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Double Issue

February 17, 2008

Letter from the publisher: A journey from Phoenix to home…

News from around the world: Harvard University, Planar, Siemens, University of Calgary, PassmoreLab, Sky-Skan, See3D, E&S, Futuremark, nVidia, Simplay Labs, NTT Comware, Samsung, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Pavonine, SPECTRONIQ 3-D, 3DIcon, University of Arizona, Unicast, SenseGraphics, Vuzix, Sensio, Delphi, Imagination Technologies, Texas Instruments, Sandio, Adobe, Forterra, Gasabo 3D Design, Jon Peddie Research, GUG Soft, Library of Congress, Blizzard Entertainment, SpaceClaim, Unigine, Julian Beaver, StereoVision, Realscan 3D, National Geographic Entertainment/Best Buy, DDD, StereoVision/Capitol Films, Stereo Vision/CPT Holdings, IMAX, IMAX/Warner Bros., Autodesk, Sundance Film Festival, Disney, DreamWorks Animation/IMAX, Bits and Pieces, Berezin Studios, Outer Aspect, HumanEyes, DMTV/Imagine, SpaceClaim, RedEye RPM, Konica Minolta/SensAble Technologies, Objet Geometries, 3D Systems, Stratasys, 3DV systems, Technest Holdings, Dai Nippon Printing, FogScreen, Spatial View/ASCON, Bauhaus-University Weimar, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Electric Rain, Gavin Brock, DigitalGlobe, Making Virtual Solid, and concept3D

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications 2008 Conference: January 28-30, San Jose, California: This year’s Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference had its highest attendance ever. This article provides some selected highlights and news about the conference just gone -- by Andrew Woods

S3D-Today+ Conference: November 27-29, 2007, Munich, Germany: Phillip Hill covers presentations from the 3D Competence Center, 3dtv.at, Infitec, Insight Media, Dolby, European Space Agency, Sensio and KUK FilmProduktion

DisplaySearch 5th Annual HDTV Conference: October 10-11, Los Angeles, California: At DisplaySearch’s annual conference about the HDTV industry, most of the talk was about the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray battle and competition between gaming consoles. There was very little discussion about 3D.  Texas Instruments did provide an update about DLP-based 3D HDTV devices.

3D Biz-Ex: September 18-19, 2007, Burlingame, California: In this second installment, Mark Fihn summarizes presentations made by Holografika, Light Blue Optics, Insight Media, DDD, Mitsubishi, and Sensio.

3DTV CON 2007: May 7-9, Kos Island, Greece: In this fourth and final report on this IEEE conference on capture, transmission and display of 3D video, Phillip Hill covers presentations from MPI Informatik, University of Surrey/BBC Research, CIRA, M.E.T.U./Informatics and Telematics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and Bogazici University

Interview with Manuel Gutierrez of TDVision

3D and videoconferencing by Adrian Travis

Visual channels and dynamic stereopsis by Robert Patterson

Bioshock S-3D review by Neil Schneider

The 100 greatest 3D movies/“3D HDTV” watch by Andrew Woods

How long before we see 3DTV at home? by Bernard Mendiburu

3D Home Consortium meeting develops action plan

SpectronIQ moves 3DTV closer to the goal by Art Berman

Making 3D a commercial business by Charlotte Jones

3D zooms by Lenny Lipton

The Last Word: U23D signals the evolution of motion pictures by Nick Dager

Display Industry Calendar

Double Issue

November 28, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Samsung, Grendel and Inakadate…

News from around the world: Julian Oliver, University of North Carolina, PokeScope, USGS, StereoEye, DDD, Magnetic Media Holdings/CI-Lumen, AccessIT/SENSIO, SENSIO, SENSIO/Mitsubishi,

University of Rochester, Philips, Disney, TRIDIX, PassmoreLab, Luxology/Pixar Animation Studios, REAL D, Dolby, IMAX/Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX, DreamWorks Animation, Adirondack Pictures, Academy Foundation, Tim Burton, Thomas Jane, ColorCode 3D, Nariomaru, Christie, RMH, Minimaforms, University of Louisiana/Christie, IBM/Second Life, CASA, 3DNPVEI, Kinset/Brookstone, nVidia, Mechdyne/Iowa State University, Penn State University/Bitmanagement, Panoram, 3D perception, Mercury Computer Systems, EON Reality/projectiondesign, MPRI, Globe4D, NASA, Emdigo, Games Academy of Germany, NaturalMotion, Intermap Technologies, Intergraph, Google, CASA, “Metaverse Roadmap”, Away3D, Caro d’Offay Gallery, Damien Doumax, Crea Composite, SD&A, Magic Eye, ITRI, 3D Center of Art and Photography, National Graphics, Adobe, JPR, Octaga, Lattice Technology, Animetrics, Novint Technologies/TigerDirect, Novint/Merscom, UK Haptics, FARO, Toyota/Dassault, Frost & Sullivan, QuVIS, Visbox, Spatial View, TrueVision, Vuzix, eMagin, InvenSense, 3DIcon, FogScreen/PlayMotion, Demicron/Donya Research, Stargate Digital/Cinital, Microsoft, SimHQ, Anark, and Autodesk

