You’ve probably heard that the Covent Garden branch of Walkabout is showing the Champions League Final in 3D this Saturday (along with its floating panorama rig), without the need to wear glasses. It’s a UK first, but have you wondered how it works? Well we’ve got the full lowdown on what’s up.
[Update] Check out the video after the break.
We’ve written countless stories about 3D TV but Korean researchers have unveiled the world’s first 4D television which adds in sensory effects to the standard viewing experience. The 4D TV has an in-built sensory panel that ouputs vapour during key scenes to add atmosphere to rainy moments, a vibrating motor for action scenes like Star Trek battles and a fan to replicate wind and release odours appropriate to your chosen programme.
The technology is due to be included in several major manufacturers new TV lines. If 4D TV takes off, sitting down with a sandwich to watch Grimefighters will never be the same again. Read on for more…
In the wake of CES 2011 we’ve got SD cards full of snaps and stories that got lost in the myriad announcements and hands on first impressions we were legging it around Vegas for. This is one of them: the world’s biggest 3D LCD TV screen at the LG stand, which tops even the Sharp Aquos beast. Not only that, it’s ultra definition too, which means it’s super sharp and crisp.
Excited by 3D TV? Yawners. Holographic TV? Now we’re talking. Lurking in a corner at CES 2011, InnoVision Labs’ HoloAd Diamond is a refractive holographic display that can play videos which means it could form the basis of a new generation of televisions with holographic skills…
We’ve hankered after the Toshiba glasses-free 3D TV ever since it was teased yesterday. Now, we’ve clapped eyes on it. How does it stack up against its glasses-packing rivals? Read on, and we’ll tell you.
LG 3D TV tech has taken a leap and the company is showing off a new technique for chucking images at our eyes at CES 2011. LG Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) 3D technology sounds silly but has some serious potential to eliminate flicker and blur which are the two major complaints 3D glasses wearers tend to have with current shutter glass technology. According to LG, FPR technology will be able to use unpowered, polarised passive 3D glasses with curved lenses or made as clip-ons for your current glasses. The LG 3D TV technology is apparently already being considered by Philips and Toshiba as well as LG itself. The other good news is that 3D TV using the FPR tech should be cheaper to manufacture than current solutions. We’ll hunt down more detail on LG 3D TV tech at CES 2011 as soon as our team of intrepid reporters can get some.
Hours of video is already emerging from CES 2011 but fear not, we’ll be rounding up the best of the web right here on Electricpig. Here’s the first installment of our CES videos roundup with CES predictions, the Asus Eee Pad in action, an odd little robot designed to massage you (yes, really), a look at the 3D tech headed our way and Qualcomm playing with augmented reality. Click through for our video picks of the day…
