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Cinequest 3D Panel
Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by The James.
The Cinequest Film Festival is in full swing in San Jose. Being one of the top American film festivals, it isn’t surprising that they had a 3D panel discussion as part of their event. The panel included an interesting mix of folks from different aspects of the industry including: Kelly A. Williamson (CEO, CritterPix Studios [...]
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3D Fashion
Posted on10. Feb, 2010 by The James.
According to The Independent, Burberry will be streaming its London fashion show in 3D. They are partnering with Sky Television, who keeps popping up on the forefront of 3D television media, to broadcast their runway show in select cities. It will only be showing in New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris and Dubai. And, as [...]
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2D to 3D Conversion – How is it done?
Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by The James.
There is a great article over at Slate discussing the process of converting 2D footage to 3D footage. During the current 3D boom, a lot of feature films will be converted rather than shot in two camera stereoscopic style. This includes Tim Burton’s upcoming “Alice in Wonderland”. Here’s a bit on how the conversion process [...]
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Comcast isn’t sold on 3D TV yet…
Posted on27. Jan, 2010 by "Mitch".
Broadcasting and Cable writes: “Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts says the company plans to produce great 3D content, but says he isn’t sure the new technology will be the next HD in terms of adoption for 24/7 TV.” B&C talks about an interview that Roberts did with Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray at a Congressional Internet [...]
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Military 3D – The Pentagon wants it
Posted on25. Jan, 2010 by The James.
According to Wired.com, the 3D rage has infiltrated the military. The pentagon is asking Darpa to research 3D imaging technology.
“The agency wants proposals that start from scratch, using a fundamentally new model for obtaining video footage. The 3-D surveillance should be able to monitor moving targets with high resolution, from different ranges, and without the [...]
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The ITU looks forward to 3D TV standards
Posted on16. Jan, 2010 by "Mitch".
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working on a standards framework that it hopes will set a road map for the 3D TV international market. The framework which focuses on three different types of 3D technologies; some of which may not be around for 20 years or so.
Although their goal seems valuable,they make some interesting assumptions. One [...]
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3D a gimmick? – Only if you are an idiot or missing one eye
Posted on07. Jan, 2010 by The James.
When it comes to 3D, there seems to be a strange aura of negativity floating around. Beyond people complaining about costs, there is an inherent feel that 3D media is nothing but a gimmick. Working in the industry for a while, that thought process doesn’t make sense to me, but I can relate. In the [...]
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DirectTV 3D channel support coming soon!
Posted on29. Dec, 2009 by "Mitch".
It comes as no surprise that during the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, DirectTV will announce some sort of 3D content channel. There are no specific details yet, other than the fact that it will be a mixed bag of movies, shows, and sporting events. The new infrastructure and bandwidth will come from [...]
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3D TV Technology vs. Cinema Technology
Posted on26. Dec, 2009 by The James.
A few days ago Home Media Magazine released results from a 3D patent study done by Thomson Reuters. The results are pretty much as expected. In the last year there were a larger number of patents filed for 3D television technologies than cinema technology. The conclusion drawn by these results doesn’t seem to be quite [...]
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Xpand grows international market
Posted on24. Dec, 2009 by The James.
Just a quick post before the holiday…according to Variety, Xpand is continuing to increase it’s hold on the international 3D market. They’ve put together an agreement with Arclight to release the 3D films “Mulan” and “Bait” in Spain and some former Yugoslovian territories. Also, it looks like Xpand has also acquired the rights for Spanish [...]
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