StereoscopyNews: The Stereoscopic 3D Weekly Newsletter http://stereoscopynews.com/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:44:36 +0200 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb Doug Trumbull is Back in the 3D HFR Sci-Fi Business http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/digital/3214-doug-trumbull-is-back-in-the-3d-hfr-sci-fi-business.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/digital/3214-doug-trumbull-is-back-in-the-3d-hfr-sci-fi-business.html

Douglass Trumbull, who invented the showscan high frame rate cinema format (70mm - 60 fps) and worked on "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Blade Runner", as well as directing cult classics such as 1971's environmentally themed "Silent Running", has two full-length projects in the works, and both will be shot in 4K 3D stereoscopic and 120 images/second high-frame-rate, no less...

The first of the two planned movies is a science fiction epic that takes place about 200 years in the future. The other one is an expanded version of his current short "Ufotog", which tells the story of a man's attempt to photograph an alien spacecraft. 

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Digital History Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0200
“Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon”, a Russian 3D Cartoon http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-movies/3d-blockbusters/3213-kikoriki-legend-of-the-golden-dragon-a-russian-3d-cartoon.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-movies/3d-blockbusters/3213-kikoriki-legend-of-the-golden-dragon-a-russian-3d-cartoon.html

Russia’s Riki Productions presented at the Annecy Animated Film Festival its latest 3D stereoscopic animated feature, “Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon”. The movieis part of a major animation franchise in Russia, inncluding a hit TV series for 4-8 year olds, and a stereoscopic 3D feature, “Kikoriki: Team Invisible”. The release date for "Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon" is expected in October 2015.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) 3D Blockbusters Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +0200
"3D Storytelling", a Book by Bruce Block and Phil "3D" McNally http://stereoscopynews.com/references-links-books/references/3211-3d-storytelling-a-book-by-bruce-block-and-phil-3d-mcnally.html http://stereoscopynews.com/references-links-books/references/3211-3d-storytelling-a-book-by-bruce-block-and-phil-3d-mcnally.html

3D Storytelling is the ultimate guide for directors, cinematographers, producers, and designers of stereoscopic 3D movies and videos. With an emphasis on the aesthetic over the technical, this book is an essential foundation for showing you how to use 3D creatively to tell a story.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) References Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +0200
3D Bootcamp in London on July 22-26, 2013 http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-cinema/education/3210-3d-bootcamp-in-london-on-july-22-26-2013.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-cinema/education/3210-3d-bootcamp-in-london-on-july-22-26-2013.html

Ravensbourne, one of the organisers of March’s 3D Creative Summit, is now launching the 3D Bootcamp, which will run from July 22-26, 2013. The five-day course will give directors, producers, DoPs, production designers, editors and VFX artists practical skills to work in stereoscopic 3D.

Participants will get to use 3D rigs from the likes of 3ality Technica, Sony and RED in a real production environment. They will also use tools including Mistika. One of the tutors will be Los Angeles-based Jill Smolin, director of education from 3ality.

Cost is only 180£ (excluding VAT) for the five days of intensive hands-on training.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Education Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0200
4K 3D Tests Shot During Eurovision Young Dancers Event http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-cinema/shooting-cameras-rigs/3209-4k-3d-tests-shot-during-eurovision-young-dancers-event.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-cinema/shooting-cameras-rigs/3209-4k-3d-tests-shot-during-eurovision-young-dancers-event.html

Juqt before the Eurovision Young Dancers competition in Gdansk, Poland this June 13, 2013, KUK Filmproduktion spent three days recording the warm-ups and the rehearsals of the ten dancers with a special 3D rig fitted with 4K Sony F65 cameras.

The EBU's Media and Technology & Innovation Department has proposed this year's edition of Eurovision Young Dancers as the most suitable place to trial this innovative 4K3D project, because this Contest provides dynamic movements which suit stereoscopic 3D, and a brilliant and colourful stage set up which suits 4k. To improve the experience for the viewers in the future, and to understand better the performance of future technologies, a very high quality format that includes two times the resolution of 4k (4096 x 2160 pixels) at 50 frames per second was chosen.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) 3D Cameras, 3D Rigs, 3D shooting Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:00:00 +0200
"3Découverte" Free Entrance on June 20, 2013 in Paris, France http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/events/conferences-a-festivals/3208-3decouverte-free-entrance-on-june-20-2013-in-paris-france.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/events/conferences-a-festivals/3208-3decouverte-free-entrance-on-june-20-2013-in-paris-france.html

In the scope of the Diimension3 festival in Paris, France, you will be able to 3D movies and four 4K films form 10:00 to 18:00 at the "Cercle Rouge" TSF cinéma (9, rue des fillettes, 93210 Saint-Denis, Paris, France). And the experience will be renewed from July 4 to 8 at three other cinemas in the area with "Le Cirque du Soleil 3D" and "Le Voyage Imaginaire 3D".

Entrance is free!

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Conferences and Festivals Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:22:15 +0200
A New "Wiggle" 3D App for iPhone http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-technology/various-a-strange-facts/3207-a-new-wiggle-3d-app-for-iphone.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-technology/various-a-strange-facts/3207-a-new-wiggle-3d-app-for-iphone.html

 Joe Golling (USA) has always been interested in 3D photography, but when he discovered "wiggle" images two years ago and became obsessed with those little .gif animations, he started taking hundredth of these. Of course, he discovered quickly that e image processing part was extremely time consuming so he decided to solve the problem with what he called "the Bowtie".

