Microsoft Develops Digits An Amazing 3D Gloveless Sensor – Forbes.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
New 3D-capable Set Top Boxes Coming from ZTE
Says the new STBs will support Internet content:
ZTE Corp. 763, China’s second-largest maker of telephone equipment, plans to release digital set-top boxes for 3D television services that will run Google Inc. GOOG’s Android operating system.
via ZTE Plans 3D Digital-TV Boxes Operating Google’s Android – Bloomberg.
Which is why I think 3D is going to occur via the Internet more than the traditional broadcast pipes, particularly while 3D is a growing niche.
Video: Pvt. Hugh McLaughlin (1835-1906)
A mini documentary I produced today. Was invited to record an honorary ceremony and headstone dedication for Pvt. Hugh McLaughlin (b.1835-d.1906). He was buried in Greenwood Memorial Terrace in 1906 but his grave was unmarked and his Civil War service was unknown. Local Civil War history enthusiasts, re-enactors, and others took part in a graveside ceremony to honor Hugh McLaughlin. In attendance were a granddaughter, great granddaughter, great great granddaughter and other extended family members. Photographed using a Canon XH A1 and AT-835b shotgun directional mic. I also shot some 3D any may edit that at a later date.
Local news story on the ceremony is here and background on how the grave was discovered and the many people who researched the genealogy, the history and worked to obtain a new headstone.
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Powerpoint slide shows in #3D
Interesting idea:
Presente3D is an easy to use add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint that allows you to easily take any existing MS PowerPoint slide and make it 3D in minutes.
via Presente 3D adds Stereo to PowerPoint for $59.
For now, a niche market, but an interesting idea as glass free displays begin to become common. Although, if this takes off, undoubtedly Microsoft would add similar 3D support directly to Powerpoint – or by up this company 🙂
New Magix Movie Edit Pro 2013 – 3D editing problems
Update 2013: Two software updates later, the problems with the initial release of MEP 2013 appear to have been fixed. The 2013 version is significantly faster than previous versions too.
More details are here.
After hours of experimentation I conclude that the Magix Movie Edit Pro 2013 is not usable for 3D editing at this time.
MEP 2013 added numerous 3D performance improvements; unfortunately, it introduced numerous defects to the 3D editing process. See details at the link.
At this time, I cannot recommend the use of MEP 2013 for 3D editing.
I am re-starting a large project back in the prior version MEP MX Plus, as its 3D support, while slow, actually worked quite well.
The problems have been reported to Magix and hopefully they will release a fixed version of MEP 2013 soon. Magix is a nice video editing package and the 2013 features, especially in terms of 3D performance improvements, will be greatly appreciated once they work correctly.