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Stereoscopy News Newsletter Issue #61

on Monday, 01 November 2010 22:36. Posted in Newsletters

Stereoscopy News Newsletter Issue #61

Avatar-2 will be followed by Avatar-3

James Cameron announced today that he will make two more Avatar movies as follow-ups to the biggest blockbuster of all time. Cameron is writing the scripts for two Avatar sequels and plans to begin production on the first in 2011.

Cameron said the big change is that he wants to natively author the movie in a higher frame rate. He will do it at 48, 60, or 72 frames per second.

Digital Signage Expo goes 3D too !

Insight Media University will be presenting the "Demystifying 3D: The Complete Guide to Autostereoscopic 3D Display Technology" workshop series as part of the upcoming Digital Signage Expo.

Sanctum, the next Cameron movie

Sanctum is an upcoming 3D action thriller movie, it is touted as an underwater survival drama. The film is directed by Alister Grierson and produced by James Cameron. The film benefits from the 3D technology developed by Cameron for Avatar. The cast includes Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, and Dan Wyllie. The release date is set for February 4, 2011. The trailer is available now on YouTube.

Optoma 3DXL converts 2D projectors to 3D

Fully immersive, life-size 3D projection is now possible in the home. The world’s first 3D projector adapter, the Optoma 3D-XL adapts existing DLP projectors enabling them to display 3D.The adapter will be available from January 2011.

Nikon 3D photo frame

Nikon's NF-300i is a glasses-free 3D digital photo frame. The display is a 7.2" (800x600) LCD with lenticular lens. It has an Ethernet port, USB and Wi-Fi, and it runs Android v2.1 and can show all sorts of services (such as RSS, weather, etc.) and also movies.

Looking for 3D post in London?

Technicolor Creative Services London (UK) has expanded its premier DI offering to clients with the addition of full 3D Stereoscopic workflow for Features and Broadcast projects.

New Nvidia 3D Vision drivers

Nvidia released its new 260 3D vision drivers. If you are using Nvidia active glasses on your PC, you will enjoy more stability, better hardware support and a lot of new game profiles!

Avatar 3D Blu-ray given away down under

If you live in Australia and are out shopping for a Panasonic 3DTV, you will be happy to learn that Panasonic is so happy of their 3DTV business that they are giving a way a 3D Blu-Ray home cinema system and the Avatar 3D Blu-Ray disk for the price! The bonus pack is valued at 1348 AUS $.

Haunted, India’s First 3D film

Vikram Bhatt’s upcoming movie ‘Haunted’ is India’s first stereoscopic 3D film . ‘Haunted’, will also be India’s first horror film in 3D format, with Hollywood technicians working on it.