Apparently not having any real friends is a problem of the past – how about befriending a 3D hologram?
Researchers at Queen’s University, Canada, have come up with a cylindrical 3D screen called BodiPod (the title probably refers to its human-like height). How’s that for a centre piece in your living room?
Because of its unique design, you can walk around the screen and see objects (i.e. a person) from every single angle. This creates a true 3D effect, rather than 2D with some added depth which…
Edita Lozovska - 3 May 2012 | comments. Read more
Will 3D change the way museums operate? It just might. Magnetic 3D, a specialist in autostereoscopic “glasses-free” 3D displays, intends to bring the tridimensional format to museums to once and for all change the museum visitors’ experience.
During the American Association of Museum (AAM) exhibition, the company showed its newest creation which reacted to signs and displayed popping out of the screen 3D content which did not require any glasses to see.
Michael Dorin, Magnetic 3D’s Vice President of Business Development and Operations, shed more light on the innovative equipment:
“Glasses-free 3D…
Edita Lozovska - 1 May 2012 | comments. Read more
Recent reports have suggested that Philips is to join forces with Dolby to cook up some sweet and spicy glasses-free 3D displays.
It is anticipated that the format will come in high quality and that the concept will be better than any of its predecessors – some of them included sitting at a fixed position to get the most out of the tridimensional experience.
The news also suggested that the new range of 3D displays will come in different sizes and that this move will help to…
Geoff Slaughter - 13 April 2012 | comments. Read more
A Kinect 3D screen anyone? 3DTVwatcher knew we had you at Kinect.
In more detail, Microsoft revealed its 3D desktop vision brought to life during the TechForum. It used Samsung’s transparent OLED screen along with the Kinect sensors. Bundling all of those together resulted in a mean 3D desktop which a user can control by hand gestures.
While 3DTVwatcher understands that this is just a prototype, we’re still in awe over the depth of the 3D effect, it almost looks like a hologram. Very futuristic indeed.
What’s more,…
Edita Lozovska - 28 February 2012 | comments. Read more
Getting into 3D technology can be an expensive task with 3D TVs and computer screens sometimes costing double that of the traditional 2D electronics. Now, however, a company has come up with a solution to the 3D woes with a screen that can be fitted over a laptop.
Spatial View has come up with a 15.6-incher called 3DeeScreen which was designed to be fitted over laptops using Windows 7. Once a special program is installed, 3D games and movies can be…
Anna Sheldrick - 8 February 2012 | comments. Read more
We’ve heard of Toshiba’s gigantic 55-inch ZL2 glasses-free 3D TV, but now it’s time to hear about this obese 500kg weighing titan of a 3D screen.
In more detail, JVC and Kenwood have teamed up with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) to develop a 200 inch concept which will allow you to be a part of the 3D world.
57 projectors, also called viewing angle “sweetspots” have been incorporated into the 3D screen, which allows viewers to immerse themselves…
Edita Lozovska - 2 November 2011 | comments. Read more
High street retailer HMV was the first to sell Nintendo’s new portable gaming console in the UK in the early hours of this morning, with the flagship Oxford Circus store releasing the 3DS at one minute past midnight.
Hundreds of eager gamers queued outside the shop to get their hands on the console, which allows gamers to enjoy 3D without the need for glasses, with one punter getting his hands on the 3DS first, after also being the first to buy the Nintendo Wii when it…
Chris Mizon - 25 March 2011 | comments. Read more
If you, like some of us here, have a penchant for beer, nuts and live sport you may well frequent a pub to indulge these cravings.
If also, like us, you’re a bit of a geek, there may be a pub in London which caters to both inclinations, with the Raynes Park Tavern in South West London the first pub in the UK to boast a 3D projector.
The pub is hoping to improve the sport watching experience of its loyal customers, manager Matt Dunne had this to say:
“The picture is…
James Mitchell - 31 January 2011 | comments. Read more
If you’re looking to compete with your mates over whose is bigger and better, then you are sure to grab their attention with this freak of technology.
Anyone who has seen Mitsubishi’s 92-inch 3D TV monstrosity live, may only be able to think of what’s coming next with a mixture of awe and fear.
The new show off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has truly gone all the way, even by Japanese technology standards.
This Home Cinema 3D TV model features…
Boyana Draganova - 14 January 2011 | comments. Read more
LG predicts that the overall sales of 3D laptops are going to increase by 30 per cent in 2011.
Being one of the few brands to market 3D laptops, among tech giants like Asus, Acer and Ashiba, the manufacturer expects the sales of this product to reach 1.1 million units by next year and 13.8 million by 2015.
Considering the comparatively small earnings made by 3D laptops so far, this is quite an ambitious prediction.
The main reason…
Boyana Draganova - 10 January 2011 | comments. Read more
