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Winners of Stereo 3D Competition

by Bob Raikes

As part of the 28th annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SD&A) conference in San Francisco, a number of awards were made for 3D content. Best-of-Show Live-Action Category:”From Great Depths 3D – Witnessing the Wrecks …

A 3D Success Story: The Wilson County Schools

by Len Scrogan

There are a lot of good things happening with educational 3D across the country, yet I find that most of the great stories about 3D in classrooms somehow seem to fly under the radar. …

Tags:3D Content Creation| 3D software| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

DS21 VefXi Has a New Chip for Auto 3D Content Creation

by Bob Raikes

Craig Peterson is CEO of VEFXi which is working in VR and we have reported several times on the company this year, since MWC. He started by saying that there are two kinds of …

A Means to Create 3D Images from Collections of Ordinary Photos

by Arthur Berman

At this time, typical starting actions in the production of a digital 3D model might be the selection of an acquisition device and thinking through the details of the scanning process. The most likely …

Tags:3D Content Creation| 3D software| Vol 23 - Issue 23

YUVSoft Converts 360° Footage to 3D

by Arthur Berman

There are a variety of objective and subjective difficulties related to the capture, stitching together and editing of 360o stereoscopic 3D videos. To address these challenges, YUVSoft (Moscow, Russia) is offering a 2D-to-stereoscopic 3D …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Towards Better Educational VR Content

by Len Scrogan

In a previous article (Is educational VR content ready for prime time?) I tackled the notion of educational content categories for both 3D and virtual reality. I wrote: “…3D educational content came in a …

Ang Lee Making 120 fps Film – Debuts Clip at SMPTE Event

by Chris Chinnock

Ang Lee looks to be the first major director to get the green light for a Hollywood production using 120Hz frame rates. However, major questions remain about exhibitor’s ability to actually screen the movie …

VR @ SXSWedu: The Good News about VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

The predictive education bazaar that we know as SXSWedu was held this year in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival is a part of the SouthbySouthwest family of conferences, fostering …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Is Educational VR Content Ready for Prime Time?

by Len Scrogan

I was delighted by reading TI Fellow Karl Guttag’s recent piece on Display Daily entitled VR and AR Head Mounted Displays – Sorry, but there is no Santa Claus. In this remarkable piece, Guttag …

MIT Works on 2D to 3D Conversion

by Tom Allen

MIT researchers, together with a team from the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), have developed a system that automatically converts 2D video of football games to 3D. The footage can then be played back …

Taking a 3D Shufti

by Len Scrogan

‘Shufti’ is an Arabic word meaning ‘look!’ It was brought back to Britain after the Second World War by returning soldiers who learned the word from Arab peddlers. Its meaning now suggests taking a …

Growing Educational 3D, the Organic Way

by Len Scrogan

I’ve noticed something interesting about educational institutions over the years. Usually, once they have researched, procured, and installed a showcase display environment, that’s the last you will hear about it. That’s explains why I …