3d
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A Brief And Wonderful History Of Hollywood Special Effects
From the earliest cartoon dinosaurs to stop-motion to CGI to today’s eye-gouging 3D, Time guides us through a tour of the major milestones in over a century’s worth of special effects achievements. Even The Parent Trap gets some much-deserved love. And who knows? Maybe studying up here will help out with that Oscar pool. [Time]
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Microsoft’s Avatar Technology One Step Closer To Glasses Free 3D
Microsoft gave a sneak preview of its latest Natural User Interface (NUI) research recently at their Seattle offices, giving lucky observers a good look at just how far 3D Avatar capture and model rendering has progressed in the last few years.
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This Is How They Did That Cool 3D Eye-Blinking Video
Remember that silly – but rather cool – video in which a guy showed a completely preposterous way to watch 3D movies, using electronic-induced blinking rather than shutter glasses? Of course, the guy wasn’t blinking at 60Hz. Here’s how they did it: using 3D projection in post-production.
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Comcast Is About To Give You Round-The-Clock 3D Programming
Starting this Sunday (February 20) at 6pm EST, Comcast is launching an all-3D TV channel that runs content 24 hours a day. Unconcerned with lacklustre 3DTV sales, Comcast wants to make sure America gets all the 3D hockey matches and Kings of Leon concerts you can stomach (for the record, I have a weak stomach).