Polaroid introduces the Socialmatic tiny cube action camera

January 7, 2014 3DM Leave a comment

Any resemblance to Kodak’s original “Instamatic” name is surely coincidental – and rather clever! Polaroid unveils an adorable, tiny cube camera for action shots | The Verge.

Action cameras are now available from many camera makers – not just GoPro. Panasonic and Sony also have lines of action cameras, also known as “point of view” or POV cameras.

Because these cameras are typically small and narrow (all except the GoPro Hero cameras are very narrow) they make for great paired 3D cameras with the possibility of short interaxial lens spacing that you cannot achieve with typical compact or DSLR type cameras.

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Guide to 3D Photography is now available in the Apple Store

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Guide to 3D Photography – Edward Mitchell

is now available in the Apple Store for the iPad with iBooks 3 or later and iOS 5.1 or later and Apple Mac iBooks 1.0 reader on Mac OS X 10.9 or later. The ebook is also available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble Nook and Google Play books – please see the links at upper right of this page.

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3D product photography solution for business offices

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New Office Photography Machine to Debut at CES 2014.

The concept is similar to a photocopier, but in 3 dimensions. Product samples can be then be transmitted as 3D images to others, or posted online as revolving 3D images, or even presumably converted into 3D model files.

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Not many new cameras and camcorders expected at 2014 CES

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Cameras and camcorders: Slimmer pickings at CES 2014? | CES 2014: Digital Photo and Video – CNET Blogs.

Panasonic has a Lumix GH-4 4K camera on display under glass, but without pricing or availability. Perhaps the official announcement will come at Photokina in February. Sony, Panasonic and others are announcing “action cameras” to compete with GoPro Hero cameras.

I think 4K capture is useful and important but am not enthusiastic for the 4K TV market in the near future. Most consumers do not replace expensive TVs frequently and most just recently upgraded to HDTV.

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Reporters go gaga over virtual reality helmets

January 7, 2014 3DM 1 Comment

While loudly saying that 3D “goggles” and “clunky glasses” are dead: Sony answers Oculus, Microsoft with new gaming headgear, glasses | PCWorld.

The people who could not bare to put on a pair of glasses think wearing a helmet and virtual reality visor is cool! Or wear a full exoskeleton suit for a better gaming experience. One cannot make this stuff up!