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Samsung's glasses-free 3D gaming monitor isn't vaporware, apparently
Samsung just revealed a glasses-free 3D gaming monitor with eye tracking. There’s no price yet for the Odyssey 3D, but it’ll likely be high.
Lawrence Bonk08.21.2024
A $3 app shoots better spatial videos than the iPhone’s native camera
A $3 iOS app now records better-looking spatial videos than Apple’s native camera app. Spatialify, available on the App Store, lets iPhone 15 Pro owners record 3D videos for Apple’s Vision Pro in either 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps — with HDR.
Will Shanklin03.28.2024
Samsung updates its smart monitor that works without a PC for CES 2024
Samsung has revealed the new Smart Monitor M80D display at CES 2024. This monitor actually works without a PC, offering a 4K resolution and an integrated webcam.
Lawrence Bonk01.07.2024
HTC's Vive Ultimate Trackers have cameras to improve full-body tracking
HTC released the Vive Ultimate Tracker, which delivers multi-point body tracking.
Malak Saleh11.30.2023
NYU is developing 3D streaming video tech with the help of its dance department
NYU is launching a project to spur the development of immersive 3D video for dance education — and perhaps other areas. Boosted by a $1.2 million four-year grant from the National Science Foundation, it will try to make Point-Cloud Video (PCV) tech viable for streaming.
Will Shanklin10.30.2023
OpenAI releases Point-E, which is like DALL-E but for 3D modeling
OpenAI, the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence startup behind popular DALL-E text-to-image generator, announced on Tuesday the release of its newest picture-making machine POINT-E, which can produce 3D point clouds directly from text prompts.
Andrew Tarantola12.20.2022
eBay launches an interactive 3D sneaker viewer to compete with StockX
If you're interested in some sneakers listed on eBay and want a better look, the platform has launched a new feature called eBay 3D True View.
Steve Dent12.08.2021
Google's Pocket Gallery art museum experiences come to the web
Google is opening up its Pocket Gallery feature to everyone on web, letting you explore artworks on desktop or mobile devices without AR capabilities.
Steve Dent10.14.2021
Acer's glasses-free 3D SpatialLabs laptop arrives this winter
The machine will allow you to view 3D images on its glasses-free stereoscopic display.
Daniel Cooper10.13.2021
Acer's SpatialLabs offers glasses-free 3D for professionals
It's designed to enable 3D model makers to check their designs before sending them to be rendered.
Daniel Cooper05.27.2021
Formlabs launches its first SLS 3D printer for in-house prototyping
It's for professionals only, with a professional price-tag.
Daniel Cooper01.26.2021
Sony’s Spatial Reality Display lets you gawk at 3D objects without glasses
Sony's Spatial Reality Display is a new way for creators to preview 3D objects without VR headsets or special glasses.
Devindra Hardawar10.15.2020
Apple is using Subaru Imprezas with old garbage-can Mac Pros to map the US
Apple's 3D Vision team uses a fleet of white Subaru Imprezas equipped with high-res cameras and LiDAR scanners to gather 3D images for Apple Maps.
Christine Fisher09.08.2020
3Doodler's preschool-friendly 3D printing pen goes on sale for $30
3Doodler has launched a 3D printing pen for pre-schoolers.
Rachel England06.17.2020
Pixar animation pioneers win computing's most prestigious award
Every industry has its own version of the Nobel Prize. Film has the Oscars, the internet has the Webby Awards, music has the AMAs. Computing machinery, meanwhile, has The Turing Award, and that's just been given to the two individuals responsible for shaping 3D animation into the slick movies we know today. Patrick Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull -- both pioneers of Pixar's animation technology -- have been named as this year's recipients of the prestigious prize, which has been running since 1966.
Rachel England03.18.2020
The next iPhone could have a depth-sensing camera on the back
The latest thing to emerge from the wheels at the rumor mill is the suggestion that the next iPhone will get a rear-facing 3D camera. According to Fast Company's sources, Apple will cram TrueDepth, the same sensors used for in the forward-facing array for FaceID, into the iPhone's primary camera setup. The tech will apparently be bought from Lumentum, the same company that currently makes the FaceID sensors.
Daniel Cooper03.12.2020
Google's 3D scans recreate historical sites threatened by climate change
Google is no stranger to reproducing historical sites online, but it's now pushing technical boundaries to recreate those sites at risk of vanishing due to the ravages of climate change. It's launching a "Heritage on the Edge" collection in Arts & Culture that will include over 50 exhibitions illustrating the effect of an evolving climate on historical landmarks, including five locations recreated in detailed 3D (with 25 models total) using a mix of scans, photogrammetry and drone footage. You can see vivid depictions of the statues at Easter Island's Rapa Nui, the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, the trading port of Kilwa Kisiwani in Tanzania, Bangladesh's Mosque City of Bagerhat and Peru's ancient city of Chan Chan.
Jon Fingas01.29.2020
Snap teams up with Gucci on limited-edition 3D Spectacles
Snap is going all out to promote its latest Spectacles 3 AR glasses with a Gucci fashion collaboration and strange arty film by Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine. The limited edition "Spectacles x Gucci" design was also done by Korine. "Hand-painted in highly saturated tones, the color palette can be seen in Harmony's paintings and photography work," Snap wrote in a press release.
Steve Dent12.05.2019
You can see 'Gemini Man' in 120 fps or 4K, but not both
Ang Lee wants people to see his latest movie, Gemini Man, in 3D at 4K resolution and 120 frames per second. But it'll be a tough ask to watch the Will Smith thriller that way if you're in the US -- it seems no American theaters will project it in the director's intended format.
Kris Holt10.08.2019
Toyota is using VR to train robots as in-home helpers
Home robots could make all of our lives easier, and perhaps most importantly, they could allow seniors to live more independently. But training robots to operate in homes is difficult because each home is unique and filled with so many objects in different combinations and layouts. Toyota Research Institute (TRI) may have a solution: using virtual reality to change the way we train robots.
Christine Fisher10.04.2019