3D Biz-Ex: September 18-19, 2007, Burlingame, California: In this first installment, Mark Fihn summarizes presentations made by Philips, GGT Consultants, Newsight, MTBS, Edge 3 Technologies, Sony, Insight Media, Real D, In Three, Dolby, Paramount, and DreamWorks Animation.

S3D Basics+ Conference: 28-29 August 2007, Berlin, Germany: In this second and final report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Insight Media, 3D-Competence-Center, Syn4D, and VisuMotion

10th Asian Symposium on Information Display: 2-3 August, Singapore: Phillip Hill took a turn round this recent event and came across an interesting presentation related to 3D from De Montfort University, Heinrich Hertz Institute, Light Blue Optics and Sharp Laboratories of Europe

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium: May 20-25, Long Beach, California: In this third and final report from the principal event of the year, Phillip Hill covers presentations from the University of Central Florida/AC Materials, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Hitachi Displays, and the University of Central Florida

3DTV CON 2007: 7-9 May, Kos Island, Greece:

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications 2007 Conference: January 29-31, San Jose: In this third report on this IEEE conference on capture, transmission and display of 3D video, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Tsukuba, Université de Cergy-Pontoise/Université P.M. Curie, Philips Research Europe, Chang Gung University/Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard/University of California/ISD, Technische Universität Berlin/Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, BIAS/VEW, ZESS, and ZGDV

Interview with Edward Buckley of Light Blue Optics

Informational content in a three-dimensional image by Adrian Travis

Dynamic disparity processing by Robert Patterson

Birth of a myth: the restoration of “HONDO” by Bob Furmanek and Jack Theakston

Embedding depth cues in 2D images by Paul Darbee and Larry Pace

The end of the beginning by Bruce Berkoff

3D DLP HDTV watch by Andrew Woods

Are we there yet? by Alan Jones

My uncle’s computer, Amiga and S-3D by Neil Schneider

The Last Word: How I got started in stereo by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

September 11, 2007

Letter from the publisher: A different perspective…

News from around the world: Acacia Research, ITRI, Jon Peddie Research, Ozaktas and Onural, Philips, Philips/eventIS, iZ3D, Fraunhofer Research, SD&A 2007, Hitachi, NTT, Novint Technologies, Mova/Gentle Giant Studios, Image Metrics, DAVID-Laserscanner, Breuckmann, Fraunhofer, NRL/UVL, Anteryon, Ramboll, University of Tokyo, MIT, DNP/Sony, Carl Zeiss, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, AIST, IMAX 3D, “Beowulf”, REAL D, “Monsters vs. Aliens”, “Sea Monsters", 3D Entertainment, Lightspeed Design/DeepSea Ventures, Kinepolis/Dolby, Eclipse 3D Systems, Pace/Quantel, 3ality Digital, Kerner, nWave, ANDXOR/The Light Millennium, Reallusion/DAZ 3D, Barco, Hang Zhou World, IBM, USGS, StereoEye, Laurent Laveder, NASA, Globe4D, Microsoft/NASA, Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Georgia Institute of Technology/Microsoft Research, AMRADNET/MedView, GAF/Intermap, Immersive Media, ComputaMaps, RabbitHoles/XYZ Imaging, Virtual Images/Kodak, 3D Systems, HumanEyes, National Graphics/Sports Image International, 3D Center of Art and Photography, University of Weimar, RTT, nVidia, e frontier/N-Sided, TI/DDD, Samsung/DDD, DDD, Barco/Medicsight, Intuitive Surgical/Christie, Viking Systems, DAZ 3D, Ecma International, Dassault Systèmes/Seemage, NaturalMotion, Sony/mental images, Autodesk/Skymatter, Luxology, Lockheed Martin/3Dsolve, Dan Lejerskar, EON Reality

S3D Basics+ Conference: August 28-29, 2007, Berlin, Germany:  Blue Frames Media, Advanced Micro Devices, BrainLAB, Infitec, and Spatial View

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium: May 20-25, Long Beach, California:  Samsung SDI, Communications Research Centre Canada, Philips Research Laboratories, and SeeReal

