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TOKYO — A Japanese research team said Thursday it had developed the world’s first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.

“It is the first time that you can feel images in the air,” said Norio Nakamura, senior scientist with the research team at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

“You can have the sense of touch like poking a rubber ball or stretching a sticky rice cake” when manipulating images, he told AFP by telephone.

The technology changes the shape of three-dimensional images in response to “touches”, aided by cameras that monitor how the fingers move, Nakamura said.

It is not known when the technology will be put to practical use but its creators see it being used to simulate surgical operations and in video game software allowing players to experience the sensation of holding weapons or sports equipment.

It could even use scanned images to supplement existing realities, said Nakamura.

“This technology could create a virtual museum where visitors, including vision-impaired people, can put their hands on valuable sculptures that are usually untouchable,” Nakamura said.

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (MDEA) today announced the launch of its nationwide 3D Experience Tour, which will introduce its unparalleled lineup of theater-like immersive 3D^* DLP^® Home Cinema Televisions to U.S. consumers. The tour packs Mitsubishi’s latest and greatest 3D TV technology into Mitsubishi’s Mobile Marketing Showroom, a 995 sq. ft. 18-wheeled home theater experience that gives viewers across the country the chance to experience the industry’s largest and broadest lineup of 60-inch plus large-screen 3D-capable TVs available today.

“…the best looking consumer-level set we’ve ever laid eyes on.”

The tour will showcase Mitsubishi’s full lineup of very large 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs, including an 82-inch behemoth which offers more than three times the viewing area of a 46-inch screen. All 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs use the same core DLP technology as the vast majority of 3D movie theaters to deliver a cinema-quality 3D sensory experience at home.

Sharing the stage will be Mitsubishi’s flagship 3D LaserVue^® TV, one of the world’s most energy efficient large screen TVs, bettering EnergyStar^® by 50 percent. LaserVue is the only TV that uses advanced laser technology to deliver true cinema-like color, approximately doubling the spectrum of color available in any other TV.

Engadget, the acclaimed technology blog, recently called LaserVue, “…the best looking consumer-level set we’ve ever laid eyes on.”*

For consumers who want fully immersive, cinema-quality 5.1 Dolby^® Digital surround sound without the hassle of extra wires and speakers, Mitsubishi’s 3D Experience Tour will include the Unisen^™ Immersive Sound LED TV series. The Unisen series integrates up to 18 intelligent speakers that use an advanced algorithm to delay and project perfectly balanced, independent sound waves that bring concert-quality audio to the viewing experience, without the clutter of separate audio components.

Mitsubishi will tweet from all locations throughout the tour, including the cities below. Follow the Mitsubishi Mobile Marketing Showroom on Twitter to find out when it will visit your area at www.twitter.com/Mitsubishi3D.

August 26-28- Detroit, MI

September 12-13- Norwalk, CT

September 17-26- Northern New Jersey

October 15-17- Boston, MA

October 22-24- San Antonio, TX

October 29-31- Dallas, TX

November 5-7- Albuquerque, NM

November 12-14- Tulsa, OK

November 19-21- Dallas, TX

The 3D Experience Tour will highlight Mitsubishi’s fourth generation of 3D-capable TVs and introduce local consumers to demonstrations of fully immersive entertainment that rivals going to the movie theater, sitting on the sideline of a game or being a character inside a video game. Mitsubishi has spearheaded the 3D movement into the home, selling 3D-capable TVs since 2007, being first to demonstrate 3D TV at retail and also showcasing 3D directly to consumers for over two years.

“3D is moving quickly into broadcast, theatrical and gaming content as consumers seek to immerse themselves in the games, movies, and sports programming they love,” says Max Wasinger, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. “The Mitsubishi 3D Experience Tour brings this experience to towns and cities across America so that consumers can experience for themselves the eye popping, jaw dropping difference our cinema-quality DLP technology makes in 3D entertainment. This year represents the third consecutive year that we have used our mammoth big-rig Mobile Marketing Showroom to tour the U.S. and demonstrate 3D TV as it would be experienced in the home. We’re excited to again hit the road and introduce our unparalleled 2010 lineup of large screen, immersive 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs to America.”

About Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of premium quality 1080p 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs and Unisen^™Immersive Sound LED TVs, along with the world’s first laser TV: LaserVue^®. Recognized as the world leader and innovator of large display high-definition televisions, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America builds products that lead the industry in quality, performance and ease-of-use. For additional information about MDEA, visitwww.mitsubishi-tv.com.

*See http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/23/mitsubishis-laservue-hdtv-makes-triumphant-75-inch-return-beco/

LaserVue is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. Unisen is a trademark of Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc.

DLP is a trademark of Texas Instruments. Dolby and Dolby Digital are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

* For support of all 3D formats, Mitsubishi 3D-Ready TVs will require the use of a 3D source device that outputs the 3D checkerboard format or a 3D source device coupled with the Mitsubishi 3D Adapter. In all cases an emitter and matching 3D active shutter glasses or DLP Link active shutter glasses are required in order to view 3D content.

* The Mitsubishi 3D Adapter may be used to display 3D content only when connected to a Mitsubishi 3D-ready TV, Mitsubishi 3D TV or Mitsubishi 3D-ready LaserVue TV. A 3D source device coupled with the Mitsubishi 3D Adapter is required to support display of 3D games, 3D broadcasts from terrestrial/cable/satellite and 3D Blu-ray disc content.

A sequel to Alexandra Aja’s Piranha 3D has been confirmed. The film hit the box office this week, taking in just over $10 million in ticket sales. Now Dimension has given the go ahead for Piranha 3D: The Sequel.

The film’s producer Mark canton said, ” We are thrilled that audiences are not just loving Piranha 3D, but cheering for it. And its fantastic so many critics are really getting the movie and recommending it. We can’t wait to get to work on the sequel.”

The sequel will hit cinemas in 2012.

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Aladdin, the 3D Adventure of a Lifetime, a production staged by one of the world’s largest pantomime companies Qdos Entertainment, has left the UK for the first time and will open in Beijing today through Sunday, featuring state-of-the-art special effects and of course, plenty of singing and dancing.
Premiering in Bradford, UK, in 2006, the production has been performed over 300 times in eight UK cities, with nearly half a million people enjoying the show.
“It is not cultural, not intellectual, it is for entertainment and people must come with the mind of ready to laugh, to enjoy, there is lots of magic, we have real magic illusions and also 3D magic with 3D glasses, it is very light-hearted, it is not a serious story,” Conway added.
“Aladdin’s story may be 500 years old and it has different variations but this particular version tries to combine everything,” Conway explained. “We mix time, so this story is not only set 500 years ago, but also has references to modern things like PSP and the Internet.”
The show promises spectacular sets, stunning costumes and a host of special 3D effects and 3D magic.

source: People.com

Will Smith is back as Jay for the newest installment of Men in Black. This time they guys take on a new dimension-3D. There is no official word on Tommy Lee Jones as Agent Kay, but the deal in in negotiations at press time. But don’t get too excited Columbia Pictures has set a release date of  May 25, 2012. Director Barry Sonnenfeld is on board and Josh Brolin will join the cast. On the MTV Splash page, Brolin was quoted, ”It looks really, really good, I can’t tell you the story, obviously, but they pitched me the general story, and I was like, ‘Eh, I don’t know if that’s really my thing, man.’” “I was extremely grateful that they were even interested in me,” he said. “But then they got more specific with the story, and I go, ‘Yes, that’s f—ing great!’ This is a character where I feel like I can do some actual acting work within this franchise that everybody knows.” The full story hasn’t been revealed but what is known is that the film will have Agent Jay traveling back in time to 1969 where James Brolin will play a young version of Agent Kay. The MIB3 producers will be Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald and Steven Spielberg will be executive producer. Rick Baker will be on hand to design and build the creatures and Ethan Cohen wrote the script. Based on the Lowell Cunningham comic book, the 1997 original grossed $589 million worldwide, and the sequel in 2002 brought in $442 million in worldwide ticket sales. The two films are some of the biggest earners on Columbia’s all-time gross chart, and the prospect of making an installment that captures the otherworldly creatures in 3D should ensure another blockbuster.

