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The Jace Hall Show: Season 5 Will be Available in Stereo 3D Format

Bloody — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:07:42 +0000

I’m pretty sure that quite a few people here are following the Jace Hall Show and there are some good news for the stereoscopic 3D gamers revealed in the latest trailer for the upcoming Season 5 of the show. It is apparently being shot with a 3D camera and will be available in stereoscopic 3D format, but maybe only for anaglyph red-cyan 3D glasses which is a bit of a drawback in my opinion. Maybe by the time the episodes of the Season 5 starts broadcasting we are also going to see a Side by Side 3D version of them also available besides the anaglyph ones. Anyway, it is a good thing that a gaming show such as the Jace Hall Show is embracing the 3D format as it may help more gamers and developers to also start paying more attention to the stereoscopic 3D gaming trend. At the end of the trailer embedded above you can see some sample anaglyph 3D footage along with the actual announcement that the new season will be available in 3D. They are apparently going to be using Panasonic’s AG-3DA1 3D cameras for the shooting the show in 3D…

- For more information about The Jace Hall Show if you need it…

3DeeCentral is Now Available for HTC EVO 3D and LG Optimus 3D

Bloody — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:37 +0000

SpatialView has made available their 3DeeCentral software for Android-based 3D-capable smartphones such as the HTC EVO 3D and LG Optimus 3D, the application itself is free and is already available on the Android Market. By installing it on your 3D-capable Android-based smartphone you can get access to the 3D content being offered on the 3DeeCentral platform, however not yet all of the 3D images and 3D videos from the PC version of the software are available in the mobile version of the application. At the moment of writing this post there was only one 3D image pack and 72 3D videos avaialble in the mobile 3DeeCentral for Android-based 3D-capable smartphones, but hopefully the rest of the content will soon be available as well. The good news is that there is quite a lot of free 3D content that you can download and try, I did test the 3D photos and some of the 3D videos available on the LG Optimus 3D smartphone and they looked very well on the device’s autostereoscopic 3D display. So if you do own an HTC EVO or LG Optimus 3D (LG Thrill 4G in US) smartphone, then this appl is something that you should try out on your device. And while SpatialView’s 3DeeCentral is shaping to be very nice a multi-platform solution for easy access to 3D images and 3D movies from different types of 3D-capable devices, the lack of a lot of 3D content available through it is still what is holding it back a lot.

- For more information about the 3DeeCentral for Android 3D smartphones…

CyberLink Has Released the PowerDVD 12 Video Player Software

Bloody — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:41 +0000

CyberLink has released the new version 12 of their PowerDVD video player software that also supports the playback of 3D videos and Blu-ray 3D movies. The new version 12 comes with some improvements and new features part of which are related to the stereoscopic 3D support that the software offers. PowerDVD 12 finally comes with support for converting normal 2D Blu-ray movies into stereoscopic 3D format in real time, so you may be able to enjoy some of your favorite 2D movies autoconverted in 3D format (if you are a fan of autoconversion to 3D). PowerDVD 12 also comes with support for 3D videos using the MK3D video format (file container). The new version also lets you choose your preferred 3D viewing method for viewing YouTube 3D videos, and you can also playback 2D videos from YouTube converted in stereo 3D format, using the TrueTheater 3D autoconversion feature of the software.

One more important change with the new PowerDVD 12 software is the stereo 3D support also becoming available to a Pro version of the player and not only available anymore in the Ultra version. The PowerDVD 12 Pro and Ultra pretty much offer the same set of stereoscopic 3D features, although the Ultra version still has some more extra features. Just a reminder that the Standard version of PowerDVD 12 does not have support for any of the 3D-related capabilities of the product and you will not be able to play stereo 3D content with it. PowerDVD 12 Ultra is available with a price of $99.95 USD and the PowerDVD 12 Pro is available for $79.9 USD, and upgrades from previous PowerDVD versions are available starting at $44.95 USD. Not that much reason to upgrade if you already have PowerDVD 10 or 11 Ultra and use it mainly for the playback of Bly-ray 3D or other 3D videos as the the focus this time seems to be placed mostly on extending the autoconversion from 2D to 3D. There is also a trial version available of the player that you can download and try the new features of PowerDVD 12.

