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Sony has set a target of selling 13 million PlayStation 3 gaming consoles during the course of this fiscal year and Kaz Hirai, who is an executive vice president of the Japanese company, is telling the media that he is very confident that his company will surpass that number of devices sold.During the last fiscal yea... |
24 November 2009
03:49 GMT |
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3D seems to be the next huge thing in videogaming, with more and more developers thinking about offering game experiences which rely on special television sets and on special glasses to add a lot more depth. And Sony, which is manufacturing the television sets with 3D technology, is saying that adding it to the PlayS... |
23 November 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Gaming just isn't what it used to be, as new technologies that have recently been launched on the consumer market will provide users with a new gaming experience, directly from their personal computer system. Such is the case with NVIDIA's 3D Vision, a solution aimed at users looking to enhance their visua... |
18 November 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Wanting to start the week by pleasing consumers worldwide, Hyundai IT started off by introducing two monitors on the European market. What the two displays have over many of the other monitors out there are their 3D capabilities. The Korean manufacturer of liquid crystal displays built these monitors, the W220S and W... |
16 November 2009
09:09 GMT |
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Museums around the world are currently starting to introduce a new type of exhibits in their collections, and namely the 3D models of existing works. Each valuable artifact is scanned using advanced technology, and is then faithfully replicated in a three-dimensional, digital environment. This is done so that, i... |
4 November 2009
19:21 GMT |
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Web designers around the Globe are already very familiar with websites like FlashDen, ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, AudioJungle, VideoHive or the Tuts+ network. What many don't know is the fact that all of these websites and more actually started three years ago inside a garage in Australia. One of the founding mem... |
13 October 2009
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Dassault Systèmes, a French iPhone developer and world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced 3DVIA Mobile, its first iPhone and iPod touch application. 3DVIA Mobile allows users to employ a Collage feature and combine 3D models with pictures taken within the application (... |
23 September 2009
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With the PlayStation 3 Slim released on September 1, a lot of videogame fanatics are already wondering what Sony is planning next in its bid to get a 10-year life cycle for its console and to at least wrestle second spot from Microsoft's Xbox 360 for this generation. A few bits and pieces of information seem to ... |
11 September 2009
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Movie studios are doing their best to meet all the demands of today’s moviegoers, as they have been since the early days of the industry. Studies and numbers show that 3D films are the way to go, since, despite the increased production costs, they average grosses superior to those of 2D films. Actor Nicolas Cag... |
1 September 2009
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Blausen Inc. has released a new version of its Blausen Human Atlas iPhone app with increased medical content and enhanced functionality, according to a report. The developer and owner of the world’s largest library of 3D medical animations partnered up with CodeMorphic (iPhone developer) to create the app. Vers... |
12 August 2009
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Invented in 1974 by professor Erno Rubik and initially called “The Magic Cube,” the 3D mechanical puzzle currently known as the Rubik's Cube became in less than half of a century one of the most popular and best-selling toys worldwide. The traditional model features a six-faced cube with nine sticker... |
13 July 2009
12:21 GMT |
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As every doctor who ever operated inside a patient without actually seeing what they were doing can tell you, having a device that shows precisely what is happening in a non-intrusive manner could be the decisive advantage in saving a patient's life. For a long time, physicists have postulated that it could be p... |
16 June 2009
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At this point, dentists around the world have to engage in a very time-consuming process, when it comes to repairing their patients' teeth. They have to resort to molds and technicians to create a perfect mold of the teeth, so that it fits inside the mouth seamlessly. However, all that may soon be a thing of the... |
8 June 2009
03:51 GMT |
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It has been revealed that Mac OS X 10.5.7 breaks VMware Fusion's 3D acceleration in Windows virtual machines. VMware Fusion is the most popular virtualization solution for Mac OS X, allowing Mac owners to run x86 operating systems on their machines, inside artificial environments called “virtual machines.&... |
15 May 2009
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Glu Mobile Inc. has released an exciting game for iPhone and iPod touch called Glyder. Available for immediate download via the iTunes App Store, Glyder is an original Glu title where players take control of a hang glider as a pilot named Eryn, as she soars through beautiful 3D environments, unlocking new lands and f... |
7 April 2009
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Pokemon games are incredibly successful on the Nintendo DS. Until now, there have been more than 186 million units sold in the series and the recent release of Platinum is set make that number even bigger. Junichi Masuda, who has for a long time worked on the Nintendo Pokemon series, believes that the main reason beh... |
6 April 2009
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Chillingo Ltd., Europe’s premier iPhone publisher, has signed an agreement with independent mobile development studio Redshift for the release of “The Quest,” the iPhone's first 3D Fantasy Role Playing Game (RPG).According to the official description of the game, players engage in a sinister 3D... |
