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3D-ISH APP FOR ANDROID PHONES

3D-ish camera is a pseudo-3D application for Android phones. 3D-ishcamera records a short video sequence and extract enough information to recreate multiple views of a scene. Another application called 3D-ish viewer displays the image and changes the viewpoint when you move the phone, giving a depth feeling through motion parallax.

3D-ish camera costs 1 US$ and 3D-ish viewer is free.

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FREE INTERNATIONAL 3D STORYTELLING CONFERENCE

Top international professionals from the Film, Television and Gaming industry will gather together at 3D Storytelling 2012to learn more about the innovative ways 3D is enhancing audience experience.

This international conference will include two days of seminars, panels and hands-on workshops run by industry leaders, including Chris Parks and Adam Sculthorp, with other leading companies such as Inition, SGO and Vision 3.

Last years 3D Storytelling conference held at Ravensbourne was probably the single most useful networking event held in the past 12 months. The diverse range of attendees, from major production companies, producers, directors, DoP and Broadcasters to small independents and other interested parties proved that the UK is leading the way with Stereoscopic 3D production. Dimension Media is thrilled that Ravensbourne will be repeating the event in 2012.
Adam Sculthorp, Creative Director / Stereographer, DIMENSIONmedia

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CES: 3D Systems Lets Kids and Adults Unleash Their Creativity and Express Themselves

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3D Systems Corporation announced today that it plans to unveil its groundbreaking Cubify.com 3D@home experience at the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, in Las Vegas, ...

Cubify.com is the ultimate 3D destination for users and developers to meet and unleash their creativity. Now everyone can have access to the most powerful 3D canvas to express themselves in 3D by sharing printable content and having intuitive apps to modify and print their creations. As part of its Cubify.com experience, 3D Systems will showcase a new Kinect-to-print app powered by Geomagic and a variety of tablet-to-print content creation and manipulation apps created by its over 6000 strong developer community. The company will showcase its new 3D consumer printer and make available 3D collection libraries as downloads.

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Space Junk Flies at You in New 3D Film on Debris Threat

Russia's huge Phobos-Grunt Mars probe is the latest dead satellite to become space junk — the kind of trash clogging the orbital corridors around Earth that is the subject of a new 3D film soon to hit the big screen.

"Space Junk 3D" is set to open Jan. 13, an IMAX 3D movie crafted to spotlight the threat from human-made orbital rubbish. The film hopes to raise awareness of the increasingly worrisome debris dilemma — an educational step to help ensure the future of space exploration and satellite communications.

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Blending scientific information with state-of-the-art, 3D visualizations, "Space Junk 3D" takes the viewer from the depths of Meteor Crater in Arizona to the growing spread of Earth-orbiting debris — a troubling legacy of more than five decades of multiple nations lofting space hardware.

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ESPN Brings ‘Optimum Visual Experience’ to Winter X Games

If you watch ESPN's Winter X Games Aspen 2012 in HD, Jan. 26-29, you will only be getting half the picture. This is because ESPN is showing the entire event in 3D.

ESPN's extensive experience in 3D has changed how the network produces such events. "In the early days, the idea was to deliver an 'all-3D experience' to the viewer," Orlins said. "But now we've refined our approach to producing what we call the 'Optimum Visual Experience.'" In this new model, the goal is to make viewers feel as if they are actually at the event, without having athletes jump into their faces.  ...

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