Supposing it’s been a while since you’ve played Pokemon, you might not know that the current number of unique pocket monsters is well over 600. That still doesn’t add up to the massive number of creatures users will be able to hold at once when the system known as Pokemon Bank launches on December 27th. […]
Surgeons and technicians based at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have produced a 3D-printed skull. But this isn’t just a mono-textured model. Every layer — from the skin to the skull to the various soft tissues of the brain and even the blood vessels — are reproduced from scans of specific human […]
Apple has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a pair of portable media viewing goggles. The patent says they “may resemble ski or motorcycle goggles.” The device would likely allow for a 3D viewing experience reminiscent of that found in the Oculus Rift VR headset. The patent was filed […]
You’ve probably never lent Mars’s northern pole a great deal of thought, but you can explore it in wonderful 3D glory in this ESA video.
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We all know just how 3D movies made quite a buzz a few years ago when Avatar hit the silver screen. The thing is, there were not too many 3D movies after that which really managed to capture the rapt attention of the audience, and it has become a gimmick rather than a necessity. The Nintendo 3DS too, tried to ride on the 3D bandwagon where portable gaming is concerned, but it has not really taken off in a big way to make it a “must have” item despite the fact that you do not need to wear a pair of 3D glasses when playing. Here is the $349.95 No Glasses 3D Tablet, where as its name suggests, intends to take a stab at the glassless 3D market, coming in the form of a tablet.
How is that made possible? Well, it relies on a parallax barrier that has been laid atop its 8″ LCD display, so that each eye would receive a slightly different set of pixels, resulting in a depth of field sans the sometimes uncomfortable, color-distorting lenses. It will run on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, and you will be able to enjoy Full HD resolution on it. There is also Bluetooth connectivity, a 2-megapixel shooter at the back and a VGA camera in front thrown in for good measure. I do wonder about the battery life, however, and does it come with a feature like the Nintendo 3DS which allows us to turn off the 3D capability to extend battery life? [Press Release]
No Glasses 3D Tablet Makes 3D Viewing More Convenient original content from Ubergizmo. 
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One of the reasons that consumers haven’t started to adopt 3D devices like TVs in force is that they all need glasses. Some of the TVs now use passive glasses rather than expensive active sets, but glasses are still needed. One of the only consumer devices on the market that doesn’t require glasses is the […]
Happy 3D Printing Week! In celebration, we partnered with our friends at GE and MakerBot to bring the Gizmodo logo to life. Take a look.
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NORAD’s Santa Tracker is a fun way for kids to keep an eye on Santa’s journey around the globe on December 24, when he delivers presents to homes around the world. This year, the service has received an upgrade due in no small part to work with Microsoft, which has dabbled in the area in […]
The Shirai Lab at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology have developed a way to simultaneously display 2D and 3D video on the same screen without producing a blurry double image. The technology is called 2x3D or Scritter. It uses two projectors to beam the videos and graphics processors that cancel out one of the videos being displayed, so that the 2D video can clearly be seen with the naked eye. The 3D video will become visible once the viewer wears a polarized filter on his right eye.
Kanagawa Institute of Technology Associate Professor Akihiki Shirai noted that their technology also has many other practical applications beyond displaying 2D and 3D video at once. 2x3D can be used to display text in different languages or show different layers of an object, e.g. superimposing the different systems of the body. The drawback to 2x3D is that it results in videos with relatively low contrast, but Shirai also said that that may be countered by using more projectors.
You can learn more about 2x3D on Shirai Lab’s website.
When was the last time you paid a visit to the cinema to watch a 3D movie? Do you think that 3D movies will be able to grow from strength to strength, or does it need some kind of kick start such as Avatar and Gravity in order for it to resonate with the masses? Well, for those of you who enjoy 3D movies but prefer to do so in the comfort of your own home, you might be interested to see what IZON has in store for the masses when next year’s CES kicks off in January. IZON intends to debut its new range of 3D LED televisions that will not use any kind of glasses whatsoever without losing the 3D effect that the movie studio had worked so hard to produce.
This new range of 3D capable LED screens will arrive in 32-inch, 47-inch and 55-inch sizes, and should hit the market some time by the second quarter of 2014. The entire product line will be assembled in the US, so it would also be another way to generate more jobs for those living Stateside. I suppose this would kindle the fire of patriotism in some of us, yes? This glassless 3D experience is made possible thanks to its “HyperMix3D” multi-threaded 3D rendering technology which relies on algorithms to take advantage of multi-core GPUs, while producing immersive 3D without any eyestrain. [Press Release]
IZON Wants You To View 3D LED TVs Sans 3D Glasses original content from Ubergizmo. 
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