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eBay Is Latest To Join 3D Printing Craze With New App For Customizable Goods, eBay Exact
Ebay is hopping on the 3D printing bandwagon. This morning, the company announced the debut of a new iPhone application called eBay Exact which allows users to browse and buy…
Google Maps Gets New And Updated 3D Imagery For 50 U.S. Cities
Google today announced one of its largest updates to Google Maps’ 3D imagery since it launched last year. The service now covers a number of additional cities that weren’t included…
Keen On… Intel: Why 3D Visualization Is Now A Reality [TCTV]
Intel is one of those rare tech companies – IBM also comes to mind – that has successfully reinvented itself with each new wave of technological disruption. So, in our…
Track The Progress Of This 3D-Printed OpenRC Truggy, A Remote Control Car Enthusiast’s Dream
If you’re into 3D printable stuff, or into remote-control cars, then the OpenRC Project is for you. A gentleman in Sweden named Daniel Norée is sharing his progress on a…
Lagoa Debuts ‘Industry First’ Cloud Based 3D Design Platform, Raises $1.6M From 500 Startups, Atlas
From physical to digital rendering, 3D is being hailed by many as the future, and today, Lagoa, one of software startups in this space, is unveiling a new product, called…
Mycestro Is A 3D Mouse For Your Fingertips That You’ll Look Funny Using, But Who Cares?
We all go through phases where we feel like we’ve seen every possible Kickstarter project that we’d ever want. And then one like Mycestro comes along and reminds us that…
Sites like Thingiverse offer ways for 3D makers to display and upload their 3D models for the world to peruse but there’s never been a way to really “see” the…
Sunglass Launches With New API, Dropbox Integration To Democratize 3D Design
Cloud-based computer-aided design (CAD) collaboration tool Sunglass, which debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC in May, is today officially announcing its public launch and is unveiling a new API for direct…
Singtel’s Amobee Buys AdJitsu To Take Mobile Ads Into The Third Dimension
Another bit of consolidation in the mobile advertising space — this time with an ad-tech twist: Amobee, the mobile ad company that itself was the subject of a takeover by…
James Cameron: The Future Of 3D Will Be Defined By TV
Blockbuster movie director James Cameron made the top two worldwide grossing films of all time – Titanic and Avatar. This week in Las Vegas he spoke not to the movie…
Director James Cameron On The Secrets of Making 3D Profitable [Live Video 10:40am PT]
Update: The live event has ended. We will put an archived video below if it becomes available. James Cameron, director of the just-released 3D version of Titanic, as well as…
Press-On Polarizers Let You Enjoy 3D Movies Without Wearing Ugly Glasses
The Stix project is just a concept now, but what a concept it is. It’s essentially a way for glasses-wearers to enjoy 3D movies without having to put on oddly-shaped…
Don’t Hold Your Breath For A 3D Samsung Smartphone
Of all the peculiar gimmicks a smartphone manufacturer could lean on to make a device stand out, 3D always seemed like one of the most pointless. Sure, it sounds great…
YouTube Adds A “Play In 3D” Option Across Its Site
Last September, YouTube began offering new tools that allowed users to convert their uploaded 2D videos into 3D videos with just a click. That feature, which has been in beta…
LG To Showcase 84-Inch 3D TV With 4K Resolution At CES 2012
It seems that 55-Inch OLED TV wasn’t enough for LG: the Korean company today announced it’s ready to showcase another monster TV at the CES 2012 in Las Vegas (which…
VideoCam3D For iOS Lets You Shoot & Convert Movies To 3D
NXP Software, developer of the CineXPlayer mobile application, is launching a new iOS app for recording and converting video into 3D. The app, VideoCam3D, lets you record in both blue/red and…
Toshiba Japan Dates And Prices Its 55-Inch Naked-Eye 3D TV With 4K Resolution
Do you remember that 55-inch monster of a naked-eye 3D TV Toshiba unveiled back in October? The company now announced [JP] a date (December 10) and confirmed the final price…
Aerial 3D: Amazing System Shows 3D Objects In Mid-Air, With No Screen (Video)
Since 2006, Tokyo-based Burton has been working on Aerial 3D, a technology that makes it possible to produce pictures in 3D in mid-air or underwater – without using a screen…
Moverio: Epson Announces World’s First See-Through 3D Head-Mounted Display
Epson Japan announced [JP] the so-called Moverio today, a see-through 3D head-mounted display (HMD), which is the first of its kind, according to the company. Think of it as mix…
Video: This 3D Display Uses Multiple Lenses To Boost Sense Of Depth Perception
Naked-eye 3D displays, even large-sized models, are nothing special anymore, but they usually have a common problem: the 3D effect when viewing pictures isn’t as strong as with displays that…
FinePix REAL 3D V3: Fujifilm’s Naked-Eye 3D Photoframe Supports 3D Playback From Other Devices
Digital photo frames are a dime a dozen nowadays, and recently, 3D models have been popping up, too. Fujifilm today announced the FinePix REAL 3D V3, a so-called “digital viewer”…
Video: World’s Largest 3D Display Boasts Full HD Resolution, 200-Inch Screen Size, 57 Viewing Angles
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) and JVC Kenwood have developed what they say is the world’s biggest 3D display. The device boasts a screen size of 200…
5 Product Innovations From CEATEC 2011 In Japan (Video Gallery)
Truth be told, I wasn’t very impressed with what electronics makers showed at the CEATEC 2011 tech exhibition – especially because a lot of the new products were “leaked” to…
3DPF: Japanese Company Creates Super-Realistic 3D Face Replicas
If you’ve ever dreamed of getting an super-realistic replica of your face for whatever reason, here’s your chance: a Japanese company called REAL-f [JP] is creating so-called 3DPFs (“3 Dimension…
The CEATEC 2011 exhibition in Japan is just one day away, and Hitachi is already showing one of its coolest products: the company has been working on glasses-free 3D projection…
Toshiba Shows 55-Inch Naked-Eye 3D TV With 3,840×2,160 Resolution
If you thought Sharp’s 4K TV we’ve shown you last week is impressive, think again. Toshiba today unveiled a 55-inch LCD that boasts the same resolution (3,840×2,160 pixels, 4x full…
Sony To Stop Comping 3D Glasses For Theaters – Because Movie Tickets Aren’t Expensive Enough Already
Sony, which provides many theaters with the projectors and hardware needed to display 3D cinema, has informed those theaters that starting this spring, it will no longer provide 3D glasses…
3Defy: Turn Photos Into Interactive 3D Scenes
While there’s a bit of a learning curve, 3Defy is a great demo of, at the very least, the latest in Flash programming. It’s basically a site that lets you…
RePro3D: Naked-Eye 3D Display Lets You “Touch” Virtual 3D Characters (Video)
Here’s a 3D screen of a different kind: a research team at Japan’s Keio University has developed a display that allows users to “touch” virtual 3D characters. The way the…
Sony’s 3D Display For Gamers To Arrive In Japan In November
Do you remember the 3D HD display specifically designed for gaming that Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled back in June at E3? It took them a while, but now big S…