Michael Jackson got a standing ovation at the recent Billboard Music Awards, but that wasn’t the strangest part of the performance. The weirdest part of the whole thing is that the singer died in 2009. However, for four minutes the deceased King of Pop danced, sung and even did the moonwalk up on the stage. The weird show was thanks to the use of a hologram of Michael...

You’ve heard of printers. You’ve probably even got one or two in your house. Then there are 3D printers. You’ve heard of them as well, haven’t you? That’s right: these are the bad boys that can print off stuff like guns and food and new legs. Ah, but you won’t have heard of a flying 3D printer before now, will you? Designers from Imperial College in London...

Taking photos from far away is an exciting business as it is but it looks as though it is going to get even better. This is because researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have been working on a camera which could take photos from a kilometre away. In 3D. In fact, the physicists who have been working on it say that with some extra work the maximum distance could...

Apple Inc. is reported to be building a 3D camera that will enable users to capture normal photos and make three-dimensional renderings. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has revealed the interest of Apple in capturing 3D images with three new patent applications, namely the Image Capture Using Three-Dimensional Reconstruction; Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable...

Panasonic has unveiled the world’s first integrated 2D/3D camcorder that is compatible with the AVCHD 3D/Progressive standard, the HDC-Z10000. The camcorder gives users broadcasting quality images for 2D or 3D filming, manual operations for use of professionals and an uncompromising sound quality -or so says the marketing blurb. The HDC-Z10000 bridges the gap between...

LG Electronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of home entertainment systems, is showcasing its new range of products, building on LG’s award-winning CINEMA 3D portfolio at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin, Germany this year. The company’s new products combine SmartTV functions and the latest 3D technology for a smarter, more convenient and more...

The laptop division of LG has announced its latest creation: a notebook that is capable of displaying and capturing 3D content without requiring extra hardware. The 15.6-inch 3D LG Xnote A530 laptop features a Full HD (1080p) 3D LCD screen that uses LG’s Film Patterned Retarder tech to recreate 3D images using passive glasses. The company claims that using passive...

Sony Corp. has made a headstart in the binoculars market with two models that allows users to record HD videos from a long distance. Sony has introduced its line of digital binoculars, the DEV-3 and DEV-5, that can record in AVCHD 2.0 format. Aside from recording Full-HD (1080p) videos with stereo sound, it can also record in 3D. “Now consumers can watch birds, wildlife,...

What makes a good film stand out from the rest? Its not the lenses that they used in cameras and definitely not the expensive special effects used. Its the quality of sound. Sound is very important to film making, in some ways more than the video itself. It is important because it fills out the gaps of what we see on the screen. Producing high quality sound needs expensive,...

The Sony 3D PlayStation Monitor was a big hit when it was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) last month, and it looks like it could be available to buy before the end of 2011. Sony’s 3D PlayStation monitor has appeared on online shopping site Amazon.com with a release date of December 31st. Consumers can now pre-order it at the Amazon’s U.S....