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Don’t Miss Meant to be Seen’s Birthday Bonanza Contest

Bloody — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:18:17 +0000

If you still haven’t entered in Meant to be Seen’s Birthday Bonanza Contest for the website’s 5th birthday, don’t miss your chance as to do so and maybe ween some cool 3D prizes. The contests was supposed to end today, but it has been extended by a week and the end date is Monday, May 21st, so do take a look at the website for more information if you still haven’t done so.

- Here you can find more information about the contest being organized by MTBS…

MTBS With Improved Universally Accessible Stereo 3D Photo Gallery

Bloody — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:53:29 +0000

One of the most annoying things when viewing stereo 3D photos online is that most of the time you have to actually save the photo locally on your computer and then open it with a 3D photo viewer. There are of course some exceptions such as when viewing anaglyph images, or using dedicated website for some specific 3D Viewing solution such as 3DVisionLive.com for 3D Vision, and there are some new alternatives also appearing. MTBS has updated their image gallery (few thousand photos, mostly 3D game screenshots) with the ability to view the 3D photos (not all photos in the gallery are in 3D) directly online with all the major solutions in the market including AMD’s HD3D, Nvidia 3D Vision, interlaced, DLP, dual-output (projectors), anaglyph, and more. You’d need to download an alpha version of sView and use the stereo 3D button below an image to view it without having to download it (3D only in full screen for now for AMD HD3D and 3D Vision). The only limitation in getting this to work for you is that you must be using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera browser – Internet Explorer isn’t supported yet.

Meant to be Seen’s Birthday Bonanza Contest With 3D Prizes

Bloody — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:49:34 +0000

Meant to be Seen has announced their Birthday Bonanza contest as a part of the website’s 5-th birthday. There are over 40 prizes being given away that are related more or less to stereo 3D, and there are a lot of opportunities to win them. Whether you’re a 2D gamer or a stereoscopic 3D gamer, this promises to be a lot of fun, and no special skills are required to participate, so do take a look at the website for more information if you still haven’t done so.

- Here you can find more information about the contest being organized by MTBS…

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…

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…

Interview with AMD About Stereoscopic 3D Gaming at CES 2012

Bloody — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:18:06 +0000

Neil Schneider from MTBS interviews Roger Quero, Senior Technical Marketing Manager of Displays for AMD. In this stereoscopic 3D video interview Roger Quero talks about the new Radeon HD7970 GPU with the updated higher bandwidth HDMI, multi-monitor Eyefinity 3D setups, Crossfire in stereo 3D mode. And apparently AMD has been demonstrating these new features during CES 2012, however the company still hasn’t released an official driver for the new Radeon HD 7970 GPUs and now the first cards based on the slightly slower Radeon HD 7950 are around the corner. So if you want to be able to take advantage of all the new stereoscopic 3D features so of which will be supported also on older generation Radeon HD-based video cards, you should wait a bit more for the drivers that will be able to provide you with these.

- You can visit MTBS’ website for more stereo 3D video coverage from CES 2012…

More About Silicon Micro Display’s Upcoming ST1080 3D HMD Device

Bloody — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:43:29 +0000

Back in November last year I’ve mentioned the upcoming SiliconMicroDisplay ST1080 3D HMD and now the product is getting closer to soon becoming available on the market. Silicon Micro Display (SMD) was present at CES this year and there they were showing prototypes of their Full HD 3D-capable head mounted display unit. Neil Schneider from MTBS has managed to do a short interview at the Silicon Micro Display’s booth at CES, so now there is a bit more information about the device. It seems that SMD is not only interested in the possible use of their device for stereoscopic 3D entertainment, but also has interest in the use of the HMD device for Augmented Reality (AR) applications since the unit will feature semi transparent displays. The ST1080 HMD device you wear weights just 180 grams, so it is going to be pretty light and comfortable to be worn for longer time, but there is also an external control unit that has the HDMI input as well as some control buttons. In the interview they mention the device is HDMI 1.3a-capable, which can turn out to be a bit problematic for compatibility, with a HDMI 1.4 and even higher resolution model in the works. There is also a micro USB port that would allow you to use external power sources such as compact batteries when you want to be able to use the device on the go for example. No head-tracking features are planned for the device, so this may come as a bit of a disappointment for some gamers, but the guys at SMD have apparently decided to focus more on the core technology and functionality of the HMD device instead to fill it in with extra features that may not be that useable or well designed and functional. And now for the pricing and availability, initially these Full HD 3D-capable HMDs will be sold for $799 USD, no exact date for the product release on the market, but it will hopefully be this year with initial availability in the US.

- To watch the full stereoscopic 3D video interview with Silicon Micro Displays…

Stereo 3D Video of the HDMI Press Conference at CES 2012

Bloody — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:58:07 +0000

Neil Schneider from MTBS has managed to capture the HDMI Press Conference at CES 2012 on a 3D video, so if you’ve missed it or were unable to visit CES this year, it is something that you will probably find interesting to watch. The video is over half an hour, so make sure you have some free time when deciding to watch it. In the press conference HDMI reveals details of their new HDMI Forum and introduces its leadership, it also includes some interested details for a proposed specification upgrade as well as a discussion of stereoscopic 3D gaming on both AMD and Nvidia platforms.

- Visit MTBS3D for more interesting video coverage from 2012 CES with more yet to come…

3D Interview with Steve Venuti, President of HDMI Licensing at CES

Bloody — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:13:25 +0000

Neil Schneider from MTBS is at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and today he managed to do a video interview with Steve Venuti, President of HDMI Licensing and the whole interview is in stereo 3D format. In it Steve Venuti shares details about the latest developments at HDMI and what they mean for stereoscopic 3D gamers. He also talks about the ramifications of HDMI and mobile technologies in the new year. We are waiting for more interesting 3D videos from Neil during CES as he is going to have some more interviews and more stereo 3D coverage during show in the next few days, so stay tuned for more.

- To watch the stereo 3D video interview with Steve Venuti taken at the 2012 CES…

GameGrade3D Beta Is Now Available, Set to Replace the Old M3GA

Bloody — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:36:27 +0000

GameGrade3D is a user driven database for the stereoscopic 3D compatibility of games with multiple different 3D solutions available on the market. Profiled options include DDD’s TriDef 3D software, the iZ3D Driver, Nvidia’s GeForce 3D Vision, and native 3D (e.g. AMD HD3D) solutions. GameGrade3D is set to replace the MTBS’ 3D Game Analyzer by adding more features and a new algorithm for rating games in stereoscopic 3D mode, by building on top of it. One of the things that could be very useful is the ability to upload and share your own custom profile for games, so other people would be able to just download and try them to get better experience even if they are not that advanced yet to create their own profiles. Have in mind that GameGrade3D is currently a public beta, so any comments and suggestions for improving it are more than welcome…

- You can check out the features of the new MTBS GameGrade 3D Beta here…

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