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zcam tracks gamer movements and images in 3d

filed under: digital imaging | video games

3DV ZCam

Taking a page from systems like the Sony EyeToy and the Nintendo Wii control scheme, this new camera from Israel’s 3DV Systems could bring gaming interaction to a whole new level…

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December 12th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

change your clothes, virtually.

filed under: digital imaging | future tech | interactive

Fabric Change Augmented Reality System

This amazing tech demo shows off an augmented reality system which can digitally swap out textures on clothing. While it sounds pretty simple, the ability to exactly mimic the behavior and appearance of cloth is extremely difficult to pull off…

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November 23rd, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

philips wowzone: massive 132-inch, 3d display

filed under: interactive

Philips WOWzone 132-inch 3D Display Grid

At this week’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Philips is showing off a presentation system that can display images in 3D on a huge wall-mounted display.

The 132-inch display was made by connecting nine of Philips 42-inch 3D displays in a 3×3 grid. Based on their WOWvx 3D technology, the displays can show 3-dimensional images without special glasses…

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August 30th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

holographic display shows 360-degree digital images

filed under: digital imaging | future tech | video

Interactive 360º Light Field Display

At the recent SIGGRAPH 2007 conference, a team of engineers from USC showed off a display system that’s capable of projecting interactive 360-degree viewable images produced by a computer.

By using a high-speed video projector, a spinning platform with a holographic diffuser and special decoding hardware, the display can crank out up to 5,000 real-time images per second…

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August 27th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

it’s a me, lego mario

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Lego Mario Sculpture

I came across this cool 3-dimensional LEGO sculpture of everyone’s favorite video game plumber (sorry Luigi) over on TechEBlog this morning. It must have take days for the artist to painstakingly recreate all of Mario’s details…

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August 7th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

arena: motion capture for the masses

filed under: digital imaging | just plain fun

Arena Motion Capture System

Budding 3D graphics and animation buffs, there’s a new reason to get excited this morning. A company called NaturalPoint has just announced a complete motion capture systems that only costs about $5,000.

Traditional (if you can call them that) MoCap systems usually start around $30,000, and often much more…

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August 6th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

bioshock big daddy gets real

filed under: video games

Bioshock Big Daddy Life-Size

If you’re an Xbox 360 fan like me, you’re probably looking forward to the upcoming release of Bioshock. For those of you who unfamiliar with the game, the baddest baddie in the atmospheric thriller is known as “Big Daddy.”
It turns out that there’s now a life-sized replica of the scary creature making the rounds over in the UK…

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July 28th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

fabjectory: get your mii in 3d

filed under: strange and wonderful | video games

Zach Braff Mii Avatar in 3d by Fabjectory

Like your Nintendo Mii avatar? Now you can get yours rendered into a full 3-dimensional model that you can put on your desk.

Model makers Fabjectory are offering a service which will take your Mii avatar and output a real-life miniature figurine. Simply upload a picture of your Mii, and they’ll create either a 3-inch figure ($50) or a 5-inch figure ($100)…

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April 17th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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