While serving his country in Iraq I am sure that the last thing that Erick Jhonson was expecting when he came home was to find his loving wife Jennifer pregnant. But his story turns strange when she reveals that the “other man” was really a black pornstar that she watched in 3D! It looks like he bought the story hook, line and sinker when he said, “I see it as suspicious. the films in 3D are very real. With today’s technology, anything is possible.” What makes this story even more fascinating is that the Jhonson’s are both white, but the baby is black. Jennifer says it was one of the first times watching porn and only went for the 3D effect. And, WOW, did this movie deliver! “Even though my husband believed in me, my marriage could be at risk. But he knows I’m faithful,” Jennifer went on to state. It seems a month after watching the movie Jennifer says she started feeling dizzy and the results were positive. This has been a hard week for 3D. First we get a widely reported erroneous story about making 3D glasses from two different technologies compatible by turning the glasses upside down, now we have a woman claiming pregnancy by 3D porn. I can’t wait to see the stories that come out next week!

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2D vs 3D what is in store and where are we going? What usually starts out as a friendly discussion can easily turn into a venom spewing argument about what’s better, what sells more, and if the 2d era is still relevant. It seems Mr. Miyamoto, someone who’s made his fair share of both 2d and 3d titles, weighed in on a similar discussion in the latest Nintendo Power.  Miyamoto thinks that not everything needs to be 3d while conceding that there are huge benefits to it. On the the 2d front, he says these games should focus on fun and gameplay and not worry too much about visual experience. What he says could be misconstrued to mean 2d games look like a pile of brownie mix, but on second thought you can take it to mean sometimes 2d games try too hard to be like 3d games and lose focus on the important aspect (i.e. FUN).  This couldn’t be more true as New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a blast to play and doesn’t require too much skill to just pop in and have some fun . 2D gaming is far from being over although it’s fears are valid with the new breed of 3D games and gamers it is a great lesson in sustainability and weathering time. Lets just keep it fun and play nice there is room for 2D and 3D. Right? Source: http://mmomfg.com

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As everyone is aware, 3D cinema has rapidly established itself in the Hollywood limelight as the decade draws to an end. This year has possibly being the most eventful year in 3D audience’s history, over the past eleven months brand new invigorating news is released on a daily basis which leaves technological consumers in awe. At this moment in time cinema screens are filled with 3D films, advertisements are now literally jumping out of the screen at audiences, laptops with 3D capabilities allow gamers to be completely emerged in their virtual world and now television audiences are invited into the three dimensional experience. Channel 4, a British television station has recently brought UK audiences a full week of 3D television programming and it was received with open arms. Although the 3D technology has had a tendency to re-appear then disappear just as quickly, the modern advancements in electronic technology are sure to see the three dimensional ‘gimmick’ becoming a permanent fixture in a television consumer’s life.  In 2010 many companies are set to release full HD 3D television sets into the market, as well seeing popular gaming consoles being updated to bring the 3D experience into the console gaming world. As well as the technology improving, television broadcasters are also constantly in talks over potential future 3D programming. Most recently the 2010 FIFA World Cup has been said to aim for at least 50% of its games to be aired in HD 3D, whilst the director of the London 2012 Olympic games aims to bring the global event to audiences in this new exciting way. As well as individual events being discussed about airing in 3D, ‘SKY’ television has taken the process a step further by stating that they would launch the United Kingdom’s first ever 3D channel by the end of 2010. After hearing of all the upcoming releases and plans, and by reviewing Hollywood’s intended output, the future is certainly set for a surge of ‘in your face’, three dimensional experiences which will not fade away quite as easily as before.

3D in the sense of capturing reality in real time manipulating it and generating incredible motion pictures plucked from time and space. MIT has Created the ultimate in  Computer based illustration  a  uniquely design paint brush specially made for children bust the possibilities are endless. The I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them literally. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface. On the canvas, artists can draw with the special “ink” they just picked up from their immediate environment. Just running the brush over any surface, object, animal, vegetable, or mineral it as you have turned the world in to you palette you can even use moving objects.

There are many paint/drawing programs on the market today that are designed especially for kids. These let kids do neat things, but kids usually end up playing only with the “preprogrammed” digital palette the software provides. The idea of I/O Brush is to let the kids build their own ink. They can take any colors, textures, and movements they want to experiment with from their own environment and paint with their personal and unique ink. Kids are not only exploring through construction of their personal art project, but they are also exploring through construction of their own tools (i.e., the palette/ink) to build their art project with.

Source: http://web.media.mit.edu/