Interestingly, the new 3D blockbusters are targeting adult viewers:
Hollywood’s major studios are preparing to flood festival screens and commercial theaters with an unusual, year-end wave of grown-up movie spectacles — shown in the 3-D or large-screen format that is usually reserved for action blockbusters with younger audiences.
Source: Hollywood Uses Bigger Screens to Tell Sophisticated Stories – The New York Times
Starting in the fall of 2014, Youtube began dropping support for 3D videos. Now, Google briefly mentions it will be launching 360 degree VR 3D support soon (it’s #7 on this video).
Presumably, 3D VR will also support conventional 3D streaming again, as well.
Source: Scientists have created 3D holograms that you can touch – Quartz
System uses lasers to create tiny bits of plasma in the air, which are touchable.
It’s a desktop 3D display that can be viewed from 360 degrees around. Watch the video here to see what they have in mind.
I saw something like this at a conference that I think was an earlier version – the concept has interesting applications. I think the use case is industrial design, mechanical engineering scenarios and not entertainment (but they think it has consumer applications). Think of creating a 3D design in CAD, then displaying a pseudo-walk around display model before committing to a 3D printer – very useful actually.
Launched on Kickstarter this morning, Holus is a tabletop device that converts digital content into a 3D hologram. Created by H+ Technologies out of..
Source: Holus Is A Tabletop Device That Turns Digital Media Into A 3D Hologram | TechCrunch
Time will tell if there is a consumer market for the device. I can certainly see commercial applications!
This implies 3D is returning to Youtube – but in a bigger way – using virtual reality (VR) technology, 360 degree immersive video camera technology and VR viewers.
Source: Jump – Google