The Japanese government is pushing for fully functional virtual reality television by 2020, that’s full 3D imaging as well as tactile (touch) and olfactory (smell) features . . . Japan Today . . . gov’t to push for virtual reality TV by 2020: The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan) will set up an…

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Good news . . . Monster House Schedules REAL D’s Digital 3-D Release on More Than 100 Screens. Monster House is the Robert Zemeckis – Stephen Spielberg real 3D piece that pits four kids against a house that is determined to eat all the trick-or-treaters on Halloween. This is the second film to use the…

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Slashdot catches on Hollywood Going Digital and 3D. “Last weekend the Directors Guild of America hosted its annual Digital Day event, which gives filmmakers a look at revolutionary new movie-making gear. Judging from a Wired article reporting on the gathering, Hollywood’s future not only seems to be digital – there are also indications that stereoscopic…

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Looks like we’ll be carting anaglyph 3D glasses when we go see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy after it opens here this weekend . . . as . . . there’s evidently a 3D Scene: FYI: There is a scene in 3D in this movie, so bring some 3D glasses if you go. Details: at…

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Yowza! Chicken Little is coming in November and it’s going to be released in digital 3D . . . Chicken Little‘s 3D release and new images: THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS AND DOLBY DIGITAL CINEMA BRING DISNEY DIGITAL 3D TO SELECTED THEATERS NATIONWIDE. In a revolutionary collaboration with Dolby Laboratories, employing Dolby Digital Cinema combined with…

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Paul Bourke reveals his IPOD-Photo Stereoscope, what he considers the world’s smallest digital stereo projection system. He discusses both the history of the stereoscope as well as some points on his adaptation of a Holmes stype viwer and his projection system. Not sure I would buy two IPODs just for that purpose (particularly as they…

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This is not really what the buzz words mean . . . “Teleporting” Solid 3D Objects Over Internet by Next Generation . . . it is less telportation which means physically moving an object or person across great distances (beam me up, Scotty) but more like telerendering where a 3D physical copy is created for…

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Joseph L. Kleiman discusses the new 3D Cinema: Viewing the Future and notes that Ray Zone is impressed with the new 3D conversions being showcased as part of the prep for the upcoming wave of 3D . . . and Ray Zone is one of the most knowledgeable folks there is about 3D film .…

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A nice overview of 3D and the relationship of movie studios to stereoscopic film for the masses . . . Depth charge: Audience-hungry movie studios turn to 3-D. Some excellent points about how film studios have created a cycle of turning to 3D film whenever they find home media cutting into their box office in…

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ASU’s decision theater ushers in new age in public policy . . . incorporating a real 3D stereoscopic theatre that projects the simulated results of public policy decisions, the Decision Theatre is supposed to let policy makers experience the results of various decisions so they can then make the right choice . . . kind…

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More fuel for the 3D film fire . . . or, more for the bandwagon . . . Luc Besson is turning his children’s book into a live action 3D movie . . . good stuff on the way . . . Luc Besson is making Arthur a 3D and live action feature: Luc Besson…

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George Lucas still pushing the news of his 3D plans for Star Wars . . . Lucas Plans Star Wars in 3D: “I’ve seen a 3D process that’s quite amazing. It really makes Star Wars look good — it’s a three dimensionalisation of the film and it’s not like a 3D movie where things are…

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Great news . . . Sony’s gone and slipped in an anaglyphic game for the PS2, beating out the competitors for a stereoscopic console game with an innovative twist on old technologies and new . . . Sony’s new Sly Cooper sneaks in 3D – PS2: Turning heads and crossing eyes at this year’s E3,…

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SeeReal has announced their Simultaneous 2D and 3D: an Optical Quantum Leap for the Flat Display Industry: SeeReal Technologies (www.seereal.com) today announced the next generation of 3D enabling display technologies. SeeReal has developed a new display capable of delivering both 2D and 3D pictures to several viewers simultaneously. SeeReal’s cutting-edge technology transforms a desktop display…

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This is interesting . . . tiny camera probes deep ocean. Researchers are Perth’s Curtin University of Technology have developed the world’s smallest underwater 3D video camera for use in the depths of the ocean. These puppies are light. The mini-3D stereoscopic underwater video camera will help oil, gas and minerals explorers. Curtin’s marine science…

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The Force Net has a bit about Rick McCallum Talks Episode III 3D and the coverage may give some folks the wrong impression. Their summary is that Star Wars Episode III is pretty much dead in the water but folks need to read between the lines as that’s not really what’s going on or they…

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The future of photography is digital and very very soon the biggest film companies will no longer produce film based cameras or even film . . . digital is the future and the future is now . . . or at least within two years . . . Perez to Replace Carp As Kodak CEO:…

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Take a look at The Big Picture: Filmmakers Assess the State of the Giant Screen . . . it’s an piece from 1999 which looks into the future of IMAX and other large format venues and it is nice to see that some of the predictions about the nature of the audience are now being…

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A blurb on the largest home technology trade fair opens Sunday in the Middle East. In addition, Dr. Jordan Samhuri from Sensio Middle East will be demonstrating their new 3D home cinema system – a breakthrough in technology that makes stereoscopic 3D viewing at home possible. Dr Samhuri will be explaining the concept of 3D…

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Now . . . bring the price down and make them more readily available to the home consumer and we’ve got a nice puppy deal . . . 3D stereoscopic projectors: Lightspeed Design Group and InFocus announced the co-development of a new 3D projector for offices, labs, boardrooms, CAD offices, game rooms and anywhere else…

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More on the Nintendo Revolution having stereoscopic 3D capabilities . . . Rumor Control: The 3D Revolution . . . current rumors are that it will somehow have a projection adapter? This week saw some new rumors about Nintendo’s next-generation console surface. The most interesting of these came from Burgess, who has long-standing ties to…

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It looks like the digital system George Lucas, James Cameron, and buddies are touting is an active eyewear system rather than passive . . . this is certainly better than anaglyph but I hope they’ve eliminated the headaches and eyestrain common with active systems on the computer.

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Oh . . . please let this NOT be merely a rumor and let it be reality . . . Nintendo to go Stereoscopic 3D with Next Console . . . this would be so much more than koolness . . . to play console games the way the gods intended that they be played…

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The Christian Science Monitor has a nice piece on the Return of 3-D – and no goofy glasses . . . I could do without the goofy glasses reference but it’s what the folks outside of the stereoscopic world think of. The notes on anaglyph are a bit off but the bit on the push…

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