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Aussie IT Pricing Inquiry Now Taking Submissions At Sony’s IFA press conference, their CEO Sir Howard Stringer talked up Sony’s 3D might. Expect to see Sony: Train Driver Simulator! on the PS3 shortly. [TechRadar]
Sony is showing off its new VPL-VW90ES at this week’s IFA electronics show, the company’s first shot at making a home 3D projector. If you happen to believe that 3D is here to stay this time around, get in here.
Most of Buffalo’s products wind up Stateside after their initial Japanese launch, so it’s fairly safe to say this portable 3D Blu-ray drive can be added to your wishlist—if you have a 3D-supporting monitor, that is.
To try and seduce people into buying its LX9500 3D TV, LG is currently running the “LG 3D lounge room and INFINIA Sports Bar” in the Qantas Club at Sydney Airport. As someone who wastes half his life in airports and the other half writing about technology, I had to go and check it out.
Each manufacturer I’ve spoken to has said that only their glasses will work with their 3D TVs, which certainly throws a spanner in the works when you look at the $US150 price. XpanD reckons theirs can work with any TV.
HD Guru is reporting that DirecTV is going to launch the first 3D HDTV channel in the US next year. Great! Now all we need are 3D displays, content and a goofy pair of glasses.
The human body is a marvellous thing. The very fact that we have two eyes means that we view everything in three dimensions, a talent that cannot be overstated. However, for years, television engineers have been trying to develop ways that we can trick our brains into thinking that we can see a three dimensional image from a two-dimensional screen. And now it’s the Next Big Thing in TVs.
