Director Breck Eisner dropped the 3D announcement while plugging his new film ‘The Crazies’ that comes out tomorrow. “This will definitely be a 3D movie. When it’s the right kind of movie, you want to use the right kind of technology, so we intend to shoot it for 3D.” Read More at; http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/LetsCutTheBS/news/?a=15265

Best Buy has announced a media event at its New York City store at Union Square, where it will sell its first full HD 3D TV package. It is believed to be the first big-box retailer to do so, according to home theater blog Big Picture Sound. The bundle will include one of Panasonic’s first retail-ready 3D TV [...]

Last week, Disney kicked off a big viral game for Tron Legacy that resulted in the unveiling of this special event held today (Saturday) in five major cities around the world. The tickets were given out on a site called Pit Cell and the event sold out within 20 seconds. Our event in LA was hosted at The Bridge [...]

Although 3D TV is starting to catch on, it certainly doesn’t come without a price. Currently, Amazon.com and a few other online resellers are selling Samsung 55-inch 3D LED HDTV television sets with a price tag of around $3,000. While the TVs have received a lot of hype and good previews, there is a hidden cost that [...]

GET ready for giant robots and battleground debris to come flying out of the cinema screen at you. Transformers director Michael Bay last year described 3D as “a pain in the neck” and a technological fad, saying he preferred old-school filmmaking and that his shooting style was too aggressive for 3D cameras. Then along came Avatar [...]

There are several different methods of 3D production and delivery. The technique employed in the film Avatar is known as steroscoping, which involves two cameras placed apart at the average distance between two eyes; then using two projectors and polarised glasses the brain processes depth. Alternatively you have an approach called anaglyphic, which is a [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this documentary about the Hubble Space Telescope, which hits Imax theaters on March 19. Not only does it feature massive versions of some of your favorite Hubble space pics, it also includes some amazing Imax 3D footage of last year’s mission to repair the telescope.

A new consumer study from The NPD Group has found that while consumers are interested in 3D TV, they still have some reservations about making a purchase right away. According to the NPD’s Snapshot Report: 3D Television, about a third of consumers were at least “somewhat interested” in having 3D capability on their TV, but many cited [...]

Demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs is taking off, but attention this year in the displays market has turned to 3D applications. The hype about 3D needs to be credited to the hugely successful movie, Avatar, whose director James Cameron believes that his blockbuster has proved that 3D images can attract audiences back to the theater. [...]

ESPN, citing the need for “a real-world testing ground” for the ongoing development of its forthcoming 3DTV service, said it has designated the ESPN Innovation Lab at the Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando as the hub for developing 3D technology. Last month, ESPN said it would debut a [...]

Sony is betting on 3D in the next round of TV wars, but I reckon it will appeal more to gamers than sports fans. Sony unveiled its first 3D TVs this week, along with its IPTV plans. To be honest I’m more excited about the prospect of decent IPTV than I am about 3D TV, the [...]

AVATAR director James Cameron says a seismic shift is about to occur in television in Australia with the advent of 3D content Cameron, at Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast to check progress on his new 3D movie Sanctum, says 3D will be the norm before we know it. “Oh, it’s all happening at an [...]

While Samsung’s already promised multiple models a lone battery powered pair for adults has appeared for preorder on Vanns for $150, which despite the relatively reasonable cost of the displays could make group viewings very expensive for the early adopter. Read More at; http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/samsungs-new-3dtvs-get-an-early-eyes-on-through-150-shutter-g/

Just last month, we were drooling over Sony’s new Bravia HDTVs at CES, including the new 3D TV models. Now, the company is showing off 38 (yes, you read that right, thirty-eight!) different models in their 2010 line at all 42 of its Sony Style stores.  Many of these are 3D-enabled. Sony says that the TVs are set up [...]

This may be the year that 3D television sets flood the market, but some engineers have turned to aircraft in search of a viewing experience that is still more immersive. Two teams at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a unique 3D display dubbed Flyfire, in which a flock of tiny aircraft carrying multicoloured [...]

Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto has signed a fantasy-action-drama film War of Gods and will portray the character of oracle priestess Phaedra. Directed by Indian filmmaker Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, the movie is anticipated to be high on action and special effects and might also be made into a 3D movie. Read More at; http://movies.ibnlive.in.com/news/movies/freida-pinto-bags-a-new-film/184476/0?from=tn

3-D movies is the short name for a Stereoscopic 3-D film, a illusionary motion picture technology which has its roots based in stereoscopic photography. Based on the principle of depth perception (three-axis rule, also known as the third dimension), stereoscopic photography creates the 3 dimensional illusion by shooting the image at two slightly different angles. The glasses [...]

You’ve worn the glasses. Seen the demos. Winced at objects flying out the screen. And you’re ready to buy a 3D TV. Congratulations, brave early adopter. Although the 3DTV maelstrom at CES 2010 generated a fair bit of skepticism, the technology also managed to floor many people, and if the commercial success of Avatar is any [...]

Hope you’re ready to see the make believe world in a new dimension ’cause Samsung’s first Full HD 3D set is now shipping Stateside. Amazon shows a pair of 55-inch UN55C7000 TVs with 3D 240Hz motion technology in stock with a $3,299.99 price tag and free delivery. Yeah, that’s a day earlier than expected but we [...]

“The 3D TV segment will be the main battleground for Samsung this year. The outlook is positive after checking consumer responses. Samsung predicts global 3D TV demand will rise by 3.5 million throughout this year,” Yoon Boo-keun, the president of the company’s visual display division, said in a press conference in Seoul. Research firms’ sales [...]