Samsung 3D Plasma HDTV with 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio

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Samsung announced the world's first Plasma HDTV with a stunning 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio (that is 1million to 1).

The 50 inch PAVV Cannes 450 Plasma HDTV is 3D ready, which means you can watch 3D games or movies with special glasses.

Samsung achieves the ultra-high contrast ratio in their new Plasma TV with Cell Light Control. Read more

Posted on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:33:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 3D Virtual World necessary to compete with Playstation Home?

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We reported earlier today about Sony Playstation Home that will launch some time in 2008. If Sony does everything right it will be huge for the Sony PS3. I actually think Microsoft cannot afford to not launch a similar 3D virtual world for the Xbox 360.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is loosing more and more coolness points. It all started with not having HDMI on the first generation of Xbox 360 consoles. Because Microsoft chose not to integrate a high definition drive inside the Xbox they came out with an HD DVD drive, which is now worthless as HD DVD died last week. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Playstation Home to be best-looking 3D Online World

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Sony Playstation Home Creative Director said in an interview with GamesIndustry that the upcoming Home virtual world will be the best-looking and most user-friendly online multiplayer experience. Hey, and I believe him.

The first demos of Playstation Home last year already looked amazing. Second Life graphics look rather poor compared to Playstation Home. Sony should not make the mistake though that graphics and user friendliness are the key to the success of Home alone. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:09:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vantage Point Movie linked to Lamity Cellphone 3D Virtual World

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Today EitaroSoft, Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. announced a cool new promotion of a movie on mobile phones.

EitaraSoft and Sony are reproducing scenes and a plot similar to those of the movie 'Vantage Point' in the cellphone 3D virtual world 'Lamity,' ahead of its premiere. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ARM Promises Console Quality 3D Gaming on Mobile Phones

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ARM has expanded its graphics stack with Mali-JSR297 software for graphics acceleration on next-gen mobile devices. According to ARM this will enable mobile game developers to deliver graphics in console-quality.

The software allows Java developers to use features found in OpenGL ES 2.0 GPUs like the ARM Mali200. ARM maintains that using the new software application mobile gamers can get visuals on par with gaming PCs and consoles. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:14:20 CST | by Shane McGlaun

HoloCube 3D Projection Box

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Belgium based Holocube offers an interesting looking holographic display.

The Holocube projects an animated 3D image inside of it's housing. You can view the 3D scenery only from the front of the box. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:24:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Realeyes3D Provides Barcode Scanning Via Cell Phones

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Realeyes3D has announced a breakthrough in the ability to allow digital cameras on cellular phones to read standard 1D barcodes. Realeyes3D says that until now decoding barcodes has required a dedicated optical reader.

The new one-click technology from Realeyes3D claims to allow any wireless phone with a camera on the market today to read standard barcodes. "Our technology dramatically increases both the number of camera phones that can be used for 1D bar code scanning and the decoding performance of any camera phone, by increasing the number of bar code pictures that can be read," said Benoit Bergeret, founder and CEO of Realeyes3D. "Our unique deblurring technology enables mobile 1D bar code scanning to considerably expand its scope and accelerates the introduction of one-click m-commerce applications for the benefit of all camera phone users -- not just for high-end users anymore." Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:32:11 CST | by Shane McGlaun

CES 2008: Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV wins CNET Best in Show

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The Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV wins CNET's Best in Show award at the CES 2008.

"Our editors were so impressed with the number of innovative products that were launched at the show, but in the end they awarded the Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV as the Best in Show," said Jai Singh, editor-in-chief and vice president of CNET. "With its power saving features, the Philips 42PFL5603D Eco TV showed us that a TV manufacturer could embrace 'green tech' in a way that benefits the eco-conscious and those who just want to save money." Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Worlds, the 3D Virtual Community Pioneer is back

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Worlds made online 3D virtual worlds back in the mid-nineties. The quality was pretty much as good as Second Life is today.

Worlds has now announced a relaunch with new board members including Bernard Stolar who brings 20 years of gaming industry experience from Sony and Sega.
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Posted on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

3DV Systems ZCam to jump on the Wii Movement

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3DV Systems, an Israel based technology announced the ZCam, a low cost 3D PC camera that senses depth in real-time.

"ZCam enables gamers, in a way never before possible, to interact intuitively and naturally with games," Zvika Klier, CEO, 3DV Systems, said. "We invite content developers to join us in creating a new innovative experience, and are very excited by the reaction of the developer community so far." Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:17:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Inno3D GeForce 8800GT OC 512MB Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Inno3D GeForce 8800GT OC 512MB card.

