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Your favorite 3-D movies at home, in all 3 dimensions
Your favorite 3-D movies at home, in all 3 dimensions
CABA SMARTBRIEF | 03/03/2009
Recent 3-D movies such as "Coraline" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" are eye-popping in movie theaters, but what happens when they hit home systems? Some content makers say all-new equipment is needed, which is not what home viewers want to hear. But Dolby engineers have created an encoding system that compresses a 3-D film onto a disc, which enables it to be encoded onto a Blu-ray disc and played back in 3-D. CNET (03/02)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Business Wire - Market-Leading RealD 3D Cinema System to be Installed in 200 Vue Screens (in the UK)
Vue Entertainment and RealD Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership
Market-Leading RealD 3D Cinema System to be Installed in 200 Vue Screens
LOS ANGELES & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vue Entertainment, the UK's leading developer and operator of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas, and RealD, the world's leading outfitter of 3D-enabled theatres, announced today that Vue Entertainment will add 200 RealD 3D screens to its circuit.
The rollout of RealD 3D-enabled screens has already begun with an installation at Vue's flagship location in Leicester Square. Additional RealD systems are ready for installation immediately as new screens are added monthly at Vue cinemas.
"Vue prides itself on providing the most compelling cinema experience available and RealD 3D will give our audience a new and exciting way to experience movies," said Tim Richards, CEO of Vue Entertainment. "RealD 3D is the market-leading choice for its remarkable track record of providing a superior viewing experience, something we can't wait to bring to our many locations across the UK."
"We're thrilled to be partnering with Vue to bring tens of millions of moviegoers the unmatched RealD 3D experience," said Michael V. Lewis, chairman and CEO of RealD. "This alliance with the UK's leading exhibitor furthers RealD as the market-leader in the UK and is a reflection of our continued expansion across Europe."
RealD's next-generation 3D technology is deployed across the world's largest 3D platform in 34 countries with over 1,700 screens today and an additional nearly 6,000 screens under contract. Bob Mayson, RealD Europe Ltd. managing director and head of the company's recently opened European headquarters, added, "With a packed slate of upcoming films being released in RealD 3D, we're delighted to be working with Vue Entertainment to bring this global entertainment phenomenon to their circuit."
Vue has 62 cinemas with 607 screens and 134,413 seats which attract over 32 million customers a year. The company is the largest operator of modern multiplex cinemas in the country. It is also the market leader in the critical London market and has the second largest market share in terms of box office in the UK.
CURRENT.com.au - 3D TV is not standing out; Education is the key
CURRENT.com.au - 3D TV is not standing out; Education is the key
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| By Grant Shepherd SYDNEY: Numerous consumer electronics companies are currently producing 3D televisions and many were unveiled at last year's International CES. But 3D TV has received both positive and negative press since the technology was announced, mainly in relation to how it will be received by consumers. Now a recent joint study conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Entertainment and Technology Center at the University of Southern California, has revealed that many consumers are interested in the new technology, but only after they have been educated on the product and experience it first hand for themselves. The study titled '3-D TV: Where Are We Now and Where Are Consumers?' outlined that 3D technology is well positioned to become a successful part of in-home entertainment, but the category will only grow as more and more people experience the technology for themselves and therefore become more interested in the 3D options available. The study compares 3D TV to other recent innovations like HD TV, where after a certain amount of time, sufficient exposure to the technology will allow consumers to witness the benefits and be more willing to change their viewing habits in the home. The technology has been around, in some form or another, for decades and has proven very popular, most commonly in movie theatres. According to the report, in the past 12 months, nearly 41 million adults in the US have seen a 3D movie in theatres. Of these, nearly 40 per cent said that they would prefer to watch a movie in 3D over 2D. 3D capabilities are also apparently becoming a major purchasing factor for many consumers in the market for new televisions, with 16 per cent of respondents showing interest in watching 3D movies or television shows on their home television. As well as this 14 per cent claimed that they were very interested in playing video games in 3D. These results reveal that 26 million households in the US are interested in 3D TV technology in the home. One of the biggest perceived disadvantages of many of the 3D televisions currently on the market is the fact that glasses must be worn to see the benefits of 3D. While companies are currently developing units without the need for glasses, many consumers responded that wearing glasses was not an issue. More than half of US adults claimed that wearing special headsets or glasses would not have an impact on their purchasing decision. Another interesting thing to come out of the survey, especially for manufacturers and retailers, is the fact that many consumers were willing to spend more for the technology. Roughly half of the respondents claimed that they would spend more for a 3D capable television and 15 per cent said that they would pay roughly 25 per cent more for the technology. Overall the report has demonstrated the huge possibilities for 3D TV in the consumer electronics market and Shawn DuBravac, CEA's economist and director of research, commented "when it comes to 3D technology, seeing is truly believing, today's offerings are changing the way consumers view video content, not unlike the early days of HD TV". |
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
ENGADGET - iPoint 3D brings gesture-based inputs to 3D displays
ENGADGET
iPoint 3D brings gesture-based inputs to 3D displays
[Via Physorg]
FIJI TIMES - Everything in 3D
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Everything in 3D
(Sunday, February 22, 2009)Movie: My Bloody Valentine 3D
Director: Patrick Lussier
Writing credits: Todd Farmer, Zane Smith
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Megan Boone, Betsy Rue, Kevin Tighe
Now showing: Village Six
Rated: R18
Genre: Horror, thriller, suspense
Rating: out of five
Believe it or not, this was my first 3D (three-dimensional) movie at the cinemas and even though I gave it a three out of five rating - gruesome scenes were nasty - the 3D experience was exhilarating and mind blowing.
