Category Archives: 3D Tech

Reporters go gaga over virtual reality helmets

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!

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Interactive, volumetric 3D display by Displair LLC

This is a re-blog from CES 2013: Interactive, volumetric 3D display | 3d.coldstreams.com. Displair LLC, a Russia-based firm, is expected to dhow a 3D volumetric display based on this technology this year at CES.

From Jan 2013 – a 2D (vertically oriented) display with gesture tracking:

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75 percent of U.S. homes have HDTV set, 6% have 3D as of early 2013

Looks like a normal new product growth curve:

Roughly 6 percent of all U.S. households currently have an HDTV set that is 3-D-capable — 41 percent of this group do not watch any content in 3-D. Overall, 47 percent have seen a 3D TV, or have a 3-D-capable TV —  compared to 24 percent two years ago.

via 75 percent of U.S. homes have HDTV set | HDTV content from Broadcast Engineering.

By 2012, 19% of flat panel TVs being sold supported 3D for a total of 41.45 million 3D TVs sold in 2012. Compare that to 2.26 million 3D TVs sold in 2012.

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