Tag: 3d
Scientists develop a 3D image cube: not quite HDTV yet
We’ve already seen the gCubik from Japanese researchers, and now Chinese boffins have come up with the LED Cube, an early prototype which could lead on to 3D imaging.
Currently using 1,000 LEDs supported by Plexiglass, low resolution video is transmitted to the Cube’s microchip, which then controls the individual diodes to create the required pattern…
gCubik: put a virtual 3D person in a box
How would you like to put your girlfriend in a box? Hmm, that doesn’t sound quite right, but Japanese researchers have developed a prototype which could allow you to do just that — at least, with a virtual representation of your girlfriend.
gCubik would allow people to hold a 3D image of a person in their hand. “Suppose you have a picture of your girlfriend smiling on your desk. She could be smiling as a 3D image in a cube,” said Shunsuke Yoshida from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology…
CES 2008: IZ3D gaming monitor pwns 3D plasmas
Tucked away in the Microsoft stand at CES, a company called IZ3D is showing off the world’s first 3D gaming monitor. There’s been a lot of 3D news floating around the show this year thanks to the Texas Instruments DLP announcement and the compatible Samsung plasma screens that will be debuting the technology later in the year. IZ3D’s screens are way better though and here’s why:
CES 2008: Samsung's 3D-ready Plasma television
It's not CES without someone looking like an idiot in gaming glasses or riding horse simulators. This year, Susi tested out the first 3D-ready plasma television from Samsung. It looks a bit odd without the glasses on, but she assures…
What's worse than watching a U2 concert? Watching one in 3D!
People are still listening to U2?! What, are they deaf?!
Maybe they just like ground-breaking events, like the publicity stunt the band will throw in late January next year in the US. ‘U2 3D’ is the first three-dimensional full-length concert film that’s ever been made, supposedly…
SpaceTime web browser hasn't been created by Jobs and Gates, promise…
SpaceTime may look like it’s a child born out of wedlock between Windows Vista and Mac OS X on a summer holiday in Majorca when a boozy night went a bit pear-shaped, however the 3D web browser isn’t actually related to them at all.
The application is free for PCs, and there’s a version swinging its way over to Mac soon. Check out the video above for a glimpse at what it can do, and to hear…
Triops – a throwable, 3D digital camera, for rough & tumble photography
The bad news is it’s orange and so very ugly that you’ll be more than happy to dispose of it. It’s just a concept piece at the moment, designed by Franziska Faoro and entered into the BraunPrize 2007 design competition.
LG.Philips intros tri-directional LCD panels
Though not the first company to pull it off (Sharp demoed something similar last year), LG.Philips has unveiled its “tri-directional” LCD panel, capable of displaying three separate images at the same time, with the different images viewable from 50 degrees to the left and right as well as the centre.
The LCD panel is a full HD (1080p) 47-inch screen offering 10-bit RGB colour, 250cd/m2 luminance, and 8ms response time.
The company has also shown off another panel which can be used to prevent people from seeing what’s on the screen if viewed off-centre.
Light up in the club by wearing the 3D T-Qualizer
I'll leave it to your level of geek to decide whether this T-shirt is cool or not, but it will certainly make a statement on the dance floor as it lights up and flickers to the sound of the music….
Mitsubishi developing 3D Blu-ray player
Mitsubishi is developing a Blu-ray player which can output 3D versions of your existing two-dimensional movies “on the fly”, outputting to any 120Hz-capable high definition TV.
They claim that they’ve come up with a technique which can convert each frame of a regular movie on Blu-ray disc into two separate frames, each slightly different, in order to generate the 3D effect. These two frames are sent alternately to the 120Hz set, effectively as two 60Hz feeds. How it handles 24fps films is anyone’s guess.
