Blu-Ray/HD News
| Thursday, August 26, 2010
|  | Japan develops 'touchable' 3D TV technology (Breitbart)
A Japanese research team said Thursday it had developed the world's first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.
"It is the first time that you can feel images in the air," said Norio Nakamura, senior scientist with the research team at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. "You can have the sense of touch like poking a rubber ball or stretching a sticky rice cake" when manipulating images, he told AFP by telephone. The technology changes the shape of three-dimensional images in response to "touches", aided by cameras that monitor how the fingers move, Nakamura said. It is not known when the technology will be put to practical use but its creators see it being used to simulate surgical operations and in video game software allowing players to experience the sensation of holding weapons or sports equipment. [more...] |
| Saturday, August 14, 2010
| | BREAKING NEWS! “Star Wars” coming to Blu-ray in 2011 (High Def Disc News)
The Star Wars saga will at long last be released in a high-definition home video format as all six movies come to Blu-Ray in Box Set in Fall 2011, as announced by George Lucas this morning at Celebration V. The fan convention’s Main Event, thousands of Star Wars fans braved the muggy heat of an Orlando morning to queue for a one-time only stage session between George Lucas and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. Stewart asked Lucas questions submitted from the fan community, and one of the most frequently asked questions submitted online prior to the Main Event was about the saga’s release on Blu-Ray.
“I wish I could say it was coming out this year,” said Lucas, “but it will come out next year.” The set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films, with the highest picture and audio quality, along with extensive special features. Star Wars fans were treated to a glimpse of bonus material, in the form of a long-lost deleted scene from Return of the Jedi. The scene has long been talked about online — a sequence that depicts Luke Skywalker assembling his new, green-bladed lightsaber prior to infiltrating Jabba the Hutt’s palace. After completing the Jedi weapon, Luke stashes it in R2-D2's dome. What makes the Jedi deleted clip so remarkable is that it made it all the way to postproduction before it was cut, so it is a rare example of a cut scene with completed visual effects and music. [more...] |
| Thursday, August 12, 2010
| | A Portable 3D Blu-ray Player? Not Quite (PC World)
Samsung Wednesday took the wraps off what the company touted as the "first portable Blu-ray player with 3D capability," but there's a catch: You have to connect it to a 3D-capable TV and watch the Blu-ray content on that screen with Samsung's 3D active shutter glasses.
Nevertheless, there's still a lot to like about the $500 Samsung BD-C8000, unveiled with a handful of other home entertainment products at a Samsung press conference in New York. The unit, which has a 10.3-inch display and a built in Wi-Fi adapter, has preinstalled apps for the same online content available with Samsung's Internet-connected 3D-capable HDTVs. These apps include popular services like Netflix, Vudu and Pandora. [more...] |
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