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11.23.11

Sony's been trumpeting the release of its PlayStation 3D monitor for months now, promising PlayStation 3 owners that they would get the ultimate experience out of it, especially with its innovative new SimulView technology, letting two gamers play at once with full-screen displays on the same TV.  Well, now that we've gotten our hands on one, how's it shape up?  Well, despite a few flaws, it really is a cool little device.

11.10.11

GUNNAR Optiks is offering gamers a way to look cool while fragging enemies in Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The limited edition gaming eyewear is now available in Best Buy stores and in GUNNAR’s online store for Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games' new sequel. The exclusive new design for the hottest game of the year brings form, function and style to competitive gaming together for $99.

10.16.11

The best 3D technology for the PC just got better with the introduction of new NVIDIA 3D Vision products, which deliver greater realism and immersion than ever for 3D games, movies and photos. NVIDIA 3D Vision 2, the next generation of NVIDIA’s award-winning 3D technology, features sleek, newly-redesigned, gamer-inspired glasses.  It also introduces NVIDIA 3D LightBoost technology, a unique new display technology that dramatically improves the 3D experience by delivering images that are up to twice as bright and colors that are far richer than those provided by other 3D display technologies. 

08.31.11

One of the things that has been holding back the adoption of 3D TVs in the home is consumer confusion over competing 3D technologies. That confusion is most rampant when it comes to active shutter 3D glasses and the inability of consumers to use one pair of glasses on different manufacturers’ products. That’s about to change.

08.01.11

NVIDIA continues to promote 3D gaming on the PC front. In addition to a growing number of 3D laptops and PCs featuring 3D Vision technology, now the company is partnering with display makers. ViewSonic’s  new 24-inch 3D, full HD (1080p) LED monitor, V3D245, includes a built-in NVIDIA 3D Vision wireless emitter and NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses. Toshiba shows off an integrated 3D Vision laptop in the video below.

06.28.11

Perhaps 2K Games has a few extra digital copies of Gearbox Software’s Duke Nukem Forever game lying around. After all, the game has been one of the worst-reviewed titles in a long time, especially after such a long delay and multiple development studios taking on the project over the years. But those of you who’ve been wondering about the game, NVIDIA is offering it for free to anyone who picks up their NVIDIA 3D Vision kit with wireless glasses, which turns your PC into an active stereoscopic 3D experience.

05.29.11
At Computex 2011, NVIDIA demonstrated a new addition to the NVIDIA 3D Vision product family with the NVIDIA 3D Vision wired glasses at Computex 2011.  The new glasses make the 3D PC experience more affordable at $99, while offering the same award-winning 3D quality and features of 3D Vision wireless glasses. The glasses will hit retail shelves in late June and will be on display at E3 2011 in Los Angeles.
05.26.11
With E3 2011 coming up, the world's attention will focus on video games. And 3D games will remain a key focus. According to a new study from Knowledge Networks regarding attitudes toward 3D content, one quarter of parents erroneously believe that watching 3D content – such as movies, television shows and video games – will harm their child’s health and/or vision. Nintendo has warned parents not to let younger children play its Nintendo 3DS device.
05.14.11
Far from the days when the TV was content to sit on any table or open rack, consumers today are looking for fully-featured furniture solutions for their home theater to match the latest technology. In a year where 3D TV and Internet-connectivity have gained ground in homes, home theater furniture design continues to evolve to maximize the potential of cutting-edge displays, electronic components and features. Furniture manufacturer BDI is an industry leader in home theater furniture that is designed to seamlessly integrate technology into the home.
05.11.11
SAN FRANCISCO – Sony Pictures Digital has launched an anaglyph 3D action game based on the new Priest 3D movie, which opens Friday the 13th. The free online game offers three levels based on the new movie and allows players a choice of 2D or 3D gameplay (any of those old red-and-blue 3D glasses will work). The side-scrolling action game also features both a male priest and a female warrior character to choose from, as you hack and slash away at vampires and other monsters. Actor Cam Gigandet, who stars in the 3D movie, talks about filming in 3D and why he’s addicted to Call of Duty in this exclusive video interview.
04.01.11

Los Angeles- April 1, 2011-Today, Nyko technologies announced their latest peripheral to hit the market for the Nintendo 3DS-- lenseless 3D glasses. These glasses contain absolutely no lenses--separating the glass/plastic-to-user barrier that impedes normal glasses. Using their patented "Lens-less is More" technology, Nyko has paved the way for what is sure to be an influx of these types of peripherals designed to enhance the overall user experience of the Nintendo 3DS.