International Workshop on 3D Information Technology: May 15, 2007, Seoul, Korea

3DTV CON 2007: May 7-9, Kos Island, Greece:  Monash University, Middle East Technical University/STM Savunma Teknolojileri Muhendislik ve Ticaret, ATR/University of Tsukuba, Tampere University of Technology, Momentum, Yonsei University, University of Rome, University of Oulu, and two from Tel-Aviv University

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications 2007 Conference: January 29-31, San Jose: Ocuity, NEC, Dynamic Digital Depth, Philips Research (x2), Boston University, Eindhoven University of Technology, LG.Philips LCD, Hitachi, Ltd., and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

Interview with Greg Truman from ForthDD

Interview with Ian Underwood from MED

Shoveling Data by Adrian Travis

3D camera for medicine and more by Matthew Brennesholtz

3D isn’t so easy by Chris Chinnock

Selling to the market for 3D LCD displays… by Jim Howard

3D maps – a matter of perspective? by Alan Jones

PC vs. Console – Has the mark been missed? by Neil Schneider

3D DLP HDTVs – all is revealed! by Andrew Woods

The Last Word: How things get invented by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

June 30, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Long skinny books and 3DTV…

News from around the world: National Academy of Sciences Gallery, Innolab, Unforgettable Stereoscopic 3D, James Sears, USC Institute, University of Calgary, Hokkaido University, California State University, LITE, Desktop Factory, Mitsubishi, Laserium, Duke University, Night at the Museum, BGS and Virtalis, UGS, Microsoft Live Labs, IMAX, Jen Stark, Planar Systems/Leica Geosystems, Cleveland Cavaliers, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Genex Technologies, FogScreen, National Graphics, Xtreme Graphics/Virtual Images Unlimited, Doremi Labs, Christie, Dimension 3D, IBM/Projectiondesign, Kopin, HDNet, CSIRO/ETRI, Meant to be Seen, NaturalMotion, U2, Kodak/3ality Digital/Real D, Jon Peddie Research, PicturePhone/TelePresence Tech, Lightspeed Design, Google, Global Imagination, HumanEyes Technologies/Caldera Graphics, VRAC, Pufferfish, IRIDAS, EON Reality/SiMT, Motion Picture Laboratories, Microsoft/Intermap Technologies, PureDepth/Samsung, Viking Systems, JMAR/AIST, Philips, 3Dconnexion, Point Grey Research, Dassault Systèmes/Microsoft, Dassault Systèmes/Allegorithmic, IBM/Dassault Systèmes, MacNaughton, EON Reality, 3DLABS/Grandeye, 3DLABS Semiconductor, SENSIO/KORD, QinetiQ, Tobii, Pavonine/Spatial View, 3dMD, DAZ 3D, Autodesk, Luxology, Barco, Ames Laboratory, Cedara Software, and Mechdyne

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium, May 20-25, Long Beach, California: Philips Research, Nokia Research Center, and Kyung Hee University/Pavonine/Moxtek,

Korea Int’l Broadcast, Audio & Lighting Equipment Show, May 15-18, 2007, Seoul, Korea: Andrew Woods summarizes stereoscopic 3D items at KOBA 2007

3DTV CON 2007, 7-9 May, Kos Island, Greece: University of Coimbra/Deutsche Telekom, BBC/University of Surrey, Holografika, MERL, Ghent University, Tampere University of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Bremer Institut für Angewandte Strahltechnik, and University of Ottawa

Interview with Jason Goodman from 21st Century 3D

Will Web 3.0 be in 3D? by Arthur Berman

Volumetric cinematography: the world is no longer flat by Steve Perlman

A new approach to electro-holography for TV and projection displays by Armin Schwerdtner, Ralf Häussler, and Norbert Leister

The development of human stereopsis by Robert Patterson

Samsung stereoscopic HDTVs – more information by Andrew Woods

The Last Word: Peregrinations from SID… by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

