The World's Biggest Consumer 3-D TV Costs a Thousand Dollars an Inch
Bang & Olufsen 4-85B&OOur sister publication, the AV wizards (it's not a club, really) over at Sound & Vision, got a glimpse of B&O's newest, record-breaking, ludicrously-priced 4-85...
View ArticleHTC Evo 3D Review: The Country's First Glasses-Free 3-D Smartphone
HTC Evo 3D: Cameras Here you can see the Evo 3D's dual-lensed 3-D camera on the back of the phone, as well as that excellent shutter button Dan NosowitzSprint's new stereoscopic smartphone boasts a 3-D...
View Article3-D Scanning and Reconstruction of Crash Scenes Will Save Cops and Drivers...
Crash in the UKjf01350 via FlickrPolice in England will soon deploy 3-D laser scanners to the scene of car crashes, saving time and allowing wreckage to be cleared from roadways more quickly. The 3-D...
View ArticleStudents' Innovative 3-D Vision System Wins Prize
Tsinghua's 3-D Viewing SystemYang HaoPopSci and National Instruments hand top honors to a Chinese team that could revolutionize 3-D This week I had the honor of crowning the winner of National...
View ArticleSony's Binoculars Can Record Full HD and 3-D Video, Perfect for Amateur...
Sony DEV-5 BinocularsSonyWe'll be filming New York City pigeons...from very far away...in 3-D. Nature! Digital recording binoculars aren't really new--there are some cheapie versions available--but...
View ArticleYou Will Actually Be Able to Buy Sony's Crazy 3-D Head-Mounted Display
Sony HMZ-T1SonyWe caught a preview of Sony's odd, space-agey head-mounted viewer (appealingly named the HMZ-T1) back at CES in January, but we were pretty surprised to learn that not only is it not a...
View ArticleThe Best of IFA 2011: Giant Smartphones, New Takes on 3-D, and More
Samsung Galaxy Note The Samsung Galaxy Note, a peculiar half-tablet, half-phone device equipped with a stylus. Corinne IozzioIt's an entirely different kind of gadget lust felt when you know that the...
View ArticleVideo: Microsoft's Holodesk Lets You Play With Virtual 3-D Objects
Microsoft HolodeskMicrosoftMicrosoft's Research department is always coming up with cool new ways to interact with gadgets, and this newly released video of the "Holodesk" is definitely one of the...
View ArticleHome 3-D Viewing Equipment Is Getting Smaller and Smaller and Smaller
LG LW9800 Nano Full LED Cinema 3D HDTVLG3-D TV is still experiencing some growing pains, in large part because of its reliance on bulky, uncomfortable and expensive active-shutter glasses. That's now...
View Article3-D Projection Tech Makes Images Hover in Mid-Air, No Screen Necessary
Aerial 3D by Burton Using lasers to excite nitrogen and oxygen in the air, the Aerial 3D system produces natural 3-D images in space without using a screen. It's a kind of validation when our past...
View ArticleHow Kinect Changed Gaming, Art and Even Medicine
Kinect HacksClick here to get a bigger view of this amazing image.In November 2010, Microsoft released Kinect, a motion-sensing accessory for its Xbox 360 gaming console. Kinect could measure depth by...
View ArticleThe New York Public Library Helps You Turn 100-Year-Old Photographs Into 3-D...
The New York Public Library has an archive of over 40,000 historical stereographs, many well over a hundred years old. Stereographs are regular photographs, except in pairs, with the perspective very...
View ArticleTesting the Best: Sony's 3-D TV Eliminates the Splitscreen
Sony PlayStation 3-D Display in ActionDan BracagliaThe Sony PlayStation TV beams a different image to each player's eyes, so no more splitscreen--which means no more "screen-cheating," and no more...
View ArticleAnyone Can Build an Enormous Next-Generation Jet Engine (In Holographic 3-D)
Assembling Engine Parts in GE's Throttle UPCourtesy GE/BBDO New YorkBuilding a next-generation jet engine isn't easy, but from the cool confines of a blacked out holographic chamber in Brooklyn, it can...
View ArticleGallery: Ambitious Insect Catalog Snaps 3-D Images of Every Ant Species
Dolichoderus plagiatus This ant was found in Halifax in 1989. AntwebA global effort to photograph every species of ant on this planet is embarking on an international tour, stopping by museums and...
View ArticleHow The World's First 3-D Printed Gun Works
The Liberator 3-D Printed GunDefense DistributedDefense Distributed creates a fully functional gun, with 3-D printed plastic parts. It started with a crowdfunding project last August. Now, nine months...
View ArticleThe Best of IFA 2011: Giant Smartphones, New Takes on 3-D, and More
Samsung Galaxy Note The Samsung Galaxy Note, a peculiar half-tablet, half-phone device equipped with a stylus. Corinne Iozzio View Photo GalleryIt's an entirely different kind of gadget lust felt when...
View ArticleVideo: Microsoft's Holodesk Lets You Play With Virtual 3-D Objects
Microsoft Holodesk Microsoft Microsoft's Research department is always coming up with cool new ways to interact with gadgets, and this newly released video of the "Holodesk" is definitely one of the...
View ArticleHome 3-D Viewing Equipment Is Getting Smaller and Smaller and Smaller
LG LW9800 Nano Full LED Cinema 3D HDTV LG 3-D TV is still experiencing some growing pains, in large part because of its reliance on bulky, uncomfortable and expensive active-shutter glasses. That's...
View ArticleSony HMZ-T1 Personal 3-D Viewer
Sony HMZ-T1 Jeff Harris 3-D in theaters looks more realistic than 3-D at home for two reasons: The screen is huge, and the projector's resolution surpasses that of any HDTV. Sony's personal viewer is...
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