable intuitive management of your media from within the program.
New Energy Vision for Windows PC is available in 2 versions: NEV Standard, and NEV Professional.
New Energy Vision (NEV Standard) Key Features
- 22 specialized imaging modes, including the iconic Polycon (PIP) mode.
- Save images and videos in either uncompressed format to retain all available detail, or a compressed format to save space.
- Windows Explorer-style integrated interface to intuitively manage your NEV media files from within the program.
- Process existing MPEG2 video files, applying the full range of the NEV imaging modes, and extract still images from the processed video.
- One year of free updates and technical support from the date of purchase.
New Energy Vision Professional (NEV PRO)
New Energy Vision Professional includes all the above standard features, plus:
- Real-time graph display for quantitative analysis.
- Design and Save your own sub-sets of the NEV filters to fine-tune processing to your research needs.
- Connect, View and Analyse multiple live camera streams simultaneously.
- Convert existing image files applying the full range of NEV imaging processes.
- Annotate, Compare and Print your NEV media files from within the program.
Recommended Hardware Specification
Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 compatible
Intel i3 / i5 / i7 processor
Dedicated Graphics Card 1GB+
2GB+ RAM
SSD (Solid State) Hard drive
New Energy Vision is a very scalable application designed to run on all modern Windows PC configurations. The above recommended specifications should be seen as a guideline for the type of system needed to maintain max-framerate processing in a multi-tasking environment.
Camera Hardware Recommendations
New Energy Vision is a DirectShow compliant video processing system which allows the user to connect to any live-streaming video source that is registered with DirectShow eg:
- webcam cameras connected via USB 2.0
- camcorders that can connect via firewire-to-firewire connection for live video streaming
Please Note: Most consumer video camcorders that record to an internal storage system for later playback are not capable of live-streaming to PC.
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Control image of plant
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Control image of plant with NEV filter
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Energy connection between human and plant
New Energy Vision is also available on the NEV Cameraplatform.
Please contact us directly for pricing information, or with any queries you may have.
Using New Energy Vision with a Microscope
Using specialized third party cameras it is possible to connect your New Energy Vision Windows PC system to a microscope or telescope.
Traditionally chemical dyes are used in order to reveal more micro-structure details in a specimen using brightfield and fluorescent microscopy methods etc., however most dyes (with the exception of some vital and fluorescent dyes) have a toxic effect on fresh or live specimens, plus some of the chemicals used for specimen preparation and the dyes themselves can be toxic to the operator over a period of time if mis-handled or accidents occur. In addition, certain individual combinations of dyes only show up specific histological or cytological features according to their chemical attraction or disassociation.
With NEV we are able to instigate differential contrast in an instant, without damaging the physical specimen. It is instead 'stained' by our software process in real-time. Utilising the built-in imaging modes of our software the colour contrast of the whole specimen and background can be changed with a press of a button.
This series of pictures demonstrates the ability of NEV to bring out details in a microscope image that one would not see under normal viewing circumstances.
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Control image of head and mouth parts of flea
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Image of head and mouth parts of flea - NEV Filter A
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Image of head and mouth parts of flea - NEV Filter B
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Control image of plant cells
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Image of plant cells - NEV Filter A
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Image of plant cells - NEV Filter B
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Control image of diatoms
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Image of diatoms - NEV Filter A
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Image of diatoms - NEV Filter B
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Control image of diatom fragments
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Image of diatom fragments - NEV Filter A
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Image of diatom fragments - NEV Filter B
New Energy Vision is also available on the NEV Camera platform.
Please Contact Us directly for pricing information, or with any queries you may have.
Please be aware: The New Energy Vision family of products have been created to supersede the original but now ageing Polycontrast Interference Photography (PIP) imaging system pioneered by Harry Oldfield in the 1980s.
Third parties continue to market their own software solutions using the terms Polycontrast Interference Photography and/or PIP. Some may also make claims of a working association with Harry Oldfield and/or with Oldfield Systems Ltd, however we wish our customers to be aware that these products are neither endorsed nor supported by Harry Oldfield or Oldfield Systems Ltd.
The only outlet for purchasing a genuine and up-to-date PIP-based system supported by the inventor of the system and pre-eminent trainer in its use, Harry Oldfield, is by purchasing New Energy Vision direct from Oldfield Systems Ltd.