Digital art presents preservation challenges for museums
Digital artworks have been part of museum collections for years, and it's a trend likely to expand. But when old software or hardware faces compatibility issues or breaks, what can museums do?
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Video: This 3D Display Uses Multiple Lenses To Boost Sense Of Depth Perception
It forms images of objects at the front toward the front, and objects at the back toward the back. When objects at the front are in focus, those at the back are blurred, and when you’re looking at objects at the back, those in front are blurred. So a feature of this display is that it reproduces focal depth.
The resolution in the current prototype stands at just 200×200, but another cool feature is that it allows you to view pictures in 3D not only when you move your head horizontally, but also when you move it vertically. ...
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3D video microscope helps scientists study HIV
[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is high resolution 3D video microscopy.]
By rotating and shifting the light pattern across 15 different positions, the system can capture multiple images at a rate of 105 per second that are processed to create moving 3D pictures with data about the exact positions of cell structures. ...
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Peter Jackson talks 3D on ‘The Hobbit’ [EXCELLENT 10 minute video]
[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is an excellent video covering all aspects of a 3D shoot - from concept art to cameras, hair, make-up, and set design - using The Hobbit as the example. The movie looks amazing!]
"Shooting The Hobbit in 3D is a dream come true," Jackson said. "If I had the ability to shoot Lord of the Rings in 3D I certainly would have done it.
"On The Lord of the Rings, I had a 3D camera taking 3D photographs. Hopefully one day, maybe even on 3D Blu-ray, we might be able to show you the 3D photos from ten or 12 years ago." ...
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Apple Charts a Course for 3-D Maps
[The origin of the technology that Apple just bought.]
Technology Review profiled C3 back in April; the Swedish company has adapted missile-targeting tech into what some have called "Google Maps on steroids."
...Apple's mapping service will likely plan to outdo Google by incorporating 3-D tech--C3's, for sure, but also Poly9's.
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Uncharted Territory (In-theatre 3D group gaming experience!)
What even those Insiders could not get at home that they got at the theatre that night, however, was the chance to be in the same room and compete against other teams of players in a game that took place on a forty-foot 3D screen in 4K Sony projection and Real D 3D. Executives from Naughty Dog introduced the game, showed a variety of trailers from the game, some behind-the-scens making of the game movies and then organized the audience into 24 teams of five players each. Sony PlayStation units were set up at the front of the auditorium and the results of the contest were projected on the big screen. Asked for a show of hands it was clear that the majority of the audience had already played the beat version of the game and it was just as clear that they all loved it.
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Jumping spiderbot made using 3D printing technique
Instead of producing the robot using conventional mechanical-engineering technologies, the Fraunhofer team turned to a 3D printing process called selective laser sintering (SLS) that sees thin layers of a polyamide powder applied one at a time and melted into place using a laser. Not only does this process allow complex geometries and inner structures to be produced, but the resulting robot is also very lightweight and cheap to produce.
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Catastrophe Becomes Art With 3D Printing
[Philip Lelyveld comment: I think this adds little to understanding because it isn't presented in a context of what a normal non-earthquake signal is like.]
Called the "Tōhoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture," the piece is 11 inches long by seven inches wide and is made of frosted beige-yellow rings. Jerram constructed the piece by taking the design from a nine minute span of seismometer data from the earthquake and creating a 3D image with a computer aided design program. Then he printed the design using a rapid prototyping machine. ...
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Global technology moves to the motion of Israeli 3D sensors
This article briefly profiles a number of Israeli 3D motion capture and image processing startups.
PrimeSense: the chip that found its way into Kinect
Product: 3D motion controller that captures body motion and detects facial features ...
MobilEye: impact alert
Product: Vehicles impact detection sensors ...
Invision: Intel's response to Microsoft's Kinect
Product: 3D sensor PCB patent ...
XTR: A real alternative to Primesense
Product: 3D capture software ...
EyeSight: Change channels with a gesture
Product: Gesture recognition based software ...
Omek Interactive: The brains behind the sensor
Product: 3D sensor technology which maps image depth ...
SideKick: 3D game developer
Product: 3D sensor-based games ...
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Harton Regional Medical Center is First in Tennessee With Fully Integrated 3D Operating Room
The TrueVision® 3D Surgical Visualization System is a real-time, stereoscopic, 3D high-definition visualization system that attaches to microscopes to display the surgical field on 3D flat panel displays in the operating room. The advanced technology is used to visualize, record, and playback microsurgery and to stream live stereoscopic video of the surgical field, making it an unparalleled teaching tool. The system features the ability to digitally stream and broadcast live procedures in 3D from the operating room to remote 3D-equipped conference rooms and theaters for any size audience.
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