Q: Ingemar, thanks for answering this. You are building a Laser-LCoS based 3D TV. Can you tell us a bit about the technology? Who are your business partners? (for the lasers, LCoS panels, etc)?
Yes we are building laser/Lcos stereoscopic 100″ display, it is our own developed technology both with the lasers and the Lcos chip.

Q: You are using Polarization-technology for the 3D. How does that compare with Active-Shutter 3D?

We are using dual 1920X1080 Lcos, full 1080 per eye all the time means passive glasses. We do not like active “flicker” glasses. The big boys are hostage to their own technology LCD and Plasma which requires Active “expensive flicker glasses”, they have no other choice.

Q: In December 2009 you said that the Laser TVs will cost $10,000 to $15,000, with first units available in May. Is that still on track?In 10K volumes the cost is correct, sample units are available in June.

To read more of the interview head over to 3D-Display-Info.com

Clinton Stark wrote up a good summary of the panel discussion over at SilverStarCreek.com.  I think the best quote to come out of the panel, which he highlighted, is

“A whole bunch of 3D cameras are coming, which means a whole lot of bad 3D films.”

This is probably true, but this is a good thing.  When filmmaking becomes accessible to the artistic non-studio people, we often get to see some brilliant work.  Although it is usually less than 1% of the backyard indie films that are produced.

More highlights from the discussion:

• “Don’t fatigue the audience, still important to tell a story.”
• 3D is “akin to optical illusion compared to normal cinema.”
• “When people see each other in 3D they start reaching out; there is something different about that world – not quite the same as real world”
• 3D tools have come a long way compared to the good old days (i.e. 6 months ago, now “you can change convergence in post. Rotation is easy, etc. … easily fixed now that it’s really gotten much easier to finish your movie”
• Charlotte Huggins: “These are just all fonts.” (3D)
• “Where does human vision break down from 3D to 2D and how do you apply that sports?”
• Broadcast doesn’t know how to send 3D (cable can); all setting up networks, but live television is a challenge.
• The NFL has been making 3D football for four years
• Star Wars converted; George Lucas shots were already lined up; can’t even tell it wasn’t shot in 2D

Source: 3D Vision Blog

“Our engineers have been working closely with 4A Games to ensure that Metro 2033 takes full advantage of some of the spectacular effects made possible with the next generation of DX11 hardware,” said Tony Tamasi, SVP, Content & Technology at NVIDIA. “The 4A Engine is one of the most advanced game engines we’ve ever worked with, and with DX11 enabled, Metro 2033 is undoubtedly one of the best looking PC games of 2010. Combine this with NVIDIA 3D Vision and PhysX and you will experience mind-blowing visuals.”

Look for METRO 2033 in PC and Xbox 360 formats on March 16 in North America and Germany, March 18 in Australia and March 19 for the UK and Europe.

Head over to Marketsaw for more photos and information on the game.

Now this one I could see being bundled with 3D branded Blu-ray players and televisions during the holidays. Many people were concerned about the release of the 3D DVD version of Avatar because there really wasn’t any solid news on its release. All anyone heard was news of the standard DVD release.

Well for those of you Avatar fans, it looks like James Cameron put to rest any rumors that we would be waiting years to see the movie come to 3D blu-ray.  In an interview posted on the Wall Street Journal blog section Cameron says:

“It’s all right on schedule,” said Cameron. “We’ll do the Blu-ray and the standard def DVD April 22^nd, that’s our plan as of right now, and that’ll be pretty much bare bones. And then we’ll do a value-added DVD and a 3-D Blu-ray in I think November sometime.”

Cameron also talked about wanting to do a sequel to Avatar but wants to do it much faster and cheaper. We also have been hearing rumors of some of his other movies which are or have been converted to 3D.  Maybe we’ll see them appear for the holiday season as well.

Source: Wall Street Journal

But this brings me to my second point. The number of 2D theaters will be shrinking. So what? Cinemablend’s article doesn’t seem to make any argument regarding why consumers should prefer 2D over the 3D other than price. If that is the only reason, it’s a non-issue. Because the more common the technology becomes, the more the price well regulate. Movie prices have been rising faster than inflation since the first “talkie” came out. There’s no stopping it.

In the end, it comes down to fear of change. I have a feeling that there was probably an outcry when color cinema started. There were probably people that were upset that all movies were making the transition to color. Well, entertainment changes as technology changes. I think this is a positive thing. Enjoy it.

- 1080p HD (obviously)

-240hz refresh rate

-3D Ready (I would hope so) using active shutter glasses

-4 HDMI Inputs, 2 USB Inputs

-Ethernet AND Wireless internet connection

-Internet@TV widgets for BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, AccuWeather, Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, Vudu, and more

And here is what you were waiting for….it is 1-inch thick.  You read that right, it is only only 1″ thick.  The new mounting system  also allows it to be mounted very close to the wall.  So, it is actually thinner than hanging a framed piece of art on the wall.  Hopefully, we will get a chance to review one of these very soon.

It is refreshing to see more industries finding the usefulness in 3D imagery.  I believe that 3D can easily become popular in fashion.  High-Definition has definitely helped the fashion industry when it comes to broadcast shows, especially when highlighting the subtleties in fabrics and textures often lost in traditional older broadcasts.  Stereoscopic 3D will only enhance the broadcast of fashion to an even higher level of detail.

Harry Friedman, executive producer of “Wheel” and “Jeopardy!,” introduced the clip.

“One of the biggest challenges is keeping a game show fresh — by changing the show without changing the game,” he said. “We do that with enhanced production value, such as set design. We typically do dimensionalized sets, which are made for 3D.”

He added that there is no set time that this could be rolled out. But we could see some novelty in game shows using 3D on passive 3D tv sets.

• Records two images at 1920 x 1080 as individual RAW files in DNG format.
• Color depth: 12 bits.
• Speed: 25 or 30 frames per second.
• 6 pounds (including battery and memory)

Source: Ikonoskop