I love digital and I love film but I prefer digital for ease of use and processing and storage and a whole slew of things . . . here’s a comparison of digital and film. Don’t see enough of a difference to change my opinions . . . but the remark about folks saying the…

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While in essence, this piece about Filmmakers Lucas, Cameron tout new 3D films is true to the idea of the upcoming 3D film revolution . . . there are some inaccuracies . . . the original 3D film wave was NOT anaglyph (the red-blue glasses that have such intense problems with retinal rivalry, color loss,…

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Toshiba has a new flat screen 3D display system which they are pushing to enter the videogame arcade business and then on to 3D TV by 2010: Toshiba plans to bring colour 3D displays to video game arcades late next year — and there’ll be no need to don special goggles. The company will market…

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While the upcoming 3D revolution sounds exciting, 3D Round Three: This time, it’s digital, this doesn’t sound so promising: Theatergoers still have to wear those familiar cardboard glasses with red-and-blue cellophane, although backers of the new technology say it doesn’t cause the eyestrain common with past 3D efforts. I really hope they’re not actually going…

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Nice quote from James Cameron about shooting movies in 3D . . . Globetechnology: Filmmakers hawk new 3D technology . . . “I can’t shoot in a lesser format,” said Cameron, who is filming the science-fiction adventure “Battle Angel,” in 3-D. “I believe that 3-D is absolutely the future. … They’ll have to pry my…

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This is very very good news . . . “Star Wars” Goes 3D (March 18, 2005). 3D films coming out from George Lucas (maybe my daughter will finally like the original Star Wars films as all of the movies are slated for 3D release from Lucas). James Cameron (Battle Angel, in addition to his Titanic…

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More 3D goodness . . . IMAX converting 2D to 3D movies. 3D is back. The Hollywood Reporter says Imax Corporation is planning to launch a new technology that would allow movie-makers to convert any two-dimensional film into Imax’s three-dimensional environment. Last winter the company’s 3D version of “The Polar Express” was a hit, setting…

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George Lucas and John Cameron are demonstrating digital & 3D movies in a major development that looks really really beyond koolness. Using Texas Instruments DLP Products, March 15, 2005 . . . see this: Texas Instruments today announced it will unveil the future of digital cinema and 3D movies at ShoWest, the largest annual convention…

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Koolness in the offing . . . Sharp Announces Second Generation 3D Notebook . . . the price tag is still not within the range of the average computer buyer but it is also no longer out of range either. This looks even niftier than the last one. I do note that the target markets…

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Last Sunday, we went to Miramar shopping mall/complex in Taipei with a slew of friends and their kids to go to IMAX and see Polar Express in 3D! Wow and double wow! I have been waiting to see this film with eager anticipation ever since folks on my various 3D photography discussion lists began buzzing…

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Kaye, Lorraine, and I went to the opening of the new IMAX screen in Taipei . . . Friday night . . . it was great. Really great. The screen is huge, really huge. Unfortunately, the film was dubbed in Chinese. All the signs and posters are in English and there is nothing posted about…

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This is interesting . . . Harrison Ford slims down for 3D role . . . just a rumor but as Cameron et al invented the 3D camera system used on the Titanic documentary and for Spy Kids 3D, we’re hopeful. Movie star Harrison Ford is in talks to star in James Cameron’s new epic,…

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Sharp introduces 3-D desktop computer display . . . they’re taking the technology from their notebooks and putting them on a desktop LCD. While the news of the notebook was very exciting . . . see this post for information and links to some worthwhile stereographic display sites . . . I never actually saw…

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Ilkka Kalliomäki has created a wonderful demonstration of stereovision. Use the same technique to look at this as you would a Magic Eye illustration. Look at the two “R” letters at the bottom of the page and let your eyes relax and drift so that there are four symbols. Allow the middle two to merge…

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The LANC Sheperd is a device that controls two digital cameras through the LANC or ACC port so that you have synchronized shutter and zoom. This allows you to shoot beautiful full frame digital stereo “3D” photographs. It seems that only Sony digital cameras work with the device right now but there are some beautiful…

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PC World has an article on true stereoscopic 3D displays for computers . . . PCWorld.com – Will Your Next Display Be 3D? . . . nothing new there but the trend seems to be for more companies to explore their options. Hopefully, this means prcing will also come down to the affordable level for…

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