26 February 2009
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In order to meet the ever increasing needs of its users, Google Earth's functionality has been enhanced with new features, among which the Ocean in Google Earth is the most important. The innovation that version 5.0 of the popular application brings will allow users to virtually dive beneath the water surface, e... |
4 February 2009
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Just as the name suggests, Caster is all about casting spells and getting various power upgrades that can help you increase either your fire power or various abilities. What's interesting about this game is that it has a somewhat addicting dynamism attached to it. You will often find yourself shooting at random ... |
12 January 2009
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There's a pretty tough war going on on the console market, with the top three manufacturers, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, fighting over every customer. Each of the major companies are trying to make their products more attractive in the eyes of the everyday user and, as such, are investing heavily in developing... |
29 December 2008
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For most of you, the Google Earth project doesn't require any supplementary explanation, but for those who are not that much up to date, I'll explain it briefly. The goal of the project is to map the planet's cities by means of satellite (or other high-distance aerial) images, allowing users to zoom in... |
13 November 2008
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ZEN Studios, “the masters of pinball simulations,” along with Publisher X, have announced ZEN Pinball: Inferno for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Fans of ZEN's Pinball: Rollercoaster are sure to love this reinvented pinball game with 3D environments and physics, according to the iTunes App Store... |
17 October 2008
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It would really seem that the latest trend in display technologies is to allow users to enjoy 3D images in the comfort of their own homes, by using either 3D glasses or the naked eye. You've been able to read about the attempts from Philips to create such a display system, and now Panasonic has come up with such... |
25 September 2008
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Macgamestore, the largest online Macintosh gaming store, has announced the availability of a new Mac video game, called THE GAME OF LIFE: Path to Success. The game has players following the path to success in a contemporary spin on the classic family favorite. Players must take care of their characters as they advanc... |
18 September 2008
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The 13.5 million American Alltel customers have, from now own, a new 3D animated MMS greeting service that comes to take mobile multimedia messaging to the next level. Leveraging on the Xend 3D hosted platform provided by Vidiator (a company based in Bellevue, Washington), Alltel Avatars allows mobile users to c... |
10 September 2008
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It is said that children have an amazing imagination by default and that they are able to recreate in their mind even the most complicated details of a story. Events and things that are insignificant to an adult fire up a child's imagination and incredible creatures come to life in the blink of an eye. Plopp is ... |
30 July 2008
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For those who are no longer thrilled by their social online experience, Google has developed something more exotic. Lively is the name of the new project, a 3D animated world for all of us to enjoy. Although the product is not a pioneer of the genre, its strongest point, at the moment, is that it costs no money. With... |
9 July 2008
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This past week, Microsoft has done quite a few interesting things. First off, it sent a nice open letter to gamers, detailing how the company and its Games for Windows initiative benefited PC gaming. Then, one of the main people behind Microsoft strategy declared that they were actively promoting the Xbox 360 gaming ... |
7 July 2008
19:21 GMT |
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Three-dimensional (3D) displays have always been somewhat of a showstopper, given the fact that we're dealing with a pretty innovative technology, still largely unavailable for the wide mass of consumers and delivering some spectacular results. However, it would seem that Philips is willing to take things even f... |
6 June 2008
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Since Google rolled out the 4.3 version of Google Earth, users have been discovering new imagery updates which simply allow them to enjoy different corners of the world straight from the desktop. Although I'm not sure whether this is something new or it has also been integrated into the 4.3 release, a 3D version... |
27 May 2008
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Film fans might remember cameras with two, three and even four lenses (like the Nishika N8000) that gave photographers the possibility to create the so-called 3-D images, and while software is also used with today's digital cameras to create such images, the latest invention from a team of Standford researchers ... |
25 March 2008
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Vollee, the US-based mobile entertainment company, announced it would bring the Second Life experience to 3G mobile phones. Beta trials of Second Life for mobiles will be open to users starting May 2008 and will be free of charge. If you don't know what Second Life is, we'll tell you. It's a sort of... |
23 February 2008
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This is what happens when art and advanced technology collide. The Funky Forest project, developed by Theodore and Emily Gobeille, is one of the most interactive and crazy stuff for kids I've ever seen, as it consists of a cool interactive ecosystem where children can create trees and flowers using their own bod... |
14 January 2008
