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Sainsbury's now offering free glasses for Channel 4's 3D week

While here at Pocket-lint we had our very own 3D week a little way back, Channel 4's 3D week is fast approaching on 16 November and the broadcaster's promotional partner Sainsbury's is now in full swing distributing the required glasses.

The supermarket chain...

Acer Aspire 5738DG 3D notebook launched

Today, Acer has launched their new 3D experience on laptops, which we first heard of back in June 2009.

Acer haven't taken a hardware tack – like the Nvidia 3D Vision GPU – and instead relies on using a software solution called Acer 3D CineReal and...

3D TV and exactly what Sky plans to do with it

Life is good at BSkyB. The company more or less owns sport on UK screens, it's by far and away the biggest HD program provider and now, at some mystery point of 2010, it looks like it'll be way out in front with 3D too. Sky's director of product design and development and...

10 things you never knew about 3D

It's been an excellent week of 3D here at Pocket-lint for us and we hope you've thoroughly enjoyed it too. If you've only just found it, then do take a look under our 3DTV tag for everything we've written from interviews, reviews, videos and demos to histories, top 10s,...

3D - short term play or here to stay?

As they say, “technology drives consumer demand". Well, not in my book! I look closer to the edges – to the users themselves - for the drivers of consumer demand. Technology that enables consumer desire is where my interest lies. The question is whether stereo 3D - realism...

Katzenberg: Avatar will be a "watershed moment"

Jeffery Katzenberg, the CEO of Dreamworks has said that James Cameron's Avatar will be the "watershed moment" for the 3D film industry.

Talking to the Variety magazine at the recently held 3D-Summit conference in California, the Hollywood producer told the...

Five gadgets to let you go 3D now

While most of the discussion about 3D is all about the future and what that holds you can actually go 3D right now with a handful of gadgets. Whether its TVs, video gaming, taking photographs or just watching a movie there is an offering for you.

Here are five...

Where next for 3D?

While the cinema, home theatre and gaming world is a buzz with chatter of 3D, there is still a long way to go before you will be inviting friends around to watch the latest 3D blockbuster in your home.

That's not to say that it won't happen, virtually everyone...

New technology breakthrough means you won't have to upgrade television to watch 3D TV

Users won't have to upgrade their television sets to be able to experience 3D television claims John Lowry, an imaging industry veteran and creator of a new 3D technology called TrioScopics3D.

The new 3D tech doesn't require the viewer to upgrade their new...

Eight upcoming 3D movies you'll want to watch

The cinema world is going three dimensional, but what movies should you be calling in the babysitters or favours to watch? We take a look at the ones that should be on your list. So grab your glasses, jump in the car and get ready to head to the cinema - these are just...

Nvidia: 3D Gaming is "right here, right now"

Nvidia is arguably at the forefront of 3D gaming - its 3D Vision kit is one of the few solutions available to people who want to experience a litle more depth in their games. We asked the company's PR Manager, Ben Berraondo, a few questions to try and find out a little more...

Is Stereoscopic 3D gaming ready?

Amidst all this talk of 3D televisions and 3D movies, it's easy to forget one art-form that's been 3D since 1981 - Gaming. The Sinclair ZX81 had what many regard to be the first 3D game - 3D Monster Maze, which placed the player in a maze with a T-Rex, the objective being...

When are we getting 3D TVs?

Home made efforts on YouTube and the inventive stills on Flickr are all very well and good but the big question on everyone's lips is when are 3D TVs actually going to be available to us. Sky has got the broadcast side of things ready for 2010, Channel 4 has got something...

Sony PS3 back catalogue unlikely to go 3D

Sony's ability to retrospectively turn all games on the PS3 into 3D is unlikely to become a reality according to the President of the S-3D Gaming Alliance.

"We aren't sure how the rumour started, but it is unlikely to be possible for Sony to make all games...

Sky 3D likely to hit cinema screens first

Sky has said that it is preparing for the lack of 3D enabled TVs in the home with a possible move to host 3D events in cinemas while people move to the new technology.

"We will absolutely be launching a service in 2010 and that service will be fundamentally...

Titanic, Terminator 2 and Star Wars to go 3D

The cinema could be flooded with classic blockbuster movies in 3D according to the Hollywood Reporter in LA.

Following the confirmed move by Disney to re-release Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in the cinemas in 3D before Christmas this year, studios are supposedly...

34 of the coolest 3D glasses

3D just isn't going to happen in any convenient way without the glasses, so it's time to embrace the specs. Whether it's the red/cyan anaglyph type, the colourless polarised filters or even the chunky LCD shutters, there's a variation on the norm for everyone.

60-inch projectors to compete with 40-inch LCDs next year

Despite the movie-theatre-in-your-front-room promise of DLP projectors, home cinema has been dominated by LCD TVs ever since the CRT lost its grip. But if 3D TV becomes the cry of the people from next year on, the current leading tech is going to have a problem on its hands....

Will 3D save the cinema?

It was the introduction of television in the early 50s that first saw the rise of 3D at the cinema. Box office numbers had rapidly dwindled with small screen entertainment in everyone's home until filmmakers found a way to offer audiences something they couldn't experience...

The good and bad of 3D TV

It's one thing to be working on getting 3DTV into our homes but it's another challenge altogether for the production companies to figure out what works in this new medium and what doesn't. Some of the genres speak for themselves but with tests already under way many of the...

10 films that should be remade in 3D

The cinema might be being filled with new 3D movies, but what if we could go back in time and film everything in 3D? What movies would you want to watch again with a pair of polarized stereoscopic glasses? We asked Greg Passmore, president of PassmoreLab, to give us the...

Will 3D change the cinema experience?

3D will change the cinema experience forever.

There was a time when cinema was exciting, when going to the movie theatre was an event, as big as the real theatre even. We were dazzled, we were in awe, we were amazed.

Why shouldn't we have been?...

2D to 3D: Classic masterpieces to get 3D makeover

"This is just the tip of the iceberg. We are seeing a massive shift right now to 3D".

Words from a rather excited Steve Glum, head of branding and distribution at Passmorelab in San Diego, the world's largest 3D content provider.

With the world...

Consumers don't want to pay more for 3D...

Consumers aren't ready to pay extra to watch 3D movies at the cinema or in the home even though that's what movie studios have planned, new research shows.

The survey conducted by In-Stat Digital shows that 64% of consumers surveyed in the US expressed at least...

10 YouTube 3D videos worth watching

3DTV is still very much in its infancy and you can tell that by the amount of content on YouTube that is 3D enabled.

Still, we've watched a lot of "interesting videos" [read crap - Ed] so you don't have to. The result? 10 great anaglyph 3D videos (that's the...