‘3D News’ Archives
Sanwa turns your iPhone into a 3D YouTube viewer
Japanese iPhone owners are being given the chance to bathe in the nostalgic glow of the old 3D View-Master — only now, the pictures will actually move. The Sanwa device works in a similar manner to its ancient mechanical counterpart, but magnifies side-by-side yt3D [Read More]
Googe teams with LEGO for the largest 3D LEGO set ever!
Google has announced Brick, a collaborative 3D building experience with LEGO bricks. Google is working together with LEGO Australia to bring the Bricks to the browser. Build lets you “explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion [Read More]
Legal issues loom over 3D printing and copyright
Last winter, Thomas Valenty bought a MakerBot — an inexpensive 3-D printer that lets you quickly create plastic objects. His brother had some Imperial Guards from the tabletop game Warhammer, so Valenty decided to design a couple of his own Warhammer-style figurines: a [Read More]
Sony’s personal 3D viewer preview
Sony has been a promoter of 3D content more than any other company. In theatres, television, or gaming, Sony has been all about that extra dimension. Though not the only console able to do 3D on a 3D capable television, the PlayStation 3 has certainly promoted the capacity [Read More]
Google launches its new 3D imagery for Google Earth – check out your city
The wait is over, as the new version of Google Earth for Android (version 7.0) now offers access to the new 3D imagery. You can download the updated Google Earth for Android app from the Play store now. Don’t get too excited, though. For the time being, only about a dozen [Read More]
HP Labs working on innovative glasses free 3D hologram technology
David Fattal belongs to the photonics group in the Intelligent Infrastructure Lab in which he and his team are working on disruptive, practical innovations based on the interaction of light with nanostructures. We asked him to tell us about their latest invention, a [Read More]
Turn your computer into a 3D touch screen with Leap Motion
By now, many of us are aware of the Leap Motion, a small, $70 gesture control system that simply plugs into any computer and, apparently, just works. If you’ve seen the gesture interfaces in Minority Report, you know what it does. More importantly, if you’re [Read More]
Smart toys let kids design their own with 3D printers and avatars
Smart toys customized to each user’s individual requirements may sound like a children’s fantasy but they’re now reality thanks to MakieLab, a small London startup which has developed a next generation doll that straddles the digital and physical worlds by harnessing [Read More]
Shapeways tops 1 million items printed in 3D
Shapeways works as a platform for third-party businesses to create and sell their own custom creations. Shapeways provides the 3D printing capabilities for a cut of any item sold. It seems like a pretty fair arrangement, which is why there are more than 6,000 online stores [Read More]
Corporate gift supplier Leighmans gets sales spike with 3D catalogue
The catalogue has been updated to include a special 3D section featuring red/cyan anaglyph product images. The gifts that are in the 3D section are those that best benefit from being showcased in three dimensions – for example, those that are more intricate. This [Read More]