April 29, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Handimals…

Veritas et Visus at SID 2007: Visit us at Booth #1932

News from around the world: Damien Doumax, “electric moOns”, Barco, MEW/Dassault, University of Western Australia, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Panoram/3D Perception, James Sears, Iowa State University, Actuality Systems, MIT, Aristotle University, Columbia University, Microsoft Research, 3DIcon/University of Oklahoma, University of Toronto, Solid-Look, SeeFront, Pavonine, Zalman, PureDepth, Breuckmann, iGames/iZ3D, Caligari/Renderosity, “Pop-Up 3D”, ProLogic/Immersive, TDVision, VCRO, Inca Digital/HumanEyes, 3D Systems, Popims, Microsoft, 3Dconnexion/Adobe, Hothouse, 3D Center, Microsoft Live Labs, Magic Cube 4D, “Unforgettable Stereoscopic 3D”, NASA, STEREO, Virtual Images, ESA, INNOCOM, REAL D/ColorLink, ARTVPS, Sandio, Medicaa/eMagin, N-Sided, Bioscrypt, Lattice Technology, Duke University, NewTek, VisuMotion, IMAX, DCI, Stereo Vision, 3ality, DreamWorks, “Meet The Robinsons”, IMAX/Warner Bros., Genemation, 3Dsolve, MTBS, Empire State Building, Adam and Eve Hotel, RadTIME, GEC, UGS, Polhemus, Vital Images, Technest Holdings,  Bitmanagement Software, SENSIO/JVC, Khronos/Web3D Consortium, Reallusion, Stratasys, DSM Somos, Philips/Deutsche Telekom, GEOSPAN, TRIDELITY, Panorama Labs, De Montfort University, FARO Technologies, Virtual Images, Spatial View/VisuMotion, JPR

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference XVIII, 29-31 January 2007, San Jose

  +  Rochester Institute of Technology: A Novel Triangulation Method for Building Parallel-Perspective Stereo Mosaics

  +  Communications Research Centre Canada: Surrogate depth maps for stereoscopic imaging: different edge types

  +  University of Southern California: Object-based disparity adjusting tool for stereo panoramas

  +  Communications Research Centre Canada: View generation for 3D-TV using image reconstruction…

  +  Boston University / CRCC: Spline-based intermediate view reconstruction

  +  Real D: Vertical Surround Parallax Correction

  +  Durham University / University of Southampton: Comparison of Depth Perception on Desktop 3D Displays

  +  Eindhoven University of Technology / Philips: Visual Discomfort in Stereoscopic Displays: A Review

  +  University of Tsukuba: MOEVision: Simple Multiview Display with Clear Floating Image

S3D International Conference and Exhibition, 27-28 November, Munich, Germany: De Montfort University, German Aerospace Center, Virtual Experience, and Namco Bandai Games

Interview with Ron Buck from TYZX

Interview with Mark Lucente from Zebra Imaging

Stealing stereo from Bird’s Eye Views by John Merritt

Switchable 2D/3D displays by Adrian Travis

Binocular rivalry and head-worn displays by Robert Patterson

Samsung releases stereoscopic DLP HDTVs by Andrew Woods

3D going mainstream in sports and cinema by Matt Brennesholtz

The new Matrix by Andy Marken

The Last Word: Autostereoscopic anaglyphs by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

March 8, 2007

Letter from the publisher: A day with my son…

News from around the world: James Sears, Zelitt, Polar Rose, QuadriSpace, Interscope/James Cameron, Ghost Rider, National Geographic, Tool, University of Tokyo, Laser Magic, Wondertouch, Spiral Scratch, 10 billion pennies, Google Earth, Acacia Research, VCRO, Actuality Systems, Sports Illustrated, FogScreen/Victoria’s Secret, STEREO, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Charles Csuri, Mark Newbold, REAL D, Disney, Pokescope, IMAX, 3DScience, NBA, Visual Industries, 3DIcon/University of Oklahoma, National Graphics, TeraRecon, NaturalMotion/Rockstar Games, ABI Research, Intermap Technologies/Microsoft, Neurok Optics/Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Neil Schneider Productions/iZ3D, Ascension Technology, Bioscrypt/A4Vision, COSMOS, Dassault Systèmes, Immersive Display, FogScreen, SolidWorks, Ocuity, Intermap, Jon Peddie Research, Toyota/Musion, Eurotech, Dimension, Aero Simulation/Quantum3D, Siemens/UGS, ColorLink, NewTek/British Library, eMagin, 3D Systems, Design Dynamics/Stratysys, Fraunhofer, Korry Electronics/Anark/Boeing, PACUR, EON Reality/LBX, HumanEyes, Panorama Labs, Popims, Imaging3/Oregon Health & Science University, 21st Century 3D, nVidia, VTT, Avid Technology/Electronic Arts, MAXON, EI Technology, Inition, Autodesk, Reallusion/Skype,

Thought about “Santa Claus and the 3D Disconnect” by Mark Fihn

Visual accommodation and human stereopsis by Robert Patterson

3D Keyhole Surgery by Adrian Travis

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference XVIII, 29-31 January 2007, San Jose

  +  Introduction to the SD&A by Andrew Woods

  +  Review of 1st eight presentations by Mark Fihn

  +  3D Displays: On the Cusp by Art Berman

  +  The Last Word: 26 years without a break by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

January 18, 2007

Letter from the publisher: 3D display marketing… “Improbable”

