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SMPTE launches YouTube channel on 3-D issues

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:28:27 +0000

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has launched an official YouTube channel with a series of 60-second clips on the scientific and research findings presented at its recent International Conference on Stereoscopic 3-D for ...

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Slowing 3-D sales don’t deter television manufacturers

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:26:27 +0000

Leading 3-D manufacturers like Sony, Panasonic and Samsung do not seem worried that a lack of enthusiasm for 3-D by North American audiences could cause lasting damage to sales. All three have introduced expensive new, high-end 3-D viewing technology ...

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Meduza Camera set to shoot NASA’s final Shuttle launch

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:28:57 +0000

The Meduza, a camera that can capture 4K digital stereoscopic 3-D images, has been chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to shoot the final Space Shuttle Launch at Cape Canaveral, FL, in mid-July. Crews from NASA will ...

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All England Lawn Tennis Club serves up Wimbledon in 3-D

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:26:12 +0000

This year’s 2011 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament finals matches are being broadcast live in 3-D by the BBC with support from UK-based production company Can Communicate. Crews are using five 3-D camera rigs from Element Technica (ET) ...

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Hollywood is getting nervous as audiences grow weary of new 3-D films

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:23:34 +0000

From this May to September — the typical summer movie season — American motion picture studios will release 16 movies in the 3-D format. That’s more than double the number last year. From their financial performance so far, movie executives are ...

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Science lacking in evolution of 3-D production

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:20:42 +0000

Due to the laws of physics and geometry, scientists studying various demographics and how the human brain processes visual images suggest that Hollywood content creators need a better, academic understanding of the field of stereoscopic 3-D imagery ...

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SMPTE 3-D conference to feature the latest technical innovations

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:51:12 +0000

Focusing on the creation, distribution, and viewing of 3-D content, the second annual International Conference on Stereoscopic 3-D for Media Entertainment presented by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), to be held June 21-22 ...

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i3D app appears, along with rumors of a 3-D iPad

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:49:42 +0000

A newly available 3-D app for iOS devices — like Apple’s iPad and iPhone — uses Head-Coupled Perspective (HCP) technology to create an amazing 3-D image without special glasses. The trick is that the front camera of the device is used to track ...

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Red partners with 3ality Digital to educate the 3-D industry

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:47:22 +0000

3ality Digital, based in Burbank, CA, has entered into a partnership with Red Digital Cinema, makers of the Epic 4K digital cinematography camera, to collaborate on new technology and help educate the industry on the proper techniques of stereoscopic ...

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Eurosport delivers French Open in 3-D with Panasonic support

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:44:09 +0000

Eurosport’s live 3-D broadcast was distributed by many of the largest operators across Europe. Sports fans with 3-D-capable TV sets can visit the Eurosport website to know if the 3-D broadcast is available in their country and learn how to access the ...

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Boston.com and Sony scuffle over 3-D digital projection

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:41:01 +0000

It began with an article on Boston.com criticizing the digital projection at AMC Loews Boston Common on Tremont Street for its supposed gloomy, underlit images drained of color on eight of the multiplex’s 19 screens. Those just happen to be the same ...

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NHK sends full HD 3-D signals to each eye

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:33:27 +0000

Japan’s NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories has demonstrated a new dual-stream Hybridcast process for transmitting full-resolution (1080p) 3-D video data via terrestrial broadcast and a separate broadband Internet connection to home ...

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ABC/ESPN have NBA Finals covered in 3-D

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:22:29 +0000

Veteran production companies Game Creek Video and NEP Supershooters will share the duties in covering the NBA Finals series for ABC Sports and ESPN. Also, as in years past, they’ll both be using a full complement of HD production equipment onboard their ...

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Alfacam follows the 3-D bouncing ball at Roland Garros

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:19:57 +0000

European outside broadcast production company Alfacam is working with Panasonic, Eurosport and the French Tennis Federation to broadcast all of the French Open tennis matches from the Roland Garros Centre Court live in 3-D. The renowned tennis ...

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3-D distribution could become part of ATSC’s 2.0 TV transmission standard

Mon, 23 May 2011 23:14:43 +0000

There were many proposals and “what ifs” during an initial report on next-generation television technologies discussed at an ATSC conference last week in Washington, D.C. One of those proposals was the inclusion of 3-D television broadcasting in ...