Quote from the review: "While this time around we’re looking at another 8800GT with a stock cooler, this particular model from Inno3D is an OC model and comes with some decent clocks so it was considered worthwhile. Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

3DConnexion SpaceNavigator PE Review

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Metku published a review of the 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator PE 3D input device. The SpaceNavigator PE sells for $50.99 on Amazon.com.

Quote from the review: "In this review we will be taking a look at 3DConnexion's six degrees of freedom controller called the SpaceNavigator. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

TYZK PersonTrack 3D Vision System

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TYZX’s PersonTrack 3D Vision System for surveillance sounds like something you would see on TV tracking a thief across the floor of a casino. The system is real however, and designed to track people and moving objects across a precise floor plan or grid.

The system can track objects in environments that are crowded and have uneven lighting. The system uses TYZX G2 cameras that can perceive the world in 3D and transform 2D images into structured 3D locations of people in real time. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:20:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

PSP 2400 Polarized Passive 3D HD LCD Display

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I think many gamers will agree that having a 3D display on their desk to game with would be very cool. Panoram Technologies released today a new LCD display that will do just that. The PSP 2400 is a 24-inch LCD display with a 1920 x 1200 screen resolution.

The device is a circular, passive stereoscopic LCD panel that doesn’t require you to keep your head in a specific location to view. Glasses are required to see the 3D effects from the display. Read more

Posted on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:18:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IFA 2007: 3D DLP HDTVs powered by Texas Instruments

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Texas Instruments shows a new 3D technology fro DLP HDTVs at the IFA 2007.

3D-Ready HDTV are already made by Mitsubishi and Samsung.
The 3D DLP technology requires wearing synchronized shutter glasses. Read more

Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:42:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mitsubishi works on 3D Blu-ray Player

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Mitsubishi has not yet released standard Blu-ray players on the consumer market, but is already working on a Blu-ray player that converts 2D movies into 3D experiences. Mitsubishi has been developing Blu-ray technology since day one, but I have not seen a product on the market yet.

Mitsubishi demonstrated a prototype to a couple of journalists this week. The 3D Blu-ray player solution requires special shutter glasses, but works via a standard DLP projector. Read more

Posted on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung SCH-B710 DMB TV and 3D Phone

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Samsung officially announces the SCH-B710 satellite and terrestrial DMB TV mobile phone.

The Samsung SCH-B710 features a 2.2 inch screen, PIP function and 3D display. That is right, the Samsung SCH-B710 can display auto-stereo images with its display. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Get a free 3D model of the iPhone

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French Dassault Systèmes launches 3DVIA, the company's new brand for 3D online lifelike experiences.

3DVIA establishes 3D as a universal media for consumer and professional communities, and allows anyone to imagine, play, and experience products and services used in our daily lives. Dassault clients include blue-chip companies such as Boeing and Japanese car manufacturer Toyota.
With 3DVIA the company wants to get a foothold in the evolving consumer 3D market - think Second Life and Sony Playstation Home.

One thing you can do today on 3DVIA is for instance downloading the free 3D model of the iPhone and change it to have your photo displaying on the screen. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:49:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Web Browsing in 3D with SpaceTime

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I just tried out the 3D web browser from SpaceTime. It is kind of neat and the 3D rendering and animated fly through are fun.

When you search in Google it will open the first 10 search results pages and line them up in 3D. You then can fly through the pages. This is a good experience, but the delay at the beginning to preload the 10 pages and render them is a turn-off. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

YCD offers Philips 3D Display based turnkey 3D Solutions

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The YCD 3D solution comprises full integration between YCD's MuVi platform and Philips 3D screens.

With Philips 3D displays viewers can experience out-of-screen 3D effects without the need for special 3D glasses.
The 3D MuVi player will be available to clients as an end-to-end managed solution for their 3D display needs.
Additionally, MuVi makes it easy to use, so that managing 3D content is simple and straightforward, enabling the user to add 3D texts, 3D RSS, 3D flash, ads, logos or other 3D layers in real-time. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

3DWin Ritta Stereoscopic Converter for Video Glasses

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Japanese 3D Win Corp. offers a device called Ritta - a stereoscopic Converter for Video Glasses.

Ritta is converting standard video into a stereoscopic video experience.
Some HMDs offer this already. They just shift the video for the left and right eye a bit to achieve stereo vision. The results are not that great. It is not clear to me if the Ritta device is more advanced and greats an interesting 3D effect. Read more