Along with the world’s largest full LED-backlit LCD 3D TV, LG will be bringing the flicker-free certified LW6500 Cinema 3D TV to CES 2011.

LG has implemented a patterned retarder panel and 3D Light Boost film for optimized viewing and maximum brightness. Additional nitty-gritty specs include TruMotion 200Hz technology, 2D to 3D conversion, and HDMI and USB connectivity. Naturally, buyers will also get access to growing catalog of LG Smart Apps, including access to YouTube and Hulu Plus.

Pricing hasn’t been revealed yet, but the LG LW6500 should be rolling out “soon” after CES 2011 next week.

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LG is gearing up for a very big introduction at CES 2011 next week. The Seoul-based company is set to show off the “world’s largest” full LED-backlit LCD 3D TV.

Measuring in at 72 inches wide, the LZ9700 is a Smart TV, and LG is promising to expand its TV app offering to make the most of this massive display. The LG panel also uses TruMotion 400Hz technology for smoother 2D and 3D picture.

Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but the LZ9700 will be rolling out in early 2011.

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Samsung will be bringing a beautiful and ultra-slim Blu-ray disc player toCES 2011 next week. It’s so slim that the manufactuer is dubbing the product as “the thinnest 3D blu-ray player in the world.”

Measuring at less than an inch thick, not much is known (officially) about the metallic device besides the fact that it sports 2D to 3D conversion support. OLED-Display reports that this Blu-ray player will support Facebook, Flickr and YouTube, and it can be mounted to the wall.

Neither pricing nor a release plan has been mentioned yet either. Can’t wait to see more about this one in a few days.

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LG Electronics will unveil the largest three-dimensional (3D) television to date at next month’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as it attempts to regain a reputation for innovation in the television business.

However, Samsung Electronics has no intention of letting its domestic rival steal the show at the world’s largest consumer technology trade fair, as it looks to have a series of Internet-enabled televisions at its booths.

Connected televisions and 3D flat-screens are considered the natural successors to the conventional liquid-crystal display (LCD) television sets of today. And Samsung and LG, the world’s two biggest television manufacturers in that order, are aiming for a bright start in these up-and-coming product segments and cement their positions in the market.

LG, which had been struggling to match the 3D television buzz generated by rivals Samsung and Sony in the past year, seems determined to make some noise by offering an in-your-face stereoscopic experience.

The company’s 72-inch 3D television, tagged the LZ9700, will probably remain as the industry’s largest model when it reaches consumers in the United States and other major markets during the first half of next year. The massive screen is supported by a “full’’ light-emitting diode (LED) backlighting system and also features a 480 hertz refresh rates, which helps to combat eyestrain and dizziness by reducing the flickering of images, LG officials said.

The television will also support Internet connectivity, which will allow viewers a variety of options in video-on-demand (VOD) content and applications atop of Web browsing.

LG hopes to find a significant demand for its 3D televisions in the U.S., home to a vibrant 3D content industry and where customers have been more willing to give these intriguing but unproven products a try. U.S. customers also appear to have a larger appetite for large-screen televisions than other consumers.

“We believe that our product will lead the transition toward large-screen 3D televisions,’’ said Havis Kwon, the head of LG’s home entertainment division.

Obviously, LG would love to duplicate the success of Samsung, which has been controlling the U.S. television market with authority. Samsung is likely to end the year as the top television brand in the U.S., which would mark the fifth consecutive year at the top, and the company hopes that its increasing sales in 3D and connected televisions will help extend its leadership for a sixth.

Through January and November, Samsung been topping the U.S. market segments for LCD, LED-backlit, 3D and Internet-enabled televisions, and has been boasting a 40 percent-plus share in the premium LCD televisions, according to market researcher NPD.

Samsung is looking to exploit the CES to generate more excitement for its upcoming televisions, and a significant part of its promotional efforts will be channeled for its “smart’’ televisions that are equipped with Internet connectivity and a wealth of sophisticated, interactive functions.

The company plans to launch a new lineup of connected televisions, dubbed “WOW’’ Smart TVs, with some of the models being unveiled at the CES, company officials said.

More than 2,500 technology companies around the world are to participate in the Jan. 6 to 9 CES, which claims to be the world’s largest consumer technology trade show and attracts around 126,600 visitors each year.

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DUBAI // A new 3D animation advertising campaign aims to discourage illegal copyright and trademark infringements that cost the country millions of dirhams a year.

The UAE is determined to protect intellectual property rights, and although piracy is a concern, the number of cases has dropped and trademark and patent registration inquiries have increased, the Minister of Economy, Sultan al Mansoori, said yesterday.

Strict laws mean those caught can face years in prison, but Fatima al Hosani, the director of the trademarks department at the Ministry of Economy, said there was still plenty to do. “Criminals are constantly trying to find ways to beat the system,” she said.

A study sponsored by the Business Software Alliance showed that government-led efforts to reduce software piracy by 10 per cent in 2012 could boost the local IT sector’s revenue by Dh1.11 billion.

The Ministry of Economy is in partnership with the Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA), Abu Dhabi Media Company and the makers of the Emirati animation series Freej, to broadcast four television advertising campaigns on Abu Dhabi Television in January – with the slogan: “Let us be partners in your protection and the protection of others” – for the second consecutive year.

