3d stories

How to capture decent 3D from a single lens

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 11:48am
 
The entire entertainment industry sees 3D as the next big thing, but one issue holding it back is it's difficult to produce. Typically, you need to shoot footage with two different cameras (or at least two different lenses) simultaneously. Even with today's sophisticated systems, that's a tall order. But is there a way to get good 3D material from a single lens? One Canadian company says yes.

LG reveals gorgeous ultra-thin prototype OLED TV

Monday, August 30, 2010 - 9:32am
 
OLED is a difficult technology to make in large screen sizes, which is why there are only a couple of small-size OLED sets available today. But if this 31-inch prototype set from LG is any indication, when those big screen sizes come, the results will be hot, hot, hot.

World's first point-and-shoot camera that captures HD video in 3D

Monday, August 16, 2010 - 9:00pm
 
Last year, Fujifilm broke new ground with its FinePix W1, which had everything you needed to capture 3D video in a point-and-shoot camera. The follow-up model, the just-announced FinePix W3, upgrades the experience to HD, while also providing an easy way to watch your 3D flicks on a big screen.

Play Tetris in 3D with synchronized water droplets

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 10:14am
 
The seemingly never-ending search for a 3D display without those cumbersome glasses goes on, and here's the latest: the AquaLux 3D system projects images onto numerous layers of water droplets. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have it tweaked up so well, you can play multileveled Tetris on it.

DirecTV launches three 3D channels, but is anything on?

Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 8:01am
 
This morning DirecTV activated its 3D channel lineup, consisting of three channels: one for movies, one for on-demand programming and a "general" 3D channel called n3D. This is in addition to ESPN 3D, which launched in June and has been showing some World Cup games in 3D. So what's on those other channels?

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