03.28.11
While the home 3D TV market has been surrounded by consumer confusion with competing active and passive stereoscopic technologies, consumers are embracing Nintendo’s autostereoscopic (glasses free) Nintendo 3DS handheld. The new portable gaming system just launched in Europe on March 25 and in North America on March 27 and has been flying off store shelves in those regions, just as it did in Japan with its February 26 debut.
03.09.11
As consumer confusion continues in the 3D TV market, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has stepped in. The CEA is the nation’s largest technology trade association, representing more than 2,000 technology manufacturers, retailers, service providers and installers and is best known for hosting events like CES 2011. The organization is seeking proposals for standardizing 3D active eyewear that uses an infrared (IR) synchronized interface from consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers. The organization has launched the 3D Technologies Working Group to work through submissions. More consumers, especially gamers, are migrating to 3D with Sony PlayStation 3 and NVIDIA pushing active 3D.
01.08.11
LAS VEGAS – RealD has developed technology to deliver universal active 3D eyewear compatible with 3D high definition televisions sold by most major consumer electronics brands. With active eyewear incompatibility between 3D high definition televisions an ongoing concern of many consumers and retailers alike, RealD has developed a multi-protocol ASIC that incorporates a programmable front end designed to sync image streams with multiple brands of 3D displays via infrared connectivity. The ASIC also supports RF solutions like RF4CE and Bluetooth.
01.08.11
LAS VEGAS – At CES 2011, XPAND introduced the new YOUNIVERSAL series 3D electronic eyewear that optimizes the 3D experience by modifying the 3D parameters specifically for each user and for different 3D environments. The high-end electronic eyewear offers unprecedented personal optimization, full HD 3D performance, advanced interoperability between all 3D devices and market-leading comfort and style.
11.11.10
GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, has partnered with Walt Disney Pictures to support the release of their new film TRON: Legacy, while offering moviegoers the opportunity to experience studio-quality 3D viewing. The premium 3D glasses will be showcased at the WIRED Store in NYC, where movie aficionados and fans of TRON: Legacy can personally sample the glasses. The much-anticipated 3D movie opens December 17. The glasses will also bring Disney Interactive Studio's 3D PlayStation 3 TRON: Evolution videogame to life. The creators of the new film talk about the sequel in this exclusive video interview.
11.10.10
With 3D movies like Megamind continuing to dominate the box office, a new player in the 3D glasses market has emerged. Oakley has released the world’s first optically correct 3D glasses, OAKLEY 3D GASCAN. Utilizing the company’s proprietary HDO-3D technologies, these premium glasses have been engineered for 3D performance, superior visual clarity and signature Oakley comfort. OAKLEY 3D GASCAN will both complement and optimize the technology used in the majority of 3D movie theaters around the world. Jeffrey Katzenberg spoke of the collaboration at the 3D Entertainment Summit.
07.13.10

Those ugly RealD glasses that you buy to see 3D spectacles like Toy Story 3 and Despicable Me are about to get a makeover. Marchon Eyewear and RealD have signed a global licensing agreement to use the RealD brand for sales of Marchon3D eyewear. Additionally, to provide consumers with the best in 3D eyewear technology and design, Marchon announced they have agreed to purchase the 3D assets from MicroVision Optical to launch its 3D company, Marchon3D. David Johnson will serve as President of Marchon3D.

04.28.10

LOS ANGELES – Beating Nintendo and its upcoming Nintendo 3DS to the punch, Los Angeles-based Master Image, the second largest 3D digital cinema technology company, showed off its auto-stereoscopic 3D technology at the 3D Gaming Summit on a Hitachi Wooo mobile phone. The phone has been shipping in Japan and has already become the number one mobile phone there with a few hundred thousand devices sold since its introduction. Master Image’s auto-stereoscopic technology allows users to see 3D without the use of the typical 3D polarized or anaglyph red and blue glasses. The device will play movies and games in 3D.

01.15.10

As the 3D buzz from CES 2010 in Las Vegas continues to build with upcoming launches like Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Bravia 3D TVs this summer, consumers are well aware of the coming convergence from HD TVs to 3D TVs. Consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo recently polled consumers through its Pulse report about the impact of James Cameron’s Avatar 3D phenomenon.

01.13.10

LAS VEGAS -- At CES 2010, Jo Garcia checked out the latest gaming glasses from Gunnar Optiks in Las Vegas. While the Gunnar bus roamed the Strip, on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show Gunnar had a booth with plenty of cool new gaming gear. Gunnar showed off its latest glasses in this exclusive interview.

01.06.10

iZ3D Inc., designer, developer and pioneer of advanced stereoscopic 3D visualization systems will be offering a premium version of its 3D glasses enabled with i-AMP technology from GUNNAR Optiks. These new models of glasses will provide the same comfortable iZ3D viewing as the latest iZ3D glasses with the added benefit of ergonomically correct and distortion free optics.