Hockey Night In Canada
"I'll tell ya one thing — I'm the star, not 3D."
That's Don Cherry's take on this Saturday night's special 3D broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada.
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Asia Faces 3D Conversion Revolution
To bring the point home to CineAsia attendees, Artisan Gateway’s Pow noted that Los Angeles’ population of 17.7 million is served by 2,237 screens, or one for every 7,946 people. Of those, 476 screens are 3D-ready, one for every 37,345 residents. Beijing, by contrast, has 17.5 million people served by 278 screens – one for every 63,129 capital dwellers. Citizens there have access to only 21 3D-ready screens, one for every 83,333 people.
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James Cameron and Cirque du Soleil team up for movie
It seems a natural fit: the movie director behind blockbuster "Avatar" that changed cinema forever, teaming with Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian performance troupe that gave the circus a whole new meaning, to make a movie.
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LG unveiling premium 3D eyewear at CES 2011
LG wants to prove that 3D eyewear can be comfortable as well as attractive. Towards that end, it is partnering Alain Mikli International from Paris to introduce a new line of premium goggles.
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Fujifilm 3-D Camera Ads moving to Movie Theaters
Main points: Digital camera maker Fujifilm is starting a major push for its new 3-D camera by advertising, for the first time, in cinemas across the country. Canon, Eastman Kodak and a few others outsell Fujifilm, but Fujifilm’s digital camera sales have grown “significantly from last year." The 3D ad will run immediately before the feature, through Dec. 30, on showings of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” “Tron,” “Megamind,” “Tangled,” and “Yogi Bear.” “They are aimed at families who have kids playing soccer or other games, and someone who has about $250 to spend.”
Read the full story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/business/media/08adco.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&src=busln
Holography update story
Virtualization with a twist: direct conversion of 3D models into full color 3D holographic images. We can design worlds on a computer and see them in 3D. Can 3D TV and cheap holographic storage be far behind?
Full story here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/glasses-free-3d-direct-from-computer-to-you/1209
3D Channel Market Research / Projection from NSR
Best guess estimate from the researchers call for around 200 full-time 3D channels to be carried globally within the next 10 years, with most of that coming from the DTH segment. By 2019, NSR sees nearly 200 3D channels offered globally via satellite.
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3DTV roundup: LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Samsung & Sony square off
After a year of hearing about 3DTVs nonstop we finally got some of the main contenders in house to examine, although we’ll start by pointing out that this isn’t so much of a “3DTV” roundup, since a more apt description of these displays is 3D-capable HDTVs. That’s an important distinction to make, since nothing about the 2D performance of these TVs suffers because of their ability to do 3D, and in many cases they cost the exact same price as their comparable 2D-only models from last year. With that said Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi and LG’s finest have had their moment and on the next page we’ve done our best to compare them in a way that makes sense for the average HDTV buyer who might also want to take in a 3D event or movie from time to time. Right now, there’s barely enough 3D content to support more than a couple of hours viewing per week, much less support a full viewing conversion to all-glasses, all the time — but more about that later.
Full, lengthy story here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/http:/www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/3dtv-roundup-lg-mitsubishi-panasonic-samsung-and-sony-square/
Apple’s 3D Patent May Be the Push 3D Needs for Mainstream Status, Says In-Stat
(Phil Lelyveld comment: the patent describes enabling a large group to watch 3D without glasses by recognizing where each person is and sending them an individualized 3D experience. Theoretically it sounds great, but actually creating a technology that directs a 3D image to a large number of individuals with require extremely fast processing power and a really bright image so the image lingers on the viewer's eyes while the other people get their 3D images. If you are sending 3D images to 10 people, it probably means that each person is seeing a blank screen while each of the other nine get their image!)
Apple is entering into the 3D fray. On December 2, Apple was granted a patent on a 3D projection system that will allow multiple users to experience 3D content at different viewing angles without the need for special glasses.
...The patent suggests that, by detecting the general location of each user in the viewing area and adjusting accordingly, multiple images can be projected to different points on a special reflective screen, allowing multiple users to simultaneously view the 3D image from different points in the room without the need for glasses.
Full story here: http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2010/12/07/131436.html
New 3D Backward-compatible Broadcast DTV System Launched
3D Tile Format
A broadcast and technology consortium in Italy is demonstrating an over-the-air digital 3DTV system that is backward-compatible with 2D TV sets, according to one of its members. The group held a news conference last week in Turin announcing the implementation of the system in the northern Italian region of Piemonte.
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