News from around the world: OGC/Web3D Consortium, James Sears, Sam Wintermute, NASA, Paul Friedlander, Heineken, NASA STEREO, Dmytry Lavrov, 3D Center of Art and Photography/David Lee, Animal Logic, MindSpace Solutions, Technical University of Braunschweig, Direct Dimensions, Google Earth, Microsoft, Linden Lab, Chen Lin He, Nike Savvas, SpectronIQ/Kerner Optical, Spatial View/Big I Entertainment, Intermap Technologies, Viking Systems, SENSIO Technologies/Evolution Group, REAL D, EON Reality, James Cameron, NaturalMotion, Right Hemisphere, PureDepth/Sanyo, HEADPLAY, Polhemus, DDD/Orange, TrueVision Systems, DDD/Arisawa, Philips, Neurok Optics, Xilinx, MPRI, VisBox, Intrepid Defense, Leica Geosystems, e frontier, WorldViz/Sensics, North Korea, 3Dconnexion, VRCO, Pegasus Imaging, Ford

S3D International Conference and Exhibition, 27-28 November, Munich, Germany: Lutz Mohr and Bob Raikes cover the conference with presentations from the German Aerospace Center, 3D Consortium, Pavonine, SeeFront, Tridelity Display Solutions, Infitec, Seiko Epson, Meko, European Space Agency, 3D Image Processing, and 3dtv.at

3D Workshop, US Display Consortium/Insight Media, 16 November, San Francisco: Presentations from Insight Media, Washington State University, Real D, Philips 3D Solutions, and Planar Systems

Revolutionaries and evolutionaries by Adrian Travis

2007 Joint 33rd NSA Convention and 16th ISU Congress, 10-17 July, Boise, Idaho: David Kesner previews this upcoming conference

Stereoanomaly by Robert Patterson

“The Theory of Stereoscopic Transmission” by Andrew Woods

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference XVIII, 29-31 January 2007, San Jose: A preview of all the presentations and events

Rebuilding the Z-axis: stereo conversion of motion pictures by Ray Zone

The Last Word: “A Crowning Realism: Origins of the Stereoscopic Camera, 1838-1952”: Lenny Lipton presents his thoughts about Ray Zone’s book to be published later this year

Display Industry Calendar

December 14, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Shadows of a time gone by…

News from around the world: James Sears, James Clar, Solid FELIX, NICT/Kobe University, Nevercenter, 3DV, JPR, Softimage, Duke, RealViz, Microsoft Live Labs, Microsoft, 3D Center of Art and Photography/John Hart, Imaging3, Marshall Space Flight Center, DoxPara Research, NASA/French Jason-1, Google vs. Microsoft, State of Pennsylvania, Computamaps, Whirlpool, MIT, Lifemode Interactive, Zygote Media, University of Washington, UCLA, In-Three, Industrial Research, Buffalo, QinetiQ, London University/Virtalis, Hoag Hospital/Viking, Moog/Anark 3D, 3D Perception/VDC Display Systems, Reallusion/Nokia, 3D/Morph/GAM, Intergraph, Digimation, Lattice Technology/Condesign, NASA, Spatial View Healthcare, Imaging Sciences International, SENSIO, Sanyo/PureDepth, VIU, Siemens, Canesta, Quantum3D/Sensics, Quantum3D/US Navy, SoftPixel, IDEAL, 3D Systems, Joe Zeff Design, NewTek, Eyeliner, Philips, Inition, Right Hemisphere, Caligari, 3Dconnexion/Google Earth, Dassault Systèmes, Quest3D, Innovative Software, 3DLABS, Carmike Cinema/Real D, HumanEyes Technologies, Autodesk/Microsoft, Mechdyne

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, 16-18 January, San Jose, California

  + Final sessions from Tokyo University, Kwangwoon University, KBS, and J. Stefan Institute/IN3D

3D Workshop, US Display Consortium/Insight Media, 16 November, San Francisco

  + Presentations from Insight Media, the Web3D Consortium, RealD, DDD and 3ality

Stereoscopic image pair formats by Andrew Woods

SD&A 2007 Conference by Andrew Woods

Free space 3D by Adrian Travis

Stereo displays and cue conflict by Robert Patterson

Stereoscopic displays: yesterday, today and tomorrow… by Lenny Lipton

The Last Word: Do Stonehenge and 3D have anything in common? by Alan Jones

Display Industry Calendar

November 6, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Grandpa remembers; remembering Grandpa…

