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10th November, 2008

‘Avatar’ to be released in Imax 3-D

“Avatar” is going big.
The live-action 3-D sci-fi adventure from James Cameron will be released simultaneously in Imax 3-D when the film premieres next year in conventional 3-D theaters, Imax Corp. and 20th Century Fox announced Thursday.
Set for a Dec. 18, 2009 release, “Avatar” is Cameron’s sci-fi epic, made in stereoscopic 3-D and combining live-action and [...]

12th November, 2008

Gesture-Based Gaming: Keyboard and Mouse Not Included

Mgestyk Technologies has developed it’s gesture-based interface, which consists of a 3-D camera and software that translates hand movements into commands to control computer applications and games. From looking at the demo video, the interface appears to be a bit laggy, but progress is progress and they address this on their website :
We’re grateful for [...]

19th November, 2008

The Minority Report Computer Is Real

If you saw Minority Report, you probably saw the multi-screen, gesture-based interface that Tom Cruise uses to pull up police files and though, “That’s cool. But I’ll never live to see that thing invented.” Then you might have seen Microsoft demo its Surface operating system, and thought that’s as close as the world would ever [...]

14th November, 2008

3D Technologies Explained

Gizmodo have written a great article about different types of 3D viewing technologies.
“Most 3D operates on a single basic principle—tricking our dumb, binocular brain into interpreting a 2D image into one with depth. The most basic way to do this is stereoscopy, which is essentially showing a slightly different image to each eye which the [...]