Two of the advertisements, animated by Freej, were shown to the media yesterday. One illustrated the dangers of purchasing fake food items, and a second warned against the illegal trade in pirated DVDs.

“We want to emphasise that even if certain products are cheaper, ultimately they can be costly because they can ruin technology or be hazardous to the health,” Ms al Hosani said.

Mohamed Saeed Hareb, creator of Freej, said they, too, suffered from piracy issues. “When we first launched, people started illegally copying Freej and it harmed the company.” The executive vice president of the Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance, Ola Khudair, said internet pirates were intent on rebelling.

“Our biggest problem is the internet and so many people are downloading content,” she said. “This is the first time a campaign like this will be launched in the Middle East and we are hoping to get good support, but we also need the help of consumers.”

She said the pirates were making money. “A recent home raid led to the arrest of 17 people selling illegal DVDs, another led to the arrest of a man selling unauthorised satellite TV cards and so forth.”

Abu Dhabi Media Company’s TV channels and programmes are also victims of piracy, according to Mohammed Najeeb, the director of AD Sports Channels.

“By working with the AAA to raise awareness of the responsibility we all have to act within commercial laws, we hope to help educate both the public and private sector and prevent illegal practices associated with TV piracy,” he said.

See the original story here: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/3d-effort-to-beat-copyright-pirates

We don’t know much about it yet, but it’s looking like we might be getting a taste of 3D on the go after all atCES. We’d hoped it would be with Nintendo’s 3DS, but that report turned out to be a bust, and now LG is apparently going to pick up the slack with a new mobile digital TV that has a 3D display. We know virtually nothing about the set at this point, but we’re thinking it will be glasses-free and are speculating that, after its appearance in Vegas next week, it’ll never be seen in the US again.

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McLaren, the Formula One racing group that is attempting to flex its muscles in road cars, vows to build machines that will leave the likes of Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin in the dust.

And this requires the company to move faster than its rivals to adopt the latest advancements in computer graphics technology for designing its supercars, according to its design director Frank Stephenson.

In a recent interview with The Korea Times, Stephenson said that early next year McLaren will become the first carmaker to fully integrate three dimensional (3D) holographic displays in the design process, converting yet another sci-fi dream into reality.

The stereoscopic images used in McLaren’s labs will be beamed mid-air and viewed from 360 degrees, without forcing software users to wear any clunky glasses. A motion detection system will allow McLaren designers to interact with the 3D holograms and make adjustments, Stephenson said, and the images can be shared through computer networks to enable collaboration between different studios.

“The use of high-quality visual animation and the digitized designing process is based on the needs to improve the speed of product delivery and be more cost effective in the process before we produce the physical product. Conventional methods will leave you with conventional timing schedules, and we will always have to work to find the best processes to accelerate our product strategy plans, improve efficiency and employ cutting-edge technologies,’’ Stephenson said.

“I think we are going to avoid the stage of unmoving 3D graphics that repeat the 2D experience with the same holographic technologies. What we want is a 3D projection that provides a solid appearance where you can walk around it and influence it, and this would really represent a breakthrough in design technology.’’

Stephenson was in Seoul for the Dec. 15-18 Siggraph Asia convention, the regional edition of the world’s largest annual computer graphics exhibition organized by the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) of the United States. A rare automotives expert in a sea of games, movies and software industry people, Stephenson said it was crucial for McLaren to use events such as Siggraph to see what kind of media and technologies are available to improve its design process.

The full, lengthy story is here: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/12/133_78678.html

Story first found here: http://stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/market-a-trends/1149-mc-laren-cars-will-be-holographic-before-becoming-real.html

Lots of people are waiting in line for the GoPro 3D kit showcased at NAB2010. GoPro Announces that the kit will be out in January for 90$.

The GoPro web site says : “Soon you’ll be able to combine two HD HERO cameras in one housing with a synchronization cable to shoot full 1080p 3D video. All 1080p HD HERO cameras will be compatible with the 3D HERO Expansion kit. Owning two 1080p HD HERO cameras makes more sense than ever before. Capture multiple angles at once using both as individual cameras or combine them with the 3D HERO Expansion Kit to shoot 1080p 3D video.” Check here.

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The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, one of seven scientific instruments onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, recently completed a project resulting in a new map of the surface of moon with unprecedented detail.

Developed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and launched in June 2009, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) uses laser ranging to measure the moon’s surface elevation, slope, and roughness in 3D. The primary objective was to produce a global geodetic grid for the moon to which all other observations could be geodetically referenced, NASA said.

Here, the most recent LOLA digital elevation map, which was compiled in late 2009 (right) is compared to the previous moon mapping achieved by the Unified Lunar Control Network in 2005. Notice the vastly improved detail of the moon measurements.

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Those who want to be the first to get the Nintendo 3DS, which features the ability to play titles in 3D without the need for glasses, might want to head down to a GameStop store and plunk down $50.

According to the manager at my local GameStop store, the retailer is accepting pre-orders nationwide. However, the person did not know how much the device will cost or when it will be released.

Nintendo first unveiled plans to offer the 3D portable gaming device in March. The company said at the time that it would “succeed [the] Nintendo DS series.”

Since then, Nintendo revealed that the 3DS would be made available in the U.S. and Europe in March. The company will sell the device in Japan for around $300, Nintendo revealed earlier this year. However, it stopped short of revealing a specific price for the U.S. and European markets.

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