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NASA has just released some beautiful anaglyphic stereo images taken from the Hubble Telescope, showing some incredible images of the Carina Nebula.
This scientific visualization creates a three-dimensional virtual tour of several dark pillars of cool gas in the Carina Nebula. The stars and nebula layers from Hubble’s two-dimensional image have been separated using both scientific knowledge and artistic license to create the depth in the movie. Of note, the relative distances between stars and the nebula have been greatly compressed. The result is an intriguing journey through a virtual cosmic landscape.
via HubbleSite – NewsCenter – Cosmic Ice Sculptures: Dust Pillars in the Carina Nebula (09/16/2010) – Release Videos.
Science anaglyphic, hubble, nasa, stereoscopic
Sony recently announced at the Tokyo Game Show, and on its PlayStation Blog, that 3-D Blu-Ray support will be coming next week with its latest software update, which is version 3.5. This update is due to be released on September 21.
This new feature expands the PS3’s 3D capabilities – as you may recall, we added the ability to play stereoscopic 3D games with the 3.30 firmware update in April.
While support for Blu-ray 3D discs is the primary new feature within the 3.50 update, there will be a few additional features. We’ll post more details on the blog prior to the firmware’s release, so check back here on Monday.
via : Blu-ray 3D Disc Playback Support Coming to PlayStation 3 System Next Week @ PlayStation Blog
Hardware 3d, bluray
ChipHell recently posted a leaked slide from AMD. On this slide were details of two of AMD’s upcoming GPUs. These GPUs are being called Barts PRO and Barts XT GPUs. They are aimed at NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 460 series of GPUs, which is currently running at about $170 in price. Guru3D picks up the story with some more details:
The slide claims Barts is based on the Cypress dual engine architecture and features full Cypress AA and pixel render performance. The Barts XT will feature 12 SIMDs, 48 texture units, 960 shaders, 32 ROPs, and 256-bit memory bus. The chip has a 850MHz core, 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 4200MHz and a TDP of over 150W. The Barts PRO is a cut-down version with 10 SIMDs, 40 texture units, 800 shaders, 32 ROPs and 256-bit memory bus. Core frequency is expected to be 700 to 725MHz, with 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 4000MHz and a TDP of under 150W.
via : AMD Barts specifications leaked? @ Guru3D
Hardware amd
Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and now Web 3.0. I’m sure there are some people who still have their doubts about the differences between all of them. And Focus graphic intends to put an end to those doubts. Also part of the “how to” infographics is the explanation about YouTube, from Time Warner Cable, while Color Lovers shows us the most powerful colors in the World – or should we say, the Internet? Closing today’s selection, a look at environmental “celebrities, by Mother Nature Network, and an even shocking look at literacy around the World, from Online Degrees.
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Graphics, Science design, economy, environment, infographic, infoviz, Visual Loop, visualizations
The State of the USA FBI Report: Violent Crime Down for 2009
Halloween Sales and Trends
Graphics, Science digest, infographics, list
If you find yourself with a few minutes to spare and starved for entertainment, go check out over 200 professionally product animated shorts that were entered in the most recent Animatron Film Festival, and vote for your favorites to give them a chance at the awards!
“The films entered into the Animatron competition reflect a broad range of technical styles and interests,” said Animatron juror Tommy Pallotta. “Some films related very personal stories with humor and intelligence, others grappled with social issues like environmental destruction and race relations with truly impressive flair. It was a pleasure judging the contest and seeing how professional filmmakers are using the animation form in versatile and often surprising ways.”
Entries are divided into several categories by theme (humor, fantasy, life, etc) and available for viewing on Android, iPhone, and PCs. Read the full release after the break, and view the entries here!
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Graphics animation, animatron, babelgum, festival
Tech-X has just rev’ed their GPULib product to version 1.4 and added CUDA 3.1 support, as well as new IDLv8 and MATLAB features.
GPULib v1.4 supports CUDA streams, enabling concurrent execution of multiple kernels. The product also supports asynchronous data transfer. GPULib now leverages new features of IDL v8.0 enabling more seamless integration between the two products. The product also has an updated MATLAB interface. This release of GPULib also includes a variety of new algorithms, such as functions for sorting and large histogramming. GPULib v1.4 is compatible with CUDA Toolkit 3.1.
Also, they’ll be at GTC next week demonstrating GPULib in medical image processing and computational electromagnetic simulations.
Full press release after the break.
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Science cuda, gpgpu, gpulib, techx
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaur will be released on September 21st in 3-D. Right now you can buy it from Amazon.com for $21.99. You do not need a special 3-D HDTV or 3-D BluRay player to see the movie in 3-D. Instead, the package includes four pairs of the magenta and green cardboard glasses.
The question is, how many people will buy a product like this? It is nice that it does not require any new hardware, but it is not the best way to view 3-D. Of course, if you have a family of more than four people, I guess you are out-of-luck since it only comes with four glasses.
Graphics 3d
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