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From Paris with 3D Snow
I just got my new 3D camera (Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W3) and it’s awesome. The autostereoscopic screen is much better than the W1, and it takes 720p 3D videos !! And as a welcome gift, yesterday it…
Read More »3D, 3D, 3D ( and some real 2D)
The word 3D is becoming even more undefined than VR. Â We keep seeing “3D” everywhere and before clicking you can’t guess which 3D is being talked about. Is it 3D computer graphics ? Is it stereoscopic ? Is…
Read More »ProFORMA – 3D object scanning with a webcam
An interesting research project by the University of Cambridge called ProFORMA shows how to easily scan an object with only a webcam (that only sees in 2D). It’s not perfect yet but it sure is promising, and could…
Read More »How to build a 3D scanner at home (two ways)
Here are two ways of building a 3D scanner with a webcam and a laser ! This article from TechRadar is one, and this article from Instructables is another. Know How to Make a 3-D Scanner
Read More »Future Crew – Second Reality
Just a small post to show you a video of one of the most famous, old-school demos : Second Reality, by Future Crew (1993). Back then you had to tweak your autoexec.bat and config.sys to get enough memory…
Read More »1977 StarWars’ 3D
Back in 1977 there were no Maya, no shaders, no spacemouse… Here’s another video from the EVL, the lab that created the Cave : (1977) The computer graphics for the first Star Wars film was created by Larry…
Read More »Echochrome – 3D game with M.C. Escher perspective
by FUJIKI Ju for Sony, PS3 and PSP, 2008. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epz7rzRzIMA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y23a7ENF8qY[/youtube]
Read More »The come-back (again) of the third dimension in movies
After the early tests (1838),a golden era (1952-1955), a revival (1960-1979), and the beginnings of IMAX 3-D (1980-1984), it seems stereoscopic movies are in for a new-new-new revival! James Cameron is the leader of this movement that never…
Read More »Teapotters
Teapotters is to 3D what Flickr is to pictures. You can interactively look at 3D models, post your own models, assign tags, apply different shaders, and download the file if needed. You can also embed the player to…
Read More »Lenticulations
Interesting technique to see depth in images, the lenticulation. It seems all you have to do is take 3 offseted pictures. Amazing =) Does anybody know how to build/buy one of those camera?
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