- For more information about the new CyberLink PowerDVD 12 software player…
- To download the trial version of the new CyberLink PowerDVD 12 software…

DDD Has Released a New Version 5.1 of the TriDef 3D Software

Bloody — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:05:45 +0000

DDD has released a new version of their universal stereoscopic 3D software packages for viewing 3D photos, videos and for playing games in stereoscopic 3D mode. The new TriDef 5.1 package includes a better detection of more AMD HD3D-capable configuration including the new Radeon HD 7000 Series of GPUs such as the 7970 and 7950 video cards. The new version also brings the number of supported games by the software to over 600 games (572 DDD game profiles and 35+ user submitted profiles). There are also support being added for nw games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic, LA Noire, Sonic Generations, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Anno 2070 and various other games; improved support for games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Skrim and other games; as well as some game specific issues being resolved. Unfortunately nothing much yet about stereo 3D support for upcoming titles that already have generated a lot of user interest such as Alan Wake, DotA 2, Microsoft Flight, Prototype 2, Mass Effect 3 etc. Still much better as compared to iZ3D that have been keeping “radio silence” for more than half a year since the release of their latest beta driver…

- To download the latest version of TriDef 5.1 stereo 3D software package…

3Dfury is a Very Powerful and Flexible 2D/3D Video Converter Box

Bloody — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:18:33 +0000

An interesting new device is going to be soon available called 3Dfury from the same people that make the popular HDfury products… actually 3Dfury is the new fourth generation of HDfury. This device should be able to convert your 2D only display into a 3D-capable one, or add support for HDMI input to a display that support HDMI or even digital input for that matter, and you can also add HDMI 1.4 input capabilities to a 2D or 3D display that does not have the interface available. There is not much information about the conversion of 2D displays into 3D-capable ones, but this would mean your 60Hz capable product will be able to output with 30Hz per eye for example, so still good for 3D movies, although not that great for gaming in stereo 3D mode. 3Dfury should be able to work with either Digital (DVI-D/HDMI) or Analog (RGBHV/component) displays as well as with Dual Projectors setups for displaying 2D or 3D content. The device features a single HDMI 1.4 input (DVI compatible) and can output in either digital HDMI/DVI or analogue VGA output, or even both at the same time, but since it is HDMI-based no support for Dual-Link DVI. The 3Dfury has built in support for all the standard 720p and 1080i/p 3D input resolutions in frame packaging, Top/Bottom and Side by Side formats and the device can output in 720p60, 720p72, 720p96, 720p120, 720p144 Frame Sequential; 720p and/or 1080p for 60Hz displays; 1080p60, 1080p72 (currently in development). You can also use two 3Dfury devices to build a dual projector 3D setup with up to 720p 240Hz for use with passive 3D glasses, for all other 3D setups active 3D shutter glasses are required. There are also some extra features for when using the device with 2D content such as the double and triple framerate from 24Hz 1080p material resulting in 1080p48 or 1080p72 output as well as the 720p120 – double framerate from 720p60 source that is currently in development. There is also full support for HDCP, so there should be no trouble watching protected content such as Blu-ray or Blu-ray 3D movies with this device, and you can create custom EDID parameters for your display device.

The 3Dfury has a standard VESA Stereo Connector in the form of a 3-pin mini-DIN Sync Out port to allow the connection of an external emitter and use of active 3D glasses with the device when playing back stereo 3D content. If you are using DLP-based device you should be Ok without an emitter with the help of DLP Link active shutter glasses, but for all other (besides dual projector passive 3D setups) you would need to connect an IR or RF-based emitter and use a compatible glasses with it. There are 3D glasses and an RF emitter that are going to be sold by the makers of 3Dfury specially for use together with the device and while there is not much information about them it is possible that these glasses will be made by BitCauldron. As the specs for the glasses kind of remind what the ones being branded by Monster Cable and Optoma RF glasses and being produced by BitCauldron offer, so if my guess is right and if you already have some pairs of these they will be the perfect match for the 3Dfury. But even if I’m not right the active shutter glasses made by BitCauldron should also work just fine as their RF emitter has support for use with devices using VESA Stereo connector. An interesting thing about the glasses being offered for use with 3Dfury is the fact that the user has control over the Duty cycle and Delay and can also invert the left/right image, some features that may help a lot at times.