News from around the world: NASA, SENSIO, NOAA/Aimee Weber Studio, MirScope, Sensorama, Spatial View/Deutsche Telekom, Zoomquilt, Modulorbeat, Stanza, ParallelGraphics, Paul Friedlander, Glofab, Jonathan Schipper, Polhemus/Carnegie Mellon Center, “Bird Island”, Right Hemisphere/Adobe, CG2, viZoo, Zebra Imaging, XYZ Imaging, DNP, Siemens, 3M/Brontes Technologies, Viking Systems, Samsung, Neovision Labs, NTT DoCoMo/Tokyo University, LG Electronics, Beowulf, The Nightmare Before Christmas, In-Three, IMAX, Maxon/Imageworks, Immersive Media, Sky Plaza 4D, James Cameron/Rogue Pictures, U2, TIGI Bed Head, BBC Radio/David Burder, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Sensics, Hangzhou 3D World Photographic Equipment Co., Breuckmann, DDD, Pokescope, PureDepth/International Game Technology, UCL, Arius3D, Bilkent University, Intermap Technologies/Siemens VDO, Intermap Technologies/IFSAR, Christie, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Munster, AMD/ATI Technologies, 3DIcon/University of Oklahoma, Gandinnovations/HumanEyes Technologies, Microsoft/DAT/EM Systems, 5DT, efrontier, ASSIMILATE/Cobalt Entertainment, Lifemode Interactive/Research Machines, DAZ Productions, 3D Nature/Google Earth

Multi-spectral ColorComb eyewear from ColorLink by Phillip Hill

ADEAC, 23-26 October, Atlanta, Georgia

  + Summaries from Planar Systems and Chalmers University/National Chiao Tung University

Society for Information Display Symposium 2006, 4-9 June, San Francisco, California

  + Summaries from Seoul National University, and Chiao Tung University/AU Optronics

From the Cracker Jack box to mainstay advertising by Barry Johnson

GameCity: Interactive Entertainment Festival by Wayne Cranton

The more frames (per second) the better by Andrew Woods

How to make money in 3D… by Matt Brennesholtz

Interview with Brett Bryars of the USDC

More on wide field of view holograms by Adrian Travis

The Last Word: The medium of 3D cinema by Lenny Lipton

Display Industry Calendar

September 28, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Binocular vision...

News from around the world: USDC/Insight Media, Mobile 3D Graphics, SENSIO Technologies/JVC, FogScreen, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Berezin Studios, Julian Beever, Ski.com, Solid Terrain Modeling, Google, Outer Aspect, World 3D Film Expo II, Warner Bros, Visual Industries, University of Buffalo, NASA, Delft University of Technology, New York University, Interactive Digital Center Consortium, EON Reality, Microsoft, Tyzx, Tyzx/IMA, Neochroma, RSNA, Jon Peddie Research, Global Industry Analysts, Popims, Z Corporation, Crosslinks/Erasmus, A4Vision, VRex, Fakespace, Dimension Technologies, Danube Panorama Project, PureDepth, Christie/LITE, Point Grey Research, Philips, Cyviz, digital IMAGE, EON Reality/Navigator Development Group, Honda/Canesta, Columbia University/Graz University/Ubisense, ASUS/nVidia, Viking Systems/Fortec Medical, Spatial View/SeeFront, NewTek, MGA, AGEIA Technologies/RAD Game Tools, QuadriSpace, Simworx, Zuken, Khronos, Content Paradise, Positron Corporation, CEI, Luxology, Paralumino Creative Studios, Autodesk, Lattice Technology

Society for Information Display Symposium 2006, 4-9 June, San Francisco

  + Phillip Hill summarizes presentations from Seoul National University, Philips Research Laboratories, and Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices

6th International Meeting on Information Display & 5th International Display Manufacturing Conference, 22-25 August 2006, Daegu, South Korea

  + Andrew Woods reports on stereoscopic related papers from IMID/IDMC 2006 conference and exhibition: Summaries from Waseda University, Curtin University of Technology, Hanyang University/Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Seoul National University, LG.Philips LCD/LG Electronics, KIST, and Kangwon National University

The K-IDS Three-Dimensional Display Workshop 2006, 21 August, Seoul National University

  + Andrew Woods summarizes presentations from NHK Labs, Curtin University of Technology, and Hanyang University

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, 16-18 January, San Jose

  + Mark Fihn summarizes the presentation from Vav Consulting/Fergason Patent Properties

Interview with Gregg Favalora of Actuality Systems

The Virtual Minster by Wayne Cranton

What about 3D cameras? by Adrian Travis

The World 3D Film Expo by Lenny Lipton

The Last Word: A dear old lady becomes a young diva by Lutz Möhr

Display Industry Calendar

August 23, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Gaga over Google Earth...

