Rumors are circling that RIM, creators of the famous BlackBerry, are about to dive into 3D mobile devices with their acquisition of ‘TAT’.
The concepts from TAT are pretty impressive for 3D maps and contacts list. Rumor has it that RIM is getting into the 3D game, which was one reason for acquiring TAT. Apparently, TAT has been working on 3D user interfaces for quite some time. As you can see from the videos below, TAT has integrated the phone’s accelerometer for smooth transitions.
Many of the comments from our earlier iPod 3D post apply here, such as how will they handle fingerprint smudges on a 3D Display?
If they can sort that out, see the demo below for what they might be doing.
Technicolor has announced a new 3D certification program that evaluates individual shots again some objective criteria in a 15-point quality checklist, in hopes of raising the bar on stereo content. Training programs and post-production techniques are also part of the package, along with a fancy 3D analysis software application that can give a pixel-count of objects that are too close or too far, creating stereo problems.
“Our 3D certification platform allows our stereo technicians to quickly and precisely diagnose many of the issues that create viewer fatigue and discomfort,” said Pierre (Pete) Routhier, Technicolor’s VP for 3D product strategy and business development, in a statement. “Our goal in launching the Certifi3D program was to take a proactive approach in support of the industry to ensure a consistent and quality end-consumer 3D experience in the home.”
O’Reilly is still gearing up for the big Strata Conference in February, and every day through to Christmas they’ll be publishing a new “Strata Gem”. Today it’s a nice list of 5 data blogs.
Whether your interest in data is professional or casual, commercial or political, there’s a blog out there for you. Feel free to add your own suggestions to the comments at the bottom.
We didn’t make the list, but that doesn’t matter, you can still register with our special registration code (str11whir) and get 15% off!
Of course, that’s very little incentive when you can use their own ‘str11rad’ code and get 30% off.
Nick Hardeman has posted a video on Vimeo where he used a Microsoft Kinect to generate a 3-D vector field. This is just an initial test, but it sure is cool.
This is an initial experiment using the kinect to generate a 3D vector field. This would not be possible without the efforts of the OF team and other people openly hacking the kinect.
Electronista is reporting that a Spider-man remake is being shot with RED’s EPIC cameras in 3D. I think that is pretty cool, but when you read the article, you also find out that The Hobbit is being shot with RED’s EPIC camera as well. Somehow I missed that bit of information. The EPIC camera has a 5K sensor, a five-inch touchscreen, and four 128GB SSD cards. Less than 100 of the EPIC cameras were made, and The Hobbit is using 30 of them. Spiderman is using four of the cameras.
Cinematographer John Schwartzman talked about his experience on the RED User forum, and calls the EPIC camera a “true game changer.” The film is being shot in 3D, using the cameras mounted on two 3ality TS-5 rigs. High speed shots were taken as part of the 22 set-ups. Schwartzman continues with the praises, saying only bulkier IMAX cameras offer more resolution than the EPIC. The camera is said to weigh 5lbs with an ultra prime lens mounted.
The Scientific Visualization Studio at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center has recently released a video of the Arctic Sea Ice from 1979 to 2010. They are using microwave images from satellites to compute where the Arctic sea ice is located.
In 2007, Arctic summer sea ice reached its lowest extent on record – nearly 25% less than the previous low set in 2005. At the end of each summer, the sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent and what is left is what is called the perennial ice cover which consists mainly of thick multi-year ice flows. The area of the perennial ice has been steadily decreasing since the satellite record began in 1979, at a rate of about 10% per decade.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
We first brought you news of Zebra Imaging’s holographic prints back in February, but Engadget just dug up two impressive new video demonstrations of their products and a few interesting numbers on the company.
To date, over 8,000 ZScapes have already been developed for the US military, but surprisingly their prices range between $1,500 for a 12- x 18-inch version to $3,500 for the largest 2- x 3-foot size, making them relatively obtainable for those not on Defense Department tabs.
So, 8000 ZScapes at the minimum price ($1500) = $12Million. Not a bad chunk of change. See the videos below.
A lot has been said about the U.S. Federal Pay freeze, and GovLoop shows us some facts about this controversial decision. We move on to Mint’s Interactive treasure map of some of the most valuable Treasure Discoveries, and to Ria Novosti‘s look at the gun that won the West. From The Auto Insurance come a statistical look into Road Rage in America, and to close up today’s selection, Get Satisfaction‘s interesting Social Media vacuum.
As Wikileaks continues to move from server to server and DNS entries are shut down for various reasons, mirrors have cropped up around the world. Check out this neat interactive map that shows the growth from the 5th to the 7th.
Anyone know why there are so many European mirrors?
The GeForce GT 540M is a new mobile graphics card just announced by Nvidia. This graphics card is based on the GF108 GPU. This GT 540M comes with 96 CUDA cores, a 672 MHz core, and 1.344 GHz shaders. The card can handle up to 1.5GB GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus and clocked at 3.6 GHz. You can expect to see it released worldwide in January, 2011.
In comparison, the current leading mobile graphics card from Nvidia is the GTX 480M. The GTX 480M comes with 352 CUDA cores, a 850 MHz core, and 2.4 GHz shaders. The card can handle up to 2.0 GB GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus and clocked at 2.4 GHz. Therefore do not expect the new 540M to be anywhere as powerful as the GTX 480M, but then again, it will likely give decent performance with much longer life than the 480M. Also, the 540M will likely replace the 435M graphics card. There is some expectation for a GTX 580M will be forthcoming as well. You can expect it to replace the 480M.
Rumors are circling that RIM, creators of the famous BlackBerry, are about to dive into 3D mobile devices with their acquisition of ‘TAT’.
Technicolor has announced a new 3D certification program that evaluates individual shots again some objective criteria in a 15-point quality checklist, in hopes of raising the bar on stereo content. Training programs and post-production techniques are also part of the package, along with a fancy 3D analysis software application that can give a pixel-count of objects that are too close or too far, creating stereo problems.
O’Reilly is still gearing up for the big Strata Conference in February, and every day through to Christmas they’ll be publishing a new “Strata Gem”. Today it’s a nice list of 5 data blogs.
We first brought you news of Zebra Imaging’s holographic prints 
A lot has been said about the U.S. Federal Pay freeze, and 
As Wikileaks continues to move from server to server and DNS entries are shut down for various reasons, mirrors have cropped up around the world. Check out this neat interactive map that shows the growth from the 5th to the 7th.
VizWorld.com 
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