Archive for 3D News

Chris Parks delivers the goods on Gravity 3D

Oct 14, 2013 No Comments

UK Stereo Supervisor Chris Parks makes Gravity 3D one of the those films that ‘must be seen in 3D’ according to reports

Read more

Global 3DTV sales to increase 166% by 2017

Sep 26, 2013 No Comments

The market is on track to achieve 157.7 million 3DTV sales in 2017, up from a forecast of 59.3 million for 2013, according to new report

Read more

30m Man of Steel sculpture coming to Sheffield and Rotherham

Sep 21, 2013 No Comments

Dassault Systemes has joined forces with artist Steve Mehdi to create a 3 metre model of the giant super-sculpture ahead of its 2015 completion deadline

Read more

World’s first hands free AR car manual using Google Glass

Sep 21, 2013 1 Comment

Augmented Reality research and technology company Metaio will unveil the first hands-free car manual on Google Glass at InsideAR 2013

Read more

First look at The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug in 3D HFR

Sep 16, 2013 1 Comment

IBC 2013 / Peter Jackson presented a new trailer for The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug, the first showing anywhere in High Frame Rate 3D.

Read more

NHK testing 8K transmissions in Brazil for 2014 World Cup

Sep 02, 2013 No Comments

It has been reported that NHK will be testing the transmission of Super Hi-Vision World Cup coverage from Brazil to Japan next year

Read more

Skype planning stereoscopic 3D video calls

Aug 29, 2013 No Comments

In an interview with the BBC, Microsoft’s corporate vice-president for Skype, Mark Gillett said live 3D video calling is being developed but a long way off

Read more

Mac D uses augmented reality to drive sustainability message

Aug 28, 2013 No Comments

Metaio & McDonald’s launch mobile augmented reality experience to communicate sustainability in-store

Read more

Augmented reality platform release 3D business catalogue

Aug 27, 2013 No Comments

AR company Augment has announced a new premium service aimed at businesses

Read more

Augmented reality conference to explore next phase of AR

Aug 26, 2013 No Comments

Augmented reality development company Metaio will use this year’s InsideAR conference to explore what the next year will bring to AR applications

Read more

3D movies still bringing in financial awards

Aug 16, 2013 No Comments

Despite lacklustre reception in the home, 3D entertainment is still able to increase ticket revenue at the box office according to Cineworld

Read more

Vicon launch head mounted mocap and say Kinect not a threat

Aug 16, 2013 No Comments

A look at Vicon’s latest mocap product – the Cara, and an interview with Vicon Product Manager Phil Elderfeld about the future of mocap

Read more

Orbotix announce sequel to robotic ball

Aug 14, 2013 No Comments

Sphero 2.0 has been revealed – the robotic ball that can be controlled via a smartphone and transformed into creatures via augmented reality

Read more

Scrap that car manual with AR

Aug 12, 2013 No Comments

Audi have launched an app that uses augmented reality to explain what the controls on the dashboard do, by holding an iOS device to them

Read more

Combining mocap with the Oculus Rift

Aug 08, 2013 No Comments

Motion capture specialists Organic Motion have been testing the notion of using open stage mocap and the Oculus Rift to interact within a VR environment.

Read more