Sony has unveiled [JP] a total of six new BRAVIA LCD TVs to be released in Japan next month, and it looks like technically, Sony has focused on three key areas: the integration of 3D, web connectivity, and advanced picture processing. → Read More
Do you still go see movies in the theater? Well you’re in luck. Dolby just announced lighter 3D glasses for you and yours that included anti-theft measures as well as a little RFID tag for inventory control. The new glasses have thinner lenses and can be washed and reused hundreds of times. The new glasses will cost theater owners $12 each, less when purchased in bulk.
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Today in Korea, Samsung’s 3D streaming service we heard about last month got the go ahead for primetime. The 3D on-demand service will stream 3D music videos, TV shows and movie trailers to Samsung 3DTVs through Samsung’s Smart TV app platform. Unfortunately for you 3D lovers in the US, it’s only supported in Korea at the moment, but the service will come to the US and Europe… → Read More
Now don’t get too excited, this is just a demo being shown at GDC. Nintendo decided to test out what Wii games would be like in 3D, so they set up Mario Kart Wii to send a 3D image to a glasses-free TV, and decided… that it was cool. That’s all. Yeah, kind of a disappointment after that headline, but that’s what they did! Don’t blame me! There’s a nice flamewar… → Read More
UFC has joined the growing list of sports organizations that have gone 3D. This Thursday’s event, broadcast live on the Versus network from Louisville, will be the company’s first 3D broadcast. It’s headlined by Diego Sanchez (seen here looking menacing) and Martin Kampmann. → Read More
According to a UK HD supplier, Samsung will begin streaming 3D content through the company’s own Smart Hub “widget” platform. The content comes courtesy of PictureBox, a European provider of streaming content to Poland, the UK, and Singapore (??). → Read More
ESPN 3D will show this year’s NBA Finals in, yes, 3D. This is the first time the NBA Finals will be in 3D. → Read More
The next, and supposedly final, Transformers movie is due for release on July 1, but how can you have a popcorn movie without the popcorn? In this case “the popcorn” is Transformers themed 3D glasses. Hmm. → Read More
Launched just yesterday, Comcast’s Xfinity 3D will be a new full-time 3D TV channel offering up a big mix of content from music and sports to movies and original programming. Xfinity 3D joins ESPN 3D, n3D and 3net as full-time 24/7 3D content providers and they kicked off their premiere with an NHL hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Calagary Flames. After the game, Kings of Leon… → Read More
The new 24/7 3D network, 3net, goes live today on DirecTV (and only on DirecTV, at least for now), and we now have a full schedule. A cursory glance of the schedule shows a pretty varied line-up: nature documentaries, sporty shows, crime shows, etc. A little bit of something for everyone—provided you have a 3DTV, of course. → Read More
Rightware, the same company that does Audi’s MMI interface, will be showing their new Stereoscopic 3D interface for Android’s home screen next week at MWC. The 3D home screen is based on the Rightware Kanzi UI, a platform for displaying complex 3D UIs on mobile devices. Also, developing the home screens can be done on Rightware’s Kanzi Studio design tool with a PC. Tero Sarkkinen, CEO of… → Read More
The very first 24/7 3D television network will launch on February 13. It’s called 3net, and it’ll debut on DirecTV channel 107. It’s a joint venture between Sony, Discovery Communications, and IMAX. Very, very exciting news for the 15 people in the audience who bought a 3DTV. → Read More
Nobody wants TVs requiring glasses to view pictures in 3D, and as it turns out, even glasses-free 3D TVs don’t sell like hot cakes. Case in point: Toshiba’s naked-eye 3D REGZA TVs (a 12- and a 20-incher) that went on sale in Japan a couple of weeks ago. According to Bloomberg, Toshiba clearly missed their initial monthly sales target of 1,000 units of each model. → Read More
Panasonic has announced [JP] a total of ten new 3D TVs yesterday, two LCDs and eight plasmas. The LCD TVs will be part of the VIERA DT3 series, while the plasma models will be branded as VT3, GT3 and ST3 (glasses are required to view pictures in 3D for all of these displays). → Read More
The world gets yet another 3D device. Today, NEC in Japan announced [JP] a new 3D notebook, as part of the company’s spring line-up of PCs for the local market. It’s the last in a series of 3D-enabled laptops we’ve seen in the last few months. → Read More
