Published at: 09:12 am - Thursday December 31 2009
Boffo box office for the new 3D movie Avatar is giving shares in IMAX Corp. another leg up in what has already been a impressive turnaround year for a company that not too long ago was largely written off by investors. “The combination of digital technology and management foresight saved this company,” said James Marsh, [...]
Published at: 10:12 pm - Wednesday December 30 2009
Rapunzel, an action-packed, swashbuckling, animated musical comedy about the girl behind 70 feet of magical, golden hair. A princess stolen from her parents’ castle as a baby, Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore) is locked in a hidden tower longing for adventure. Now an imaginative and determined teenager, she takes off on a hilarious, hair-raising escapade [...]
Published at: 10:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
OS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures today announced that Toy Story 3, the third installment of the blockbuster hit franchise Toy Story, will be released to IMAX(R) 3D theatres simultaneously with its wide release on June 18, 2010. Toy Story 3 will be [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
Even Sony, long a proponent of using the sort of polarized 3D technology found in commercial cinemas at home, is now supporting the active shutter glasses approach. Not everyone is onboard, though. JVC made waves at CEDIA with the announcement of its GD-463D10 3D LCD Monitor—a $9,000, 46-inch display that not only relies on circular [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
Acer recently introduced a suite of new products with 3D ad multi-touch technology. These include a 3D notebook, 3D projector, multi-touch display laptop and a multi-touch All-in-One PC. W S Mukund, Managing Director, Acer India, said, “The future of 3D is firming up across all shores and we are proud to bring that technology alive [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
With 3D TV set to make a big impact in 2010, it looks like those special glasses you need will be compatible across a range of 3D displays, if they’re from RealD that is. Both Sony and JVC have recently announced that they will be endorsing RealD glasses for use with their range of 3D [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
If 2009 was dominated by touch technology then 2010 looks set to be the year of 3D. 3D has been one of the biggest hits of the cinemas this year and it is likely to continue its stride into other mediums during 2010, experts agree. TV manufacturer LG wants to sell nearly half a million [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
MANHASSET, NY — DisplaySearch’s research indicates that LED backlighting and 240 Hz LCDs will serve as an enabling technology for new feature developments in TVs in 2010, specifically for 3D TVs, an area of intense interest to TV manufacturers. TV manufacturers are developing a wide variety of design elements and performance features to differentiate products [...]
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
There will be no escape from 3D HDTV in 2010, with more broadcasters announcing the launch of a dedicated 3D TV channel. In the US, Direct TV is just the latest broadcaster to announce that it will be launching a 3D TV channel in 2010. Read More at; http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/12/30/3d-hdtv-channel-for-direct-tv-in-2010/
Published at: 09:12 am - Wednesday December 30 2009
3D Hologram Phones Apparently, 2010 could be the year that we see advent of mobile devices that are capable of displaying 3D images — we know, something like this crops up every year. But, if communications futurologists are to be believed, there could be as many as 8 million handsets in circulation by the end [...]
Published at: 10:12 am - Tuesday December 29 2009
As 3D HDTV prepares to take the world of home entertainment to a different level, the technology needed to bring it all together is being developed. This requires a massive coordination of businesses and suppliers to provide components for the equipment, such as the high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), which is what is used to [...]
Published at: 10:12 am - Tuesday December 29 2009
The International Consumer Electronics Show will take place in January, marking the start of the 2010 technology events calendar. Expect to find 3D TV, mobile communications technologies, the real-time web and advancements in green technologies showcased at the majority of events in the agenda. 2010 is also a milestone year for Macworld Expo and CTIA [...]
Published at: 10:12 am - Tuesday December 29 2009
Finding itself with a wealth of a additional bandwidth thanks to a new satellite going up today, DirecTVmay have already decided its first big addition will be 3D. Citing the always popular unnamed sources,HD Guru says we should prepare for a CES announcement that the bird will be up and running by March beaming down a collection [...]
Published at: 07:12 am - Saturday December 19 2009
As Provision’s President and CEO Curt Thornton points out during the exclusive interview, “Provision has been collaborating with the University of Tokyo to develop a technology with the 3D holograms that allows us to touch and feel the hologram while its floating in the air. We’ve been able to integrate the WII remotes, mount them [...]
Published at: 07:12 am - Saturday December 19 2009
Today I went to see Avatar in Digital 3D and simply sat there in awe watching a movie so beautifully done. Frankly I have not been mesmerized by a movie like that before, and Avatar indeed pushed the limits of digital effects. 2010 is going to be 3D rage for your home and if this [...]
Published at: 04:12 pm - Thursday December 17 2009
THE three-dimensional future of cinema has arrived. James Cameron’s much-hyped sci-fi adventure,Avatar, has opened in cinemas across Australia, and is expected to set a new box office standard for 3D films. “Ultimately, when the film’s run ends, this will be the first film where 3D has financially out-performed 2D,” said Marc Wooldridge, managing director of [...]
Published at: 04:12 pm - Thursday December 17 2009
In case plans by AMD and a slew of other tech vendors planning to showcase 3D Blu-raycompatible products at CES wasn’t a tip-off, the updated specifications are done. The key details? First, that the Blu-ray Disc Association has chosen the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) codec to store 3D, so that even though it is now providing a full [...]
Published at: 04:12 pm - Thursday December 17 2009
New HD66 Offers Gamers and Movie-Watchers an Affordable 3D Projection Experience MILPITAS, Calif. | December 1, 2009 | Delivering HD and 3D together in a single home entertainment projector, Optoma Technology, Inc., the #1 selling brand of DLP® projectors worldwide, introduces the HD66, Optoma’s first 3D Ready HD home theater projector, that delivers subtle details with striking [...]