News from around the world: Stereovision Imaging. OpenGL Architecture Review Board, Web3D Consortium, NHK, Curtin University, goFLYING, Columbia Pictures/IMAX, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Dolby Laboratories/Infitec, Julian Beever, H. W. Sands/Paradigm Solutions, Inventec/Spatial View, Spatial View/Centre for Arts and Technology, wondertouch, TS3D, JPR, REAL D, Up Denali 3D, NASA, ASTM, DKE/EON Reality, World 3D Expo II, Z Corp, Provision, Direct Source Marketing, QinetiQ, DDD, Holografika, Barco, Dextroscope, CSIRO, Global Imagination, NewTek, Contour, REALVIZ, Noesis Interactive, nVidia, Microsoft, Nevercenter, NaturalMotion, Maxon, Autodesk, QuadriSpace, Ansoft Corporation, HumanEyes, Digimation, DAZ Productions, Softimage, Luxology, Pictometry/Harris Corporation, BAE Systems, 3Dconnexion

Society for Information Display Symposium 2006, 4-9 June, San Francisco

  + Ocuity: Resolution Artifacts in Multi-View Autostereoscopic 2D/3D Displays

  + Seoul National University: Continuous-Depth-Enhanced Integral Imaging using Multi-Layered Display Devices

  + Zhejiang University: Computer-Generated Hologram of Full Parallax using a White Light Source and LCDs

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference 2006, 16-18 January 2006, San Jose

  + Waseda University, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, LET'S Corporation, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Corporation: Ergonomic Evaluation System for Stereoscopic Video Production

  + Osaka City University, Hiroshima Institute of Technology: Wide-viewing-angle Three-dimensional Display System using HOE Lens Array

  + Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Communications Research Centre Canada: Depth Maps Created from Blur Information Using Images with Focus at Near and at Far

  + Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute,  Institute of Science and Technology: Depth Map-based Disparity Estimation Technique using Multi-view and Depth Camera

  + North Carolina State University: A Uniform Metric for Anaglyph Calculation

  + University of Tokyo: Multiview autostereoscopic display with double-sided reflecting scanning micro-mirrors

  + Seoul National University: A Depth-enhanced Floating Display System Based on Integral Imaging

  + KBS, TVLogic: Development of the Real-Time Stereoscopic Error Corrector and Convergence Controller

The stereo camera phone by Ken Burgess

Google Earth in real-time stereoscopic 3D by Julien Flack

There’s consolidation, and then there’s consolidation by Jon Peddie

Longing for a flat scanner by Adrian Travis

The Last Word: Thinking too much hurts...by Chris Williams

Display Industry Calendar

July 20, 2006

Letter from the publisher:  Thoughts in 3D from SID…

News from around the world:

3D Center of Art and Photography, DDD, REAL D, Army Corps of Engineers, Sensics/Direct Dimensions, DAZ Productions, Barco, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Artlantis, NASA, Magic Eye, Blue Mountain, Solid Terrain Modeling, Paradigm/Earth Decision, Superman Returns, ARTVPS, Eurotech, Carnegie Mellon, SENSIO/Universal, Google/Tour de France linkage. Samsung SDI, PureDepth, Novint, Ocuity, Planar, eMagin/V3i, Mechdyne/Northrop Grumman, Spatial View/Intrasense, EON Reality/Christie, Kaon Interactive, Philips, UK Haptics/Reachin Technologies, 3Dconnexion, TomTec Imaging Systems, SolidWorks, Strata, Agilent, Dassault Systèmes, Bentley Systems/Google. Autodesk/Google, Microsoft/EON Reality, DigiGear

Society for Information Display Symposium 2006: 4-9 June, San Francisco

  + Nokia: Novel diffractive optical components for near-to eye displays

  + University of California: Achieving near-correct focus cues using multiple image planes

  + Samsung SDI: An autostereoscopic display employing a time division parallax barrier

  + Taiwan University/ITRI: A minimum dispersion stereoscopic rear projection display

  + Pavonine/Kyung Hee University: A wire grid stereoscopic display

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference: 16-18 January, San Jose

  + Hitachi: Integral Videography of High-Density Light Field with Spherical Layout Camera Array

  + NHK: Imaging properties of microlens arrays for integral imaging system

  + Seoul National University: Comparative study on 3D-2D convertible integral imaging systems

  + Sun Advanced Engineering: Application of 3DHiVision: A system with a new 3D HD-Renderer

  + Sony: A method for the real-time construction of a full parallax light field

  + Kanagawa Institute of Technology: Simulation of 3-D image depth perception on 3-D display using two stereoscopic displays at different depths

  + PolarScreens/NuVision: Innovative Stereoscopic Display using variable polarized angle

  + UCSB/FogScreen/Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan: A Novel Walk-through 3D Display

  + University of Pittsburgh: Real-time stereographic display of volumetric datasets in radiology

