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Telefónica and Philips 1080p 52-inch 3D TV: No Glasses

Now this is very exciting in my eyes because I love technology, before I get into the news can you say for a fact you like wearing those awkward glasses on your head to watch TV in 3D? Yes that was my answer also “NO”.

Well the good news is that Telefónica will start testing a brand new television; they will test the 3D IPTV service in São Paulo, Brazil sometime later on this year.

The new TV will be viewing the 3D on a 52-inch Philips 3D HDTV in 1080p, the TV will include auto-stereoscopic which basically means that you can watch in 3D without the need for the clumsy 3D glasses.

There are what could be major downsides, one is that only Philips TV can currently display the awesome 3D and the cost is (Are you sitting down) a whopping 18,000 Euros which is around about $26,000 US.

Philips expects that the 3D TV will be good for corporate settings and that is will be around in say 3 to 4 years.

Source – IPTV News via Engadget

Review of the Zalman ZM-M2020W Trimon 3D Monitor

When people mention 3D they think back to a few years ago when we had to wear a pair of stupid glasses while watching a movie in the cinema. However, that will not do in this day and age as we want to be able to view 3D images in our home without looking like an idiot, and let’s face it the old 3D movies looked very poor when you think about it.

Well Zalman have been trying to bring an improved 3D experience to the home, and I think with the release of their ZM-M2020W Trimon 3D Monitor, they might have just give us a 3D product that we can now enjoy. This 22-inch monitor according to Zalman will help to reproduce a 3D environment; I know what you are thinking “we have heard it all before.”

The first thing that we have to point out is just how nice the design of this monitor is, and that is a great achievement from Zalman as they do not normally produce monitors. The bezel is slim with rounded corners and has a matte black finish.

The 2D performance of the Zalman ZM-M2020W Trimon 3D Monitor is truly superb, but it is the 3D feature that we are more interested in and it certainly performs well however, you have to note that this feature will work best when using nVidia hardware.

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Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3D Concert to be released on Blu-ray

Walt Disney Studios has announced that the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3D Concert is to released on Blu-ray on the 19th August which is the same day as the DVD release.

Both the DVD and Blu-ray release will come complete with the 3D glasses that are necessary to view it, also they will feature The Ultimate Personal Tour that will allow you to hang out with Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers during their tour.

Which copy will you be buying Blu-ray or DVD?

Daihatsu teaming up with Provision to build 3D holographic dashboard for concept car

First of all, do we really need a holographic dashboard? Daihatsu are teaming up with Provision Interactive Technologies to build a new 3D holographic dashboard for the latest concept car which is great news seeing as we all love concepts.

The new 3D holographic dashboard is called the HLXX and is pretty simple idea when you look into it, there is a traditional flat display screen 2D dashboard that is used for all the normal and usual driving information with a new 3D holographic screen in front that overlays warnings or alerts.

This new design means it will be much clearer for the driver to see, Daihatsu have said they are planning on getting the HLXX 3D holographic dashboard into production as early as 2012.

Do you think we need 3D holographic dashboards in our cars?

Source - Autoblog

Thinkware to launch its real 3D navigation iNAVI K2

Thinkware have announced the launch of its premium navigation device the iNAVI K2 in the Korea market.

This navigation device has 256MB of RAM and an 8GB SDHC memory card.

This Navigation system has been designed with the image of an analogue camera.

It supports multimedia functions such as a video player, mp3 playback, photo viewer and more.

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All DreamWorks movies will be in 3D: backing the digital revolution

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive from DreamWorks has said that he is backing the 3D digital revolution. Katzenberg has invested $30 million a year in the hope that he can help bump up the movie audience by offering 3-D films.

DreamWorks Animation is using this kind of technology in the movie Monsters vs. Aliens, which is due for release on March 27, 2009. Jeffrey said that the 3-D technology being used now is far more advanced than had been used in the past.

Jeffrey Katzenberg has also said that all future films that he makes s will be in the 3-D format.

Source - NZ Herald

Apple iPhone to get 3D Virtual Reality head-mount from Box Fab

Oh yes now if this happens on the Apple iPhone I will be in heaven, iFund are putting up a cool $100,000,000 for the future development of the Apple iPhone, yes new ideas are always on the agenda when it comes to this device and it seems Box Fab have stepped up to the mark and stamped a few ideas of their own.

One of the ideas they came up with is the 3D Virtual Reality head-mount for the Apple iPhone, ok so now you are asking “What the hell is it?

Ok let me explain a little, Box Fab want to bring forward the virtual 3 dimensional world onto the iPhone for all you users worldwide and envisions have the brilliant device as an image plate which will then clip onto the head-mount in which the user can go and play their day in virtual reality. What is really cool is they expect it to only cost around $200 (Roll on Baby).

Box Fab has said that the virtual reality head-mount where the iPhone can clip instantly becomes a networked, head-tracked, virtual world’s viewer.”

The new head mount will use the iPhones accelerometers to translate head movements into VR movement while simultaneously being networked with other in the VR world.

Other ideas that Box Fab have come up with are that of an iPhone video conferencing camera which is just awesome, they also mentioned an iPhone LED Flashlight.

For the full story get yourself over to Phones Review.

Navman S30 & S50 GPS Get Upgraded

Upgrades have been announced by Navman to their lower end products the S30 and the S50 satnavs. These are the first integrated products from Navman and Mio who have recently merged. The S30 3D and S50 3D will include 3D landmarks of over a thousand buildings in cities across Europe.

The devices also have ‘Local Search’ which is a service that can tune into a local search directory, which will enable you to locate specific shops and amenities. They also have SiRF’s InstantFix II technology which is meant to reduce the amount of time it takes to locate satellites.

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Samsung’s 3D-Ready Plasma TV

Samsung have launched its 3D Ready PDP TV ‘PAVV Cannes 450’ in the Korea market, which features 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 3D content support.

Users will be able to enjoy 3D games or movies with the Cannes 450, when they first connect the TV to high performance PC supporting 3D software and then wear 3D glasses. Read more

$22,000 Matrix like camera array is self reconfigurable, creates 3D objects

Cameras are a big part of human life and there are many of them but nothing like this, the clever ones over at Carnegie Mellon setup this amazing matrix like rig for an amazing and what we call a Read more

Super Paper Mario on Nintendo Wii

Today I bought my kids Super Paper Mario, my son who’s 5 seemed to take little interest in it, but my daughter who’s 9 loved it and I had to prize her off it to go and seek daylight!

“It’s really good; when the Read more

Hannah Montana Vs U2 In 3D Battle of the bands

It has been reported that on Tuesday morning, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, who is the company releasing the rock concert movie U2 3D, has said that it is moving up the picture’s expansion to hundreds of theaters by one day to Valentine’s Day “in keeping with the universe-as-one theme that U2 so wonderfully focuses on.” Read more

Toy Story 1 and 2 To Be Re-Released In 3D

Walt Disney Studios have revealed that they plan to convert the much-loved Toy Story and Toy Story 2 for 3D presentation. Upcoming Toy Story 3 will also be using the technology.

Toy Story 3D is rumoured to Read more