According to the information available the device has less than one frame of latency per second added to the signal which should be barely noticeable in the form of input lag and that is very important for gamers. Of course, although the time it takes for the device to process the signal isn’t much, if you already use a display with a lot of input lag, then you may still have a problem as there is no way to reduce the lag of the display by using 3Dfury. With that said the 3Dfury is more targeted at multimedia use and not that much at gamers as gamers would usually prefer to go for display solutions that can offer 1080p with 120Hz refresh rate or 1080p 60Hz 3D mode and since the 3Dfury is based around HDMI 1.4 it is somewhat more limited. The device has a USB port and the firmware can be upgraded, meaning it can get extra features added over time, so new resolutions and formats for example could be introduced as well in the future.

The price of the 3Dfury is $399 USD and it is currently available only for pre-order with the first pre-orders expected to start shipping on 15th February, so in about two weeks time, and after that it should be available for normal orders. The RF emitter offered by the company making 3Dfury will cost you $49 USD and a single pair of active shutter glasses for it another $99 USD. You can say the price is a bit high, but the device definitely offers some interesting and useful features that might be able to save you from buying much more expensive hardware. But let us see how things will turn out when 3Dfury gets released and if it will indeed offer all that is being promised and work as good as it should. The HDfury already has a very good track record, so the expectations from 3Dfury are also quite high already and it is to be expected…

- You can visit the official 3Dfury website for more information…

Stereoscopic 3D Video Interview With Sensics at CES 2012

Bloody — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:15 +0000

Another interesting video interview from CES 2012 done my MTBS is up, this time it is Kris Roberts who interviews Jason Kaplan, VP of Business Development for Sensics. They talk about about a new prototype HMD device being developed by the company, a standalone 3D-capable HMD device with augmented reality features. Sensics’ 3D HMD has a built-in Android OS-based hardware as powerful as what you get on a recent Android smartphone or tablet and capable of running all these apps intended for smartphones and tablets. The 3D HMD uses 1280×1024 resolution panels and multiple video cameras for motion tracking and for augmented reality applications, furthermore the device can be used as a standalone product for Android-based applications or can be connected to a PC for example over HDMI interface. Certainly an interesting product that we may be able to see by the end of this year actually appearing on the market, meanwhile you can watch two more interviews from MTBS3D made at CES 2012 following the links below.

- Interview with Panasonic about their latest 3D cameras an 3D HDTVs…
- Interview With Zalman about their upcoming stereo 3D-capable monitors…

AMD Catalyst 12.1 and 12.2 Preview Drivers Available Now

Bloody — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:51:52 +0000

The official version of the AMD Catalyst 12.1 driver is now available based on the <а href="http://3dvision-blog.com/amds-catalyst-12-1-preview-driver-with-improved-stereo-3d-support/">Catalyst 12.1 preview driver released a few weeks ago. Sadly the Catalyst 12.1 driver has no support for the new Radeon HD 7970 GPUs and neither does the new AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview Driver that was also made available together with the release of the official 12.1 version. For AMD AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series the company recommends users to use the 8.921.2 RC11 driver at least until an official release of the drivers becomes available.

But back to the AMD Catalyst 12.1 driver, as expected from the preview driver released earlier, the new driver adds support for the use of AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations – both for native stereo 3D games using HD3D as well as games relying on the middle-ware partners such as iZ3D and DDD TriDef 3D, as well as well as the new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections supporting 1080p at 30Hz, but only on compatible displays (anyone tested this already?). Other improvements and fixes in this driver release are oriented at more general things and not at stereoscopic 3D support. As for the Catalyst 12.2 Preview Driver, some improvements to Eyefinity support, but nothing apparently especially targeted at stereoscopic 3D users… maybe in the official 12.2 driver next month we are going to also see support for Radeon HD 7970 as well as other new features such as Eyefinity stereo 3D support with active displays as well as support for 1080p 60Hz 3D mode (anyone know of a 3D-capable display product already supporting this?). So stay tuned for more form AMD and meanwhile do not be in a hurry to pull the trigger for a Radeon HD 7970 if you plan on building a stereoscopic 3D gaming rig.