Google Earth in stereoscopic 3D by Andrew Woods 

The Last Word: Windows Vista for 3D by Alan Jones

Display Industry Calendar

June 2, 2006

Letter from the publisher:  A look at Oscar Reutersvärd, the precursor to Escher, the artist of the impossible

News from around the world: 3D Consortium, Sensics/University of Michigan, Lucasfilm/mental ray, DAT/EM Systems/PCI Geomatics, Dassault/MatrixOne, Total Film, PureDepth/Sanyo Electric, 3D Systems Corporation/Symyx Technologies, JAXA, Dimension 3D Printing, ASTM, Google, 3D Center of Art and Photography, JPR, AIST, Christie, Kowon, 3001 AD, CyberWalk, Sandio Technology, British Geological Survey/Virtalis, eMagin, Micro Vision Systems, Immersive Media, HP Labs, A4 Vision/Fastcom Technology, Fakespace, DDD/Ocuity/TI, USC, ParallelGraphics/ESA, 

Northrop Grumman, Unfolding Space, Fakespace, NIST, Corel, Gugila, Pyramid Vision, QuadriSpace, Kaon Interactive, Quantum3D

The evolution of 3D graphics hardware in the mainstream computer experience: Geoff Walker attends a panel session on Windows Vista at the WinHEC conference last month

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, 16-18 January, San Jose

  + Technical University of Berlin: Anisotropic scene geometry resampling for 3D TV

  + MPI/MERL/MIT: Distributed rendering for multiview parallax displays

  + University of Cambridge: Viewing zones required for head-tracked displays

  + NewSight: Multiview LCD wall system

  + Toshiba: Flatbed-type display system and its image format for encoding

  + SeeReal: Autostereoscopic 3D display

  + Chiba University: Autostereoscopic display system for remote manipulation

  + Holografika: The HoloVizio system

  + Nagoya University: Ray-space acquisition and reconstruction within cylindrical space

  + University of Tsukuba: Combining volumetric edge display and multiview display

  + Tokyo UaT: 72-directional display having VGA resolution for high-appearance

  + University of Southern California: Adaptive parallax control for multi-view panoramas

Underwater stereo video for offshore oil and gas applications by Andrew Woods

An interview with David Chenault of Polaris Sensor Technologies

The trouble with lenses, by Adrian Travis

The Last Word: A tech-fest or an emerging market, by Alan Jones

Display Industry Calendar

May 8, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Checking out Dundee

News from around the world: Sheldon Zelitt, DarbeeVision, “Superman Returns”, 3D Center of Art and Photography, Spatial View/SeeFront, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, Advance Nanotech/CAPE, ATI Technologies/Nokia, National Graphic/Rolling Stone Magazine, “The Incredible Hulk”, HOPV, Dimension 3, “Tool”, Barco, World 3-D Film Expo II, Simworx, Novint Technologies, The Sharper Image/Icuiti, A4Vision, DDD Group/Ocuity, eMagin/Sensics, Technest Holdings, Komamura, Neurok Optics, 3D Systems, PureDepth, ColorLink,dep3D, SpatiaLight Super 3DStation. MDI Security Systems, Silicon Graphics/Erasmus, Dimensional Studios, Bauhaus University, Viking Systems, 3DIcon/University of Oklahoma. Polhemus/ISCAN, NUR Macroprinters/HumanEyes, Genex Technologies, Fakespace, Evans & Sutherland, TeraRecon, Planar Systems/ATI, Iris International, Imaging3/Dominion, Wondertouch, Vital Images, TomTec Imaging Systems, GeoSpatial Experts, ParallelGraphics, DAZ Productions/Eovia Corporation, Google, Pyramid Vision, StellarRAD Systems/Autodesk, NewTek, Anark/Sankhya, L.A. Center for Digital Art, UK Haptics/Reachin Technologies, Kaon

3D Consortium Annual Meeting, 17 February, Tokyo

Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, 16-18 January, San Jose

  + USC: Effects of gender, application, experience and constraints on interaction performance

  + Waseda University: Asthenopia recovery using 3D displays with dynamic optical correction 

  + National Research Council of Canada: High-resolution insets in projector-based displays 

  + INFITEC: Stereo projection using interference filters 

  + Eindhoven University of Technology: Platelet-based coding of depth maps 

  + Philips Research Laboratories: Efficient view synthesis from uncalibrated stereo

  + KAIST: A fast image multiplexing method in lenticular 3D displays

  + Philips Applied Technologies: Real time rendering for multiview autostereoscopic displays

2006 Symposium on 3D Imaging and Display Technologies

Virtual reality platforms incorporate spherical designs: VirtuSphere, VR Systems

Testing lenticulars, by Adrian Travis

The Last Word: Enjoy the view while you can, by Chris Williams

Display Industry Calendar

April 3, 2006