Tag: Stereoscopy
Does stereoscopy (S3D) matter ?
Now everyone is starting to realize that stereoscopy (S3D) is cool. Of course big companies are hoping to set a new trend to get more of our money, and the film industry looks at it as if it…
Read More »Quick Links #1
I’ve started using Twitter to post interesting VR links when I don’t have time to make a full post about them. Here’s a summary of these links : – Barco about the light efficiency of their stereo systems…
Read More »3D photo (by Fuji)
Last year, Fuji announced a set of devices to capture/display 3d pictures. Now this is getting closer to reality. This 3D camera has two lenses and an autostereoscopic LCD on the back. Back at Dimension3, I had the…
Read More »Autodesk stereoscopic whitepaper
I’m working several projects recently, one of which you’ll soon hear about (and will be able to participate in 😉 Autodesk has released a really interesting whitepaper on its Stereoscopic Filmmaking page : Read about the current state…
Read More »3D Photos by Fujifilm, from capture to display
Yay back from China, more about this later. As you may know, I sorta like taking pictures. And I also sorta like VR. 3D pictures have been around since the first days of photo, but now Fujifilm is…
Read More »Laval Virtual 2008 – Tradeshow
This year Laval Virtual was celebrating its 10th anniversary. The tradeshow is getting bigger and there was not enough room for all the exhibitors that wanted a booth! There was not many technical innovations, rather evolutions of existing…
Read More »PanoramaScreen – Panoramic Quake3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh_F4iN8pg[/youtube] Introducing the PanoramaScreen : The PanoramaScreen is a cylindrical projection environment for 360°-panoramic projections, which has been developed at the ZKM | Institute for Visual Media in collaboration with the iCinema Research Centre, Sydney since 2005. The…
Read More »Stereoscopic 3D Film and Animation – Getting It Right
Ken Wittlief, a senior engineer at Vuzix (formerly Icuiti Corp), “makers of VideoEyewear and other micro display systems”, has written an excellent article about do’s and don’ts when creating a stereoscopic entertainment. Here are some highlights of the…
Read More »Stereoscopic phone
Nec is introducing the N704iµ, reportedly having a stereoscopic screen. I can’t find any more information than this picture, so if you come across something interesting, please leave a comment =)
Read More »Old school VR by Sega and Nintendo
Did you know that in 1995 Nintendo released a portable VR console, called the Virtual Boy ? With a monochrome stereoscopic HMD with a 384×224 resolution, it was priced at 180$ and reportedly Nintendo sold 700’000 units. The…
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