You will find the Bowtie campaign on Kickstarter with the goal to industrialize the Bowtie manufacturing.

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The Bowtie is made for fun. It is a quick and easy way to make and share multi-image 3D photography on iPhones. Watch the demo video here under and convince yourself...

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Miscellaneous and Strange Facts Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:48:28 +0200
"Yoshi's New Island", Charming on 3DS http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-games/nintendo/3206-yoshi-s-new-island-charming-on-3ds.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-games/nintendo/3206-yoshi-s-new-island-charming-on-3ds.html

According to IGN, playing Yoshi's New Island on the glasses-free stereoscopic 3DS game console is like stepping into an impressionistic painting that's merged itself with your fuzziest, fondest SNES memories. Expect a release date around end of July.

The round, familiar hills blur into the background and, paired with the 3DS's signature 3D effect, lend a real sense of depth to the world. The painterly style doesn't stop there as the stunning mix of art styles offers settings such as gorgeous water color and chalk art or even some elaborate paper mâché...

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Nintendo Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0200
ESPN 3D Shut Down Announced http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/tv-channels-a-experiments/3205-espn-3d-shut-down-announced.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/tv-channels-a-experiments/3205-espn-3d-shut-down-announced.html

ESPN is shuttering its 3D television network ESPN 3D by the end of the year because 3D TVs aren't as popular as they had hoped.

"Due to limited viewer adoption of 3D services to the home, ESPN is discontinuing ESPN 3D," an ESPN spokesperson wrote to Mashable, adding that ESPN "will be ready to provide the service to fans if or when 3D does take off." Future sales of 3D TVs will stay with Blu-ray disks and video on demand as drivers, at least as long as good glasses-free autostereosocopic sets are not available.

The stereoscopic 3DTV market is nevertheless stronger than ever, with 5.7 sets sold in the USA this year, a 39% increase from 2012.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) TV channels and experiments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +0200
Dino King 3D Blu-ray Released on June 18, 2013 http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/storage-a-support/3d-blu-ray/3204-dino-king-3d-blu-ray-released-on-june-18-2013.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/storage-a-support/3d-blu-ray/3204-dino-king-3d-blu-ray-released-on-june-18-2013.html

The 88-minutes stereoscopic 3D Blu-ray disc of "Dino King 3D, an Amazing Agventure" will be released next week on June 18, 2013.

This time no combo box and no extra features but a good family 3D movie with stunning visuals for less than 15$...

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Blu ray 3D Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:28:51 +0200
Watch Youtube in 3D with Nvidia 3D Vision http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-technology/3d-internet/3203-watch-youtube-in-3d-with-nvidia-3d-vision.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-technology/3d-internet/3203-watch-youtube-in-3d-with-nvidia-3d-vision.html

NVIDIA has brought high-quality, stereoscopic 3D Vision viewing capabilities to YouTube in May 2011. This means that you can view thousands of 3D videos already on YouTube's 3D channels today in full color and high definition using an NVIDIA 3D Vision PC or notebook with the Firefox browser. With the latest Firefox version 21.0 and the warp fast Nvidia GPUs, HTML5 gives impressive 3D even for the most demanding users : triple-HD-screen surround, immersive online games...

Among the most demanding users were the developers at Pixomondo who, under J.J. Abrams direction, made the stunning scenery for Star Trek into Darkness, manipulating in real time 3D images with 130 million polygons and 32 GB of textures on their Nvidia Quadro K4000 boards.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (mes,...l tyime) 3D Internet Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0200
RealD Shares Beat Expectations http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/market-a-trends/3175-reald-shares-beat-expectations.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/market-a-trends/3175-reald-shares-beat-expectations.html

RealD licenses 3D stereoscopic technology to motion picture theater chains and others that show 3D content and its shares were up a fraction on Friday June 7, 2013, after the 3D movie technology company late Thursday reported results that beat analyst estimates.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) 3D Market & Trends Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:01:24 +0200
The Garden of Sinners 3D Released in Blu-Ray this July http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/storage-a-support/3d-blu-ray/3174-the-garden-of-sinners-3d-released-in-blu-ray-this-july.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/storage-a-support/3d-blu-ray/3174-the-garden-of-sinners-3d-released-in-blu-ray-this-july.html

The Garden of Sinners ("Kara no Kyoukai" in Japanese) is a new collection of the seven Kara no Kyouka anime movies from 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Blu-ray 3D box is set to be released in Japan on July 10, 2013. The collection goes for 36,750 yen.

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Blu ray 3D Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:49:26 +0200
Sonic The Hedgehog Available in 3D on the 3DS http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-games/nintendo/3173-sonic-the-hedgehog-available-in-3d-on-the-3ds.html http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-games/nintendo/3173-sonic-the-hedgehog-available-in-3d-on-the-3ds.html

Sonic the Hedgehog, the classic speed runner game, appeared in May 2013 on the Nintendo 3DS with stereoscopic 3D capabilities in Japan. The game was available in Japan from May 15 for 600 yen (around $6 U.S.) and is now available in Europe according to the official Nintendo Magazine (UK Price: £4.49).

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benoit.michel@gmail.com (admin) Nintendo Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:03:38 +0200