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Invisibility cloaks and ultra-fast computers could one day be powered by such an exotic device, however, multiple problems need to be solved before these crystals become useful. Several metamaterials have been designed over the years, but the technological process involved in building them presents multiple technolog... |
18 December 2007
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FISHLABS, a well-known developer of premium 3D mobile phone games, has won the German Developer Award 2007 in the category 'Best Mobile Game'. As the only 3D-mobile game, the action role-playing game Blades & Magic won over the jury, consisting of 30 industry-experts, and beat out the competition. "We are e... |
18 December 2007
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Imagine how our lives would be had Fujio Masuoka not invented the flash memory back in the eighties. We would have never known the miracle of thumb drives or even subscriber-identity-modules in mobile telephony, not to mention memory cards or portable MP3 players. They would have never been born. Or, maybe someone wo... |
7 December 2007
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Zalman, the cooling solution provider, have announced at the beginning of the year that they are working on a 3D display, which has even been exhibited at Consumer Electronics Association. Now, Zalman has made it official: the 3D monitors will be out in time for Christmas.Zalman's three-dimensional displays use ... |
23 November 2007
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AMD has plans for making mobile phone graphics look better than ever before, with a new technology. The main use for this solution will be in the gaming field, as developers will have the chance of producing much more visually appealing applications."AMD's graphics technology is based on years of high-quality gr... |
2 October 2007
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Sandio's 3DGame O' is a computer mouse that goes beyond the ''point and click'' function of a traditional mouse as it comes with advanced 3D functions that will make gamers tremble with joy. Because the typical computer mouse is normally working in a 2D environment and because in most m... |
19 September 2007
05:29 GMT |
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Virtual reality gets closer than never, as Vuzix manufacturer began a major shipping of its iWear VR920 video eyewear. The item was first designed for PC gaming and simulation, even though the manufacturers used the latest technology when creating it. In fact, it is said that it features the same technology the U.S. ... |
12 September 2007
05:18 GMT |
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You know spam, it's been your "friend" for years, everyday, just clogging your Inbox and sometimes getting you annoyed. And you already know, it's been through a lot of changes - at first there was just text spam, then the spam filter came and spam got better, inserting images, then there was a better filte... |
4 September 2007
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There was a time when the "Snake" game was almost instantly associated with Nokia mobile phones. With the launch of "Snakes Subsonic" on the N-Gage platform, the classic game receives a full makeover and takes a giant leap into the demands regarding what mobile gameplay stands for at this time.The major upgrade that ... |
30 August 2007
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The number of games especially designed to run perfectly on Nokia N-Gage platform seems to get even greater as days go by. "Bounce Boing Voyage" has been added to the increasing list of such applications meant to make the best of Nokia's new gaming platform.The most interesting aspect about "Bounce Boing Voyage"... |
29 August 2007
08:31 GMT |
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Fishlabs will soon bring the final version of their highly expected "Blades & Magic" mobile game. The release is set to take place in the near future, with hopes of a fast expansion towards many markets in a short time."Blades & Magic" will be released in two versions, for best matching the demands of various handset... |
16 August 2007
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After years of working on a virtual London to be included in Google Earth, the Ordnance Survey rejected the demand issued by Google and the group of designers to add a new 3D drawing to the famous downloadable mapping tool. It seems like the Mountain View company negotiated with the British organization several times... |
14 August 2007
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Generating complex and realistic looking images, rendering as it is called, currently involves a lot of memory space and processor time from both the central and the graphics processors. The situation is even more complex and more hardware intensive when we are talking about good looking images that involve one kind ... |
13 August 2007
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I remember my first human figure drawings used to be a disaster. Whenever I started my drawing with the head, there was not enough paper to draw the feet and again, if I drew the feet first and then the head, I always needed extra paper to finish. Only after a lot of wasted crayons and paper I started to realize tha... |
31 July 2007
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If you ever asked yourselves where the Google 3D imagery comes from, then you should know that the Mountain View company tries anything it can to encourage users design their own drawings. Because of that, the search giant also offers a 3D modeling tool in order to allow the participants to build powerful designs. Th... |
11 July 2007
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An interesting contest took place in Canada where the Dominion Institute of Canada invited users to create 3D drawings representing the Allied landings at Juno Beach during World War II. The main idea was to design 3D creations that represent the historic event using Google SketchUp, the 3D modeling tool provided by ... |
6 July 2007
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There's a huge potential audience for the Hummer Jump and Race mobile game that Red Pyramid has just released. The game is bound to make great first impressions on those who love mobile games, races and especially Hummer cars.Whoever is up for some intense racing action will just love Hummer Jump and Race. The g... |
3 July 2007
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