October 2008
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3Dbits
Posted by Daniel Smith on 23 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Site News, stereoscopic
There has been many developments on the stereoscopic side of things lately. I have been very busy getting allot of attention for my training videos. I will be pushing some freebies out very soon, while finishing up on the details for the larger release. One of the most interesting things has been the release of a stereoscopic enabled web cam. http://www.minoru3dwebcam.com/ I will pick one of these up and do a full review when its released in December.
Isn’t he cute? Reminds me of Wall-E…
Also here is a really cool looking TriLens stereo camera. Click here: TriLens Its a film based portrait camera and has some really good specs. You only get six stereo pictures per roll of film. Id love to get one of these, but I think my film days are behind me.
I’m going to be implementing a sign up for my 3D training newsletter. I have had several phone calls and emails from people all over the world interested in my training course. So I am looking into a decent list management software to help keep up with the growing demand. That’s all for now….
-3Dfool
3D on Blu Ray
Posted by Daniel Smith on 14 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: stereoscopic
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The day is almost upon us. October 28, 2008 Two major studio released 3D films will be available for the first time in 3D for home markets. This is great news, but not without a big question. Will they embrace a digital format that will allow home viewers to enjoy the 3D as it was meant to be? Unfortunately no. Both “The Polar Express 3D” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” will be on Blu Ray in anaglyphic format. In fact each Blu Ray disc comes with FOUR pairs of red/cyan glasses. Its too bad that you can’t get a field interlaced, over/under, or a dual stream version of these. |
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Hollywood wants you to think that you can’t have high quality 3D at home. This is not true. I’m finishing up my article on how you can build a home theater for under $2500 that can do stunning 1080p stereo. Now I will have full reviews of these discs coming up on the blog. My gut feeling is that Polar Express will hold up fairly well due to its use of dark blues in its palette. Parts of Journey should hold up as well. It all depends on if they did any color correction for the anaglyph transfer. On Spy Kids 3D I remember a terrific shot that worked really well was during the Mega Race inside the cool blue tunnel. I hope this means that these transfers won’t be as horrible as the Hannah Montana disc. |
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Well we shall see…
-3Dfool
Studios back 3D financing plan
Posted by Daniel Smith on 01 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: stereoscopic
The big news today amongst the bank bailouts is Blackstone Group LP and JP Morgan Chase & Co are teaming with the big studios to raise over $1 billion to refit cinemas with almost 20,000 digital screens. This will be a move to reduce the print cost per film for distribution. Prints are heavy and come in many metal canisters which have to be shipped. In college I worked at a theater chain and I can personally attest to how heavy these prints are. But more importantly all these digital screens can be cheaply upgraded to 3D for the many 3D films coming down the pipe. See my List: 3D movie List
Click here for more details Engadget
