Items tagged with 3D
You knew it was bound to happen. The 3D revolution started with the TV, but now it's seeping into everything. Cinemas, projectors and now notebook PCs. Before long, we're guessing a 3D version of the Nintendo DSi and Sony PSP will be out and about. All possible kidding aside, Asus has just...
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It's a question worth asking, but the answer is still probably a couple of years out, at best. Will 3D finally make a lasting impression? Unless you've been living under a rock over the past year, you will have noticed that the movie...
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Not to be outdone by FUJIFILM's recent announcement of the new FinePix REAL 3D system, Sony announced its own 3D development today in the form of a single lens 3D camera technology that is capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images...
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FUJIFILM announced the US price and availability of its new FinePix REAL 3D system. Introduced this summer, the FinePix REAL 3D system is a three dimensional (3D) digital imaging system that can capture 3D still photographs and movies that users can view without special 3D glasses. The FinePix...
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This just in. Can we say that here? Sure we can... At IDF today we had the opportunity to stop by the technology showcase booth of Lucid Logix. If you recall, over a year ago, the fabless semiconductor start-up promised to set the graphics industry on its ear by bringing to...
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It's unavoidable: 3D is the next big thing in television, whether you believe it or not. With 1080p panels losing their luster in terms of novelty, there's hardly any other feature that TV makers can add to entice you to upgrade. Besides, our current cable and fiber systems can't even deliver...
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For anyone who has paid close attention to the movie market this year, you'll know that 3D is being shoved down our throats faster that we can decide whether or not we even like the taste. While 3D has been around for decades now, only recently has Hollywood (and in turn, everyone else)...
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What appears to be the first mass-produced 3D web camera looks like a friendly robot. It's actually two cameras that record, according to Hammacher Schlemmer, "slightly differing images" that are then put together as a stereoscopic image. It even comes with five pairs of 3D glasses (those funky cyan/red glasses that used to come in comic books)...
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There's no denying that the 3D arena is just blowing up these days, and Vuzix is definitely making a name for itself. The company famous for producing those wacky eye goggles has just announced that it has expanded its 3D support to include field sequential, side by side and 3 formats of...
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StudioGPU and AMD Enter Into Strategic RelationshipAMD Bolsters its Commitment to the Professional Graphics Workstation Market with Investment in Real-time 3D Workflow Innovation Los Angeles, Calif., - StudioGPU, a pioneer in real-time 3D CG workflow solutions today announced it has entered...
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Cellphone operators around the globe have now been offering up WWAN-enabled netbooks for months now, and while AT&T has been doing so in the United States with HP's 2133 Mini-Note, Verizon Wireless is hoping to grab some of that excitement here soon. Essentially, carriers are selling netbooks for even less than retail; the catch is that...
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Another week, another pair of IBuyPower gaming desktops to tempt your ever-stressed credit limit. This time, we've got the Gamer Fire 640 and Gamer Paladin F830, both of which check in under the $2000 ceiling and aim for the mid- to high-end gamer. Also, these each are outfitted with NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision and come bundled with a Samsung...
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These days, just about everyone is dipping their toes in 3D. From NVIDIA to Intel to Maingear, 3D is definitely the bandwagon to be on right now. To that end, we've got yet another company trying to make its name in the newly popular arena: 3DFusion. At the Digital Signage Expo in Last Vegas...
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It appears that Prince Albert II of Monaco is a fan of NVIDIA's new stereoscopic 3D technology, judging by his reaction to 3D Vision at a recent event. Prince Albert visited the Imagina Trade show in Monaco, where NVIDIA was showing off their 3D Vision, Quadroplex and CUDA technologies. ...
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We shouldn't have to mention that America's biggest sporting spectacle of the year is just days away now, but if you haven't ran out and secured a pair of 3D glasses for Sunday's viewing of Super Bowl XLIII, now would be an excellent time to do so. Sometime during the game, a commercial...
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iZ3D and Smooth Creations Team up to Offer a Limited Edition of Custom Painted 3D MonitorsEnjoy Dazzling Effects On-Screen and on the Outside of your Monitor Too! San Diego, Calif., November 3, 2008 -- iZ3D, LLC, designer, developer, and pioneer of advanced 3D visualization systems, is pleased...
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No matter what you think of AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series of video cards, you'd be crazy not to love what AMD did with the pricing of the first two cards (Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870) from the series. As a result of AMD's aggressive pricing, NVIDIA felt compelled to lower the price of its...
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Creating 3D maps and worlds can be extremely labor intensive and time consuming. And ultimately the final result might not survive the close scrutiny of those expecting real-world emulations. A new technique developed by scientists at The University of Manchester's School of Computer Science...
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With a tag line of "Any GPU, Unlimited Possibilities", you can imagine our collective geek meters were pegged when we received word from a contact at Israeli startup Lucid Logix about the company's formal debut announcement. And Lucid's roll-out press release went on to tease a bit...
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Philips introduces the 22 inch 3D Display that gives professional applications a new dimension Philips is introducing a 22-inch 3D Display that provides an exciting, entertaining and engaging 3D experience, at InfoComm 2008 (June 18-20). The 22-inch 3D display, available as frame-mount and desktop, is ideal for use in digital signage for retail,...
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Futuremark has just officially unveiled the latest version of their 3DMark benchmark suite, 3DMark Vantage. Like PCMark Vantage which was released a few months ago, this latest version of 3DMark was designed for testing Windows Vista-based systems. This latest version of the 3DMark, however, is specifically bound to Windows Vista...
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Futuremark has just officially unveiled the latest version of their 3DMark benchmark suite, 3DMark Vantage. Like PCMark Vantage which was released a few months ago, this latest version of 3DMark was designed for testing Windows Vista-based systems. This latest version of the 3DMark, however, is specifically bound to Windows...
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