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3Dims and projectiondesign craft 3D visualization system
As the 3D bandwagon continues to fill, along comes a setup geared more towards research than entertainment. The interactive 3D stereoscopic computer aided virtual environment (CAVE), cutely named Four Space 110, was created by Germany's own 3Dims GmbH and is currently located at the Human Machine Communication Center at Munich University. The installation relies on eight F20 sx+ DLP projectors from projectiondesign and enables users "to be completely immersed in the application with surrounding walls, floor and a ceiling." Within the CAVE, scientists and students can see 12 million pixel 3D images come to life as they study "human–machine interaction and communication," and while the gurus behind it purport that it could be used in car manufacturing / design or electronic modeling, we can only imagine how heavily the virtual reality crowd must be drooling just thinking of the possibilities here.[Via Widescreen Review]
Dolby to offer 3D cinema with Infitec technology
The same Dolby that has been keeping theaters thumping for years is now teaming up with Infitec GmbH, a German company specializing in virtual reality applications, to develop its own 3D projection system for cinema use. While the ideas surrounding 3D displays in various forms are certainly not new, this technology promises to be more affordable than current 3D installations and boost dwindling ticket sales -- ahh, nothing like a panacea to cure what's ailing the movie industry. Dolby's inexpensive, polarized-lens take on 3D hopes to be a bit more widespread than, say, IMAX, in an attempt to get folks away from their internet flicks and DVDs, and back into the realm of overpriced concessions and stadium seating. It's hard to say if this technology will be the thrill people need to swallow the rising box office expenses, but Dolby hopes you'll be giving a gander at the third dimension when their 3D systems get deployed nationwide in spring of 2007.[Via Wired]
