Another narrow body, action camera that will record in 4K. Except its not ready yet. And the camera and controls, possibly the recording components are separate units.

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Sony Action Cams could make for nice 3D camera pairs

January 6, 2014 3DM

Sony HDR-AS100V Action Cam – Digital Camcorders – CNET Reviews.

The AS100V is the newest in the line with 1080/60p support at up to 50 Mbps. Because of their narrow width, a pair of these cameras can provide for a very narrow interaxial lens spacing.

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3D holographic smart phones? Not so fast

January 5, 2014 3DM

Star Wars: 3D hologram phones like those seen in 1977 blockbuster will be on market within five years – Mirror Online.

These are not holograms but stereoscopic images projected onto a stream of vapor creating 3D appearance.

A true hologram is based on the phase interference pattern created by two laser beams – one bouncing off a subject and the other going directly to the film. The interference or diffraction pattern between the bounced laser and the direct laser is then recorded on film. An identical laser to the recording laser is then projected onto the film, turning the diffraction pattern back into an image. Think of the film as acting like an incredibly fancy filter – narrow wavelength laser light hits the filter and then scatters in to the original image.

The Holographic Universe: Does Objective Reality Exist?

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Interactive, volumetric 3D display by Displair LLC

January 3, 2014 3DM 1 Comment

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

January 3, 2014 3DM

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.