14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA is quite keen on promoting the concept of 3D as seriously as possible, and for this reason, it officially opened a while ago its 3DVisionLive.com website, whose 3D photo section is apparently powered by the technology provided by a company called Phereo. So, as Phereo informs us, the NVIDIA used its 3D web-viewing technology in order to produce the photographic section of the new 3DVisionLive community website, while Phereo, in its turn, employed NVIDIA's tech for its own online photo viewing service.
Those of you who are not yet quite familiar with the 3DVisionLive.com website should know that it allows users to browse 3D images, upload their own content and share their love of 3D, while in the same time offering social networking features, allowing users to comment on photos and bookmark their favorites.
“It’s amazing how quickly 3D technology leaps beyond geeky red-cyan glasses to a widespread and commonly adopted technology. We’re delighted to be working at the forefront of this new technology with an industry leader like NVIDIA,” said Dennis Sedov, CEO of Phereo.
"One of the reasons we developed 3DVisionLive.com was to give the average consumer or photo-enthusiast an easy way to experience high-quality 3D,” said Phil Eisler, general manager of 3D Vision at NVIDIA.
“Phereo’s technology helped us to quickly create a cool, full-featured website that allows anyone with a 3D camera and PC system to upload and share their 3D photos,” Mr. Eisler added.
Of course, we're pretty sure that this is just the start, since, as the number of digital cameras capable of taking 3D photos will start to grow (the first consumer-grade models have only been recently announced, most of them during CES 2011), the popularity of 3D viewing solutions will also go up, more and more online services offering such special viewing modes (yeah, we're sort of longing for some sort of 3D Flickr).