Microlenses for 3D Endoscopes
The camera integrated in the slender endoscope tube enables the surgeon to see every detail in sharp 3-D resolution – almost as if he were actually inside the patient’s brain. The stereoscopic vision provided by a 3-D endoscope considerably simplifies the work of neurosurgeons and other specialists. They can navigate a safe path through the tissue without the risk of collateral damage, and the work can be accomplished faster.
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Consumer Reports App Takes Mystery Out of HDTV Shopping
Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper: TVs 2012 , an app from Consumers Union of U.S., is available for US$1.99 at the Mac App Store.
As an app, it offers up comparison shopping information for dozens of TVs, including front projection, LCD, plasma and 3D TVs.
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An amazing 3D sound game for children
Brett Paine Murphy developed the SoundStage tabletop board game for children (or adults) to explore 3D audio in a playful way.
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ETİ birthday bash sees 3D fun in Çamılıkköy
A company renowned for their cream-filled cookies, biscuits, cakes and wholegrain healthy snacks, Turkish food producer ETİ is hosting fun-filled activities for everyone as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. A company that is no stranger to initiating social projects and community events, the quiet folk of rural Çamılıkköy in the Black Sea province of Rize are among those who have benefited from the group’s latest exciting venture.
This project, aiming to create an experience to remember, in the words of ETİ director Dr. Hakan Polatoğlu, “adds a little surprise into people’s lives and brightens up their days.” Polatoğlu, the brains behind the biscuits, decided to stage public screenings of 3D films for the Black Sea villagers last week, some of whom had never even been to the cinema before.
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‘Cheated’ of 3D experience, movie buff moves court
He paid extra money at three theatres for 3D viewing of Jogayya, but had to withstand the ‘mental torture’ of watching it in 2D. He has sought Rs 70K compensation from each hall
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This Is Your Brain on 3D Ads
MindSign did a study for Cooliris that presented one group of subjects with a Cooliris ad and another with a video ad that was the same, shot by shot, but not interactive. Using the fMRI, MindSign produced video of the subjects’ brain activity as they experienced the ads. MindSign found that the passive act of watching video was the “most deactivating” experience across all subjects. The subjects who manipulated the 3D ads were lit up all over their brains, engaging motor and attention areas.
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Target senses – a history of 4D
1984 The Sensorium, screening at an indoor theme park in Baltimore, is reputedly the world's first 4D film.
1986 The Michael Jackson short film Captain EO screens with lasers, smoke effects and starfields.
1991 Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney theme parks features such 4D effects as robotic Muppets in the cinema and soap bubbles from the ceiling.
1999 The 3D short film Honey, I Shrunk the Audience has viewers on a moving platform.
2002 PandaDream, a Dutch theme park attraction based on the activities of the World Wide Fund for Nature, features moving seats, splashing water, blowing wind and a tree branch that falls into the audience.
2003 Shrek 4D brings extra dimensions to theme parks, including Movie World on the Gold Coast.
2006 The short Pirates 4D has such effects as bursts of air, vibrations and wires pushing against the viewer's feet. At the end, water cannons soak viewers in the front row.
2009 Avatar gets 4D screenings in South Korea and Hong Kong.
2011 Merlin Entertainments, which has a ''pre-flight 4D Experience'' at the London Eye, opens a similar cinema at Sydney Tower.
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D revives the scratch-and-sniff card.
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Animating Monty Python’s Latest Chapter in Stereo 3D
In 1980, Monty Python founder Graham Chapman wrote a memoir, A Liar's Autobiography Volume VI, with just enough biographical material to hold it together and more than enough cheek to keep Python fans happy. Like the blazingly original Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy show and the iconic films it spawned after its 1969 - 1974 run on the BBC, the book is more a series of satirical skits than one linear, confessional narrative. ...
Instead, after Chapman's partner discovered the tapes in their loft and turned them over to producers Ben Timlett, Jeff Simpson and Bill Jones (who happens to be Terry Jones' son), a better, almost Pythonesque idea emerged: why not blend Chapman's narration with voiceovers from the troupe's creators, playing themselves but also key members of Chapman's family, and have 16 different animation facilities visualize that feast in 3D?
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In-car entertainment goes 3D
Audi-funded researchers are linking 3D projection, GPS, and web search to offer an enlightening riding experience.
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Is there any place on the planet that DOESN’T have a film festival these days?
[Press Release]
Palo Alto International Film Festival (PAIFF) today announced “Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai” has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 PAIFF and Dolby® Excellence in 3D Award. See the full press release here