Archive for the '3D' Category

$99 Vivitar ViviCam 790HD Does 3D For Cheap

Amateur movie makers know that attempting to create 3D videos is quite expensive when it comes to high quality. However, if you're just looking to make a 3D video that will look fine on a traditional 3DTV, listen up. Vivitar has just come forth today to announce the ViviCam 790HD camcorder complete with the ability ...

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Panasonic Lumix 3D1 Digital Camera Gets Announced

Just about every movie to hit the theaters as of late have come with a 3D version. While there have been 3D movies on the market for quite some time much of the hype spawned with James Cameron's Avatar which managed to be one of the highest grossing movies of all time. Seeing how the big ...

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Kinect SDK Coming in 2012

While it may seem a bit unconventional users have been utilizing Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect to create some amazing things. Not only have we seen 3D video and images from the technology but we've seen countless real world utilizations such as being able to manipulate a computer's user interface with nothing more than your hands. Unfortunately ...

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Autodesk Project Photofly 2 turns 2D to 3D, then print a 3D model

I think that we are all looking forward to the day where we can take a picture of an object, and then run it through a 3D printer and hold it in our hands. This Autodesk Project Photofly project could bring this time among us. Photofly works by taking about 40 photos of ...

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James Cameron has ordered 50 RED EPIC-M cameras

Some of you might remember when Peter Jackson has ordered RED EPIC cameras in order to do the long-awaited and debated 3D version of The Hobbit. It looks like another famous movie director is starting to see Red, and I am not talking about going overbudget. However, if there is one director who ...

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One 3D Printer Plus 3 Kinects equals Be Your Own Souvenir

Be Your Own Souvenir! from blablabLAB on Vimeo. What you are seeing here is some sort of operation set up in Barcelona, Spain by DIY people at blablabLAB called Be Your Own Souvenir. It is a very intriguing way of being your own souvenir by standing on a box and allowing three Kinects to scan ...

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Jeepers, Creepers! Check out these 3D lens Peepers.

Some of you might remember our coverage of My3DNow yesterday, with its method of turning an iPhone into a 3D-like Viewmaster viewer. I suppose that there may soon be a demand to turn the ordinary 2D cameras into 3D cameras with video capability, and it may be as simple as adding on a special ...

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Hasbro My3DNow 3D iPhone ViewMaster

Some of you might be familiar with the Viewmaster, a toy that was able to render 3D images with a special viewer with two lenses and weird looking slide reels. I don't know if they still make this toy, but Takara Tomy has the 3D Shot Cam. There is an iPhone app that ...

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Apple Files Patent for 3D Camera

One of the biggest trends in the tech industry in general is 3D displays and/or cameras. Many different devices are coming forth to tout both 3D displays and cameras such as the Nintendo 3DS portable video game console which touts both. According to a recent patent filed by Apple it seems that some of their offerings ...

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NASA not going to use 3D camera on Mars rover

Some of you might remember when we covered how NASA wanted to put a 3D camera on their Mars Rover, and supervising this operation was none other than James Cameron, master director of 3D films like Avatar. Sadly, this is not meant to be, at least for now. Apparently, installing a 3D camera ...

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