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2015 Mobile phones to feature 4K video support and massive megapixel imaging

August 24, 2014 3DM

Suspect many phones will be shooting 4K video as well as the new Qualcomm smart phone chipset features 4K video encoding and decoding:

2015 will see handsets with 4K displays and 55MP cameras. It’s going to be EPIC.

via Snapdragon 810 & 810: 4K Displays, 55MP Cameras & 64-Bit Android | Know Your Mobile.

Android L is a future release of the Android OS and it will move Android from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS. This means too that future phones will feature much more memory and higher performance processors.

Cameras

4K GoPro Hero 4 expected to be introduced in October

August 24, 2014 3DM

GoPro Hero 4: 4k Video, New Processor and Release Date – Air Herald.

4k 3840 x 2160 at 30 fps
1080p at 120 fps
720p at 240 fps
Wi-Fi
USB port

There are rumors that the Hero 4 will also have some sort of 3D capability, perhaps paired with another Hero 4 as was done with earlier Hero cameras.

3D, 3D Tech

Virtual reality and 3D viewing on your smartphone

August 19, 2014 3DM

This is for real: STEREOSCOPY :: Virtual reality on your smartphone & VF Rift 3D Video Collections 1/1 –.

3D Tech

“Guardians of the Galaxy 3D” was implemented as a 2D to 3D conversion

August 17, 2014 3DM

While the movie was designed to be a 3D movie, according this article, the 3D was created using 2D to 3D conversion effects: Aspect Ratios Will Shift in IMAX 3D ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ – /Film.

There is so much compositing of computer generated imagery that a 2D to 3D conversion might have been the simplest approach!

Still photography

NYPD tells officers its okay for people to photograph or video record them

August 13, 2014 3DM

The police are not supposed to stop people from filming police activity – unless the photographer is truly interfering with the police – otherwise, filming is protected by the
U.S. Constitution: NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed.

Coldstreams 3D and Drones