Off I went to Village Six with senior Fiji Times writer Irene on Tuesday to catch the 12.50pm show.
We were given our 3D glasses as we passed the ticket booth and were shown to our numbered seats, somewhere in the seventh row.
The lights dimmed and the movie attendant advised us to put on our 3D glasses. This was it. I was more anxious about the effects of 3D rather than the movie - I read a few bad reviews about the movie beforehand but that didn't stop me from enjoying the special effects of 3D.
The first few scenes gave a brief about the murderous miner Harry Warden, one of six miners trapped after a collapse in the mine.
Harry is left in a coma after five other miners were killed by a pickaxe more than a decade ago. The following year, he wakes from the coma on Valentine's Day and goes on a killing spree first at the hospital then the abandoned mineshaft where he finds youngsters partying like nobody's business.
Dressed in his miner's garb, Harry kills everyone except King, Smith and Rue who escape a narrow death.
Ackles, on the other hand, is trapped inside and comes face to face with Harry, staring into the bug-eyed mask with fear.
He escapes Harry's wrath with the help of local authorities.
Ackles skips town and returns 10 years later on Valentine's Day to take care of family business - selling the mine among other things.
But the terror begins when bodies turn up axed and cut just the way Harry did and Ackles soon becomes the prime suspect.
But Harry's dead body is not in his grave like the old sheriff thought and the town lives in fear of another massacre.
As the movie progresses, new suspects begin to emerge.
There's the new sheriff, Smith who is now married to King.
He spends a lot of time trying to pin the murders on Ackles. I thought this was a form of deception used in murder movies to conceal the real killer.
Then the creepy Deputy Martin who constantly has looks that run shivers down the spine. He does pretty good facial expressions that scream 'I might be the killer'.
There's angry miners looking to settle the score with Ackles because of the mine closure and the disgruntled mine manager.
My Bloody Valentine 3D is a remake of the 1981 Canadian hit of the same name.
Only this time, most of the action happens right in front or your eyes. Believe me, there was a 3D scene I was impressed with - a bullet right past the face like in Smallville.
It came so close I could reach out and grab it just like C.K but all I could do was let out a low "wow" as it curved past. I hoped only Irene could hear that little kaicolo word.
My feet leapt from the ground a couple of times and an occasional 'shoot' blurted out whenever a nerve shocking scene came on.
There were instances where props made the movie less than perfect and scary - a toy-looking mine and dummy victims covered in blood.
But all in all, the effects of 3D were too good and it was good to note the improvement and development in technology. My first 3D movie will always be a memory because I came so close to touching the infamous Harry Warden's pickaxe.
My Bloody Valentine 3D has added humour to calm the scared nerves but it's a thriller that has heaps of graphic scenes, violence and nudity.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
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DAILY STAR - UK Feb 22, 09 3-D FILMS ARE STAND-OUT SUCCESS
DAILY STAR - UK
3-D FILMS ARE STAND-OUT SUCCESS
ABOVE: Steven Spielberg's Monsters vs Aliens will lead the way for 3-D movies
DON'T duck...Hollywood is going 3-D, with at least ten new films due to leap out of cinema screens this year.
Fans got a taster when studios spent $3million showcasing the format at this month's Superbowl.
And movie maker Pixar has already announced all its future films will use the new hi-tech process.
The first 3-D blockbuster should be Steven Spielberg's Monsters vs. Aliens, starring Brit Hugh Laurie, Kiefer
Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon. It opens here on April 3.
But some lucky movie fans have already had a 3-D treat with Bolt, a tale about a dog that thinks it's a superhero.
The movie was released in the new format at 100 UK screens.
Titanic director James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar – starring Sigourney Weaver – and the Disney/Pixar action
comedy Up are also due later in 2009.
There will also be special 3-D sequences in two big summer sequels – Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
and Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen – showing at IMAX cinemas.
The original 3-D exploded on to the Hollywood scene in 1953 in films such as It Came From Outer Space but fizzled
out when people complained the blue and red glasses they had to wear gave them headaches.
The new 3-D method also uses specs but Spielberg's DreamWorks partner Jeffrey Katzenberg promised: "You will feel like you will be able to reach out and touch it."
And over the next two years even such classics as Citizen Kane will get 3-D updates.
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