- To download the latest official AMD Catalyst 12.1 drivers for your graphics card…

Oskav, a new Brand for Designer Passive 3D Cinema Glasses

Bloody — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:51 +0000

Oskav is the name of a new UK-based brand specialized in making passive 3D movie glasses with style and at an affordable price. The Oskav 3D designer glasses offer the perfect combination of classic style, sunglasses-quality frames and high density circular polarized lenses at a price that everyone can easily afford (£19.99 UK pounds or about $31 USD). Currently there are three different models available with worldwide shipping (free shipping in UK) that are intended for use by adults, but a specially designed range for children is also expected to be released soon. The designer 3D movie glasses made by Oskav are intended to be used in movie theaters using RealD 3D projection technology, but they are also compatible with a lot of passive 3D-capable HDTVs and could also work with some passive 3D computer monitors as well…

I’ve already mentioned here that I like more the classic designs for 3D glasses and the Oskav 3D glasses’ style is just ideal for every one else with such preferences, but it is not all about the design. The passive 3D glasses made by Oskav have very good technical specifications as well that ensure optimum quality. The use of thicker polarizing filters with 10 composite layers constructing each of the lenses means that you get no image distortion and the lenses are more durable. The optical characteristics of the lenses have been optimized to better light transmittance and to minimize the negative effects such as crosstalk, so that you can get the best experience watching 3D movies. And you can also soon expect a review of the Oskav 3D glasses…

- For more information about the designer 3D cinema glasses made by Oskav…

ATEN Has Announced 2/4-Port 3D Vision Ready KVM Switches

Bloody — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:02 +0000

One more possible limitation for people with 120Hz 3D-capable monitors using Dual-Link DVI interface has been removed with the announcement of the first 3D Vision-ready KVM switches from ATEN. The new two- and four-port USB Dual-Link DVI KVMP (CS1782A/CS1784A) switches support the transmission of 3D video signals from various sources to a 3D-capable 120Hz LCD monitor and feature a USB 2.0 hub for flexible extension of peripherals. These KVM switches should allow you to easily have from two up to four different 3D-capable computers connected and used with a single 120Hz 3D-capable monitor with the help of a KVM switch, something that you could not do due to the higher bandwidth requirements associated with the use of 1080p resolution with 120Hz refresh rate with previous DVI KVM products. The new 3D-capable KVM switches from ATEN are also HDCP compatible, so you should have no trouble watching Blu-ray 3D movies as well through the KVM. The new ATEN CS1782A ad CS1784A KVM switches also come with support for bigger 2D monitors with a resolution of up to 2560×1600 @ 60Hz, so if you have a 30-inch 2D monitor with such a high resolution then these new KVM switches may be of interest to you as well.

- For more information about the 2-port 3D KVM switch, and for the 4-port 3D model…

Interesting Stereo 3D Video Interview with DDD taken at the CES 2012

Bloody — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:40:12 +0000

One more video interview in stereo 3D format taken by Neil Schneider from MTBS during this years CES, this time the “victims” are Chris Yewdall (CEO) and Larry Wang (VP of Business Development) for Dynamic Digital Depth or DDD in short. This time the video is a bit long as the guys from DDD have some interesting things to share, because unlike iZ3D that are being quite silent for a while, DDD is quite active in partnering not only with AMD for stereoscopic 3D gaming, but with a lot more companies licensing their stereoscopic 3D technologies. And just to let know all of you that might not know it, DDD’s TriDef 3D software solution is also compatible with Nvidia-based GPUs, so it not only works on ATI/AMD-based hardware, but of course you need to have a compatible stereo 3D-capable display solution as well.

Lately DDD is also very actively partnering with companies offering autostereoscopic 3D display solutions, as well as companies offering additional accessories for converting 2D displays into stereoscopic 3D-capable ones such as Sony with their VAIO S laptops. DDD’s 3D technologies have also been licensed by many HDTV manufacturers, especially the automatic 2D to 3D conversion from DDD. So take a look at the interview for some interesting insight into what the company offers at the moment and what more to expect from DDD in the near future…

- To watch the stereoscopic 3D video interview with DDD taken at CES 2012…

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