This latest iPhone 5 rumor seems to have come completely out of left field, but that’s partially what makes it exciting. How does a 3D screen grab you? Do you respond with “Oh, wow, awesome!” or is it more along the lines of “Er, what?” No answer is wrong. → Read More
You may have seen a few reports going around the webosphere to the effect that Keanu Reeves and the Wachowski brothers were in the midst of planning a pair of Matrix sequels. Not only that, but the two films were to be in 3D. It turns out the whole thing was basically made up, so never mind. Don’t propagate. → Read More
3D overkill: If you thought Toshiba’s 20-inch naked-eye 3D TV is cool, think again: Japan’s NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) has developed a projector system [JP] that makes it possible to produce 200-inch 3D pictures that can be viewed without having to wear 3D glasses. → Read More
An article is making its way around the net today, a letter written to Roger Ebert by an Oscar-winning editor and sound engineer, Walter Murch, decrying a fundamental flaw in 3D filmmaking that he assures us ruins the entire idea. Despite Murch’s depth of experience in the film industry, I think he’s off the mark in this assessment. So hopefully I can dispel some of the incomplete… → Read More
Like so many companies nowadays, Toshiba is betting high on 3D. The company has announced [JP] the dynabook T551/D8B, a 3D-enabled laptop that boast quite a few impressive features (glasses are required to view pictures in 3D). → Read More
The gist of this story is that there’s a number of people out there who don’t like 3D because it makes them feel funny: their eyes hurt, it causes headaches, and so on. Despite this, companies are still throwing their weight behind the medium. Why? Why would companies keep throwing money at something that doesn’t seem to have “clicked” with the public yet, and may actually cause discomfort in… → Read More
So apparently there’s a bit of a rumor going around that T-Mobile’s G-Slate, which had the honor of introducing us to Honeycomb, will actually have an autostereoscopic 3D screen. The evidence: GPSandCo got word from LG that the thing would both take and display 3D images glasses-free. → Read More
Sony has been blowing out quite a few camcorders lately (during the CES, for example), which is why our friends over at Tokoy-based Diginfonews went out and captured the next four models big S has in its pipeline on video (all clips are in English). → Read More
Japan is probably one of the markets with the highest penetration of 3D electronics currently. Tokyo-based research firm BCN [JP] today said that a whopping 56.8% of Blu-ray recorders shipped in the country last month were 3D-compatible, up from just 6.7% in September. Pictured above is the BD-AV70, a 3D-enabled Blu-ray recorder Sharp currently sells in Japan. → Read More
3D TVs may be nice and all, but they are totally useless without content. Now Sony and two Japanese broadcasters, major TV network Fuji and satellite channel SkyPerfecTV, are set to launch what’s being described as the world’s first 3D TV series. → Read More
When the Nintendo 3DS comes out in March, gamers may find something unexpected. Sure, it’s going to have a glasses-free top screen and a lower touch panel budled in with Wifi. But, wouldn’t it be really neat if there were a 3D camera that allowed video recording. Think of the augmented reality options! Mario could actually run around your living room table and eaten by your cat! → Read More
Word on the street (“the street” being this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which is behind a paywall, sorry) is that WWE is looking to film WrestleMania in 3D this year. The event, which takes place on April 3 in Atlanta, would be the first WWE event (and first North American wrestling or MMA event) to be filmed in 3D. → Read More
Another day, another 3D-related news item. Today, it’s Fujitsu Japan, which just announced [JP] the ESPRIMO FH/99CM, a desktop computer that boasts a naked-eye 3D display. The screen is sized at 23 inches and produces full HD pictures. → Read More
Do you remember Toshiba’s glasses-free 3D TV we’ve spent quite a few posts on recently? The TVs, which were introduced last October and went on sale in Japan two weeks ago, will come to the US (plus Europe and China) soon, according to Reuters. A Toshiba representative is quoted as saying that consumers in these regions won’t get the relatively small 12- and 20-inch TVs (pictured) that are… → Read More
Yesterday we heard LG would be showing off the world’s largest (for now) 3D LED TV, and today they tell us they’ve got a 3D TV coming, the LW6500, that doesn’t use active-shutter LCD glasses (thank god). I’m beginning to feel used as a blogger — they’re clearly trickling information out for maximum effectiveness. So to spite them, I’m going to write very… → Read More
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