Stepping Beyond Stereo 3D Into 4D
Movies that are shown in 4D consist of experiences that combine stereo 3D images with altered sensual perception. These added effects may deal with senses like taste or smell. Such theaters may, for instance, have some smoke appear in front of viewers to coincide with the on-screen character moving through a dark and gloomy jungle. They may also have certain smell altered to reflect what is happening on the screen. These are just some examples of what would constitute as a 4D viewing.
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Russia’s MiG Aircraft Company develops 3D flight simulator for the MiG-29 Jet Fighter
Russian Aircraft Company's MiG ....
Now MiG is claiming a major first in military aviation with the launch of a 3D flight simulator at the Dubai Air Show, providing volumetric visualization of beyond-the-cockpit space for trainee top guns. The simulator comes complete with the MiG-29's cockpit and actual control systems. ...
MiG claims it has developed a better visualization system with a much higher level of accuracy from the virtual cockpit. The system produces stereo imagery of the aerial environment using the same type of glasses as are used in 3D cinema to create a far more realistic illusion of real flight, and experience so far suggests even inexperienced pilots can easily assess distances to and dimensions of other aircraft and objects.
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True 3D Technology Emits 50,000 Dots In 3D Space
This True 3D display technology, developed by Burton, uses a laser to creates luminous points of light at desired locations in air or underwater.
This system is an evolved version of technology co-developed by AIST and Keio University, first announced in 2006. It works by focusing laser light, to produce plasma excitation from the oxygen and nitrogen in the air. The researchers state that this is the world's first technology to show pictures without the constraint of a screen. ...
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Immersive Spatial Audio: How It Works (brief video on 3D audio)
This 3 1/2 minute video by Texas Instruments clearly and concisely explains the three components of their 3D audio technology; beam steering, crosstalk cancellation, and head related transfer function (HRTF or the psychoacoustic effect).
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ROBOTS WITH HUMAN FACES TO REVOLUTIONIZE TELEPRESENCE
Projection techniques are being used to give robots human faces in an application that has the potential to dramatically change telepresence experiences. Researchers in Munich have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop a system that projects a 3D image of a face onto the back of plastic mask. A computer controls voice and facial expressions to create Mask-bot, a human-like plastic head.
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Hewlett-Packard Creates 3D Tech With True-To-Life 3D Scaling
“Capable of broadcasting true-to-life 3-D content on building-sized surfaces, the HP Photon Engine technology allows enterprises to transform how they interact with data and customers.”
The technology behind the "Photon Engine" was an outgrowth of work by scientists at HP Labs, the company's research arm, who originally sought to improve printer quality by developing software to adjust the alignment of dots from an inkjet spray. That led them to think about ways to better align pixels from an electronic image, according to HP scientist Nelson Chang, a member of the team that developed a system for blending and calibrating the images from several projectors to produce a high-quality 3-D display.
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Fitted Fashion using 3D scanners to make custom-fit jeans
It all sounds very well and good, but ... couldn't you just get a tailor to do the same thing? According to Jamal, his system would be much quicker, more accurate, and less expensive. He is planning on Acustom jeans not costing much more than high-end off-the-rack jeans - around US$160 to $180 a pair.
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Warner Bros. to Chop Up Movies Into Easily-Searched Clips
Warner Bros. has signed with AnyClip, a company that slices full-length movies into a series of clips and makes them searchable by dialogue, music, actors, props and other criteria.
The deal is AnyClip’s first with a major studio since it signed with Universal in March.
AnyClip’s business model involves letting consumers watch and even use movie clips on their blogs, Facebook pages and what have you, while also pitching the purchase or rental of the movies.
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Moverio: Epson Announces World’s First See-Through 3D Head-Mounted Display
Epson Japan announced [JP] the so-called Moverio today, a see-through 3D head-mounted display (HMD), which is the first of its kind, according to the company. Think of it as mix between of NEC’s transparent HMD Tele Scouter and Sony’s cool 3D OLED head mounted display HMZ-T1, powered by Android OS.
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