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Marvel has announced that its crowning superhero film, The Avengers, will be available in 3-D as well as 2-D next May. But the exciting part is that they've invented time travel, so they can go back in time and give Joss Whedon 3-D cameras to shoot the whole thing in. More »
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Take a look at the virtual upgrade of an old thought experiment, conducted by Carlos David Navarrete, a psychologist at Michigan State University. Which should win out - personal morality or the greater good? And what if either one involves hitting people with a train? More »
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If Silence of the Lambs gave you nightmares, you should probably just navigate away from this page right now. Otherwise, prepare to be impressed, intrigued, and deeply disturbed — all at the same time. More »
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This optical illusion requires a little more work than most - you're going to need to do some serious eye-crossing, for a start - but it's worth it. There's a half-dozen different tricks packed into this one spinning rhombus. More »
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Grasping onto a torch I peer into a world of naked bodies. One grimaces at me and bangs his head against a wall. Others hardly stir: instead, they stare at the ground in despair. More »
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Yesterday, Transformers director Michael Bay teamed with James Cameron, film's biggest advocate for all things 3D, to discuss why Dark of the Moon made the jump to 3D...and they showed us tons of new footage to help make their case. More »
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India's first stereoscopic 3D movie came out this past weekend, and Haunted has not gotten great reviews. People praised the 3D effects, with snakes lunging at the camera and ghosts sticking out their tongues. But the acting? Not so much. More »
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Sex and Zen 3-D: Extreme Ecstasy is supposedly the first erotic movie made in 3-D. And in its opening week, it's beaten Avatar's record for one-day box office in Hong Kong. What's this movie's secret? More »
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The current generation of holograms are generally monotone creations, requiring a single color laser to construct. However, Japanese researchers have devised a new type of hologram technology that could be just around the corner. More »
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James Cameron may have helped reinvent 3D film-making with Avatar, but he won't get to do the same for the space program. NASA has turned down his offer to put two 3D cameras on its next Mars rover. More »
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Ohio State engineers have made a single microscope lens that is capable of capturing enough angles to form a 3D picture of a object. Soon there could be an all-paramecium version of Avatar. More »
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It's been a big week for the world of the small. In a new microscope breakthrough, researchers have figured out how to use a minuscule sheet of light to produce movies of living cells, revealing mitosis in action and illuminating cells' three-dimensional architecture with the greatest detail ever seen. More »
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It's true that many recent 3D movies have sucked. But now Roger Ebert claims there's a scientific reason such flicks fail - our brains can't handle 3D. Now Slate's Dan Engber debunks the pseudoscience behind this widely-held belief. More »
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Throw out your glasses. Apple has applied for, and recently been granted, a patent for tech that could produce 3D images without the need for special eyewear. More »
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Will Transformers 3's 3-D footage be as beautiful as Avatar's, or as ugly as Last Airbender's? Even though Michael Bay shot the film in 3-D, some sources claim the result wasn't usable, forcing him to use the dreaded 3-D-post-conversion process. More »
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Cells are amazing self-contained, organic machines. They can also, when needed, grow "arms" that move them around and are extraordinarily strong. Now, scientists have used 3D modeling to determine just how much force a single cell can exert. More »
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Sunglasses maker Oakley wants to improve your 3D-viewing experience with their limited edition Tron glasses. They're designed to eliminate the visual "crosstalk" during 3D viewing, but at $150, you better hope James Cameron keeps making movies. [OhGizmo! — thanks cljohnston108] More »
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Created by design firm Superbien, this installation combines 3D projections with a simple 3D surface - literally, a pile of blocks stacked against a wall. When you watch the video, the result is absolutely enchanting. Augmented reality done right. More »
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Imagine that — a studio realizes that a movie will look poopy in 3-D, so they decide not to do it. Warner Bros. decided the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be 2-D only. More »
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This indie short called "Sintel" is a startling combination of cuteness and tragedy. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5652662&view=rss&microfeed=true This week was the 3D Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles, a large industry shindig that draws corporate types together with creatives to talk about the future of 3D technology in movies, games, and more. According to a release about the conference, not everybody there was happy about 3D: More »
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Here's talk of a 3-D conversion that's so curious and unasked for that it should definitely happen — Terry Gilliam wants to convert his 1981 dwarven time-travel flick Time Bandits into 3-D. Let's make this a reality, folks. More »
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Keiichi Matsuda creates incredible short films that depict an augmented reality city where synthetic information clouds are grafted onto brick'n'mortar material spaces. Here are two of his futureshock videos. More »
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In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Cameron, whose directorial debut was Piranha 2: The Swarming, was asked whether he had any nostalgia for the Piranha franchise. Cameron said no, and claimed the flick's bad for 3-D cinema. More »
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One thing everybody knows about Terminators: They always keep coming, no matter what you do. But the next installment of Skynet's plan to destroy humanity will come in a surprising form: a PG-13 animated sequel to the original Terminator. More »
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A Hong Kong production crew is currently filming 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, a $3.2 million 3D film based on the Chinese erotic tale The Carnal Prayer Mat. Could this be what saves the ailing XXX movie theater industry? More »
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It's time to understand how 3D movies work, since at this point they're never, ever going away. Find out how the Na'vi hair tentacles managed to reach out and spill your Mr. Pibb. More »
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While it would be bad ass to see the green codes of the Matrix whipping at your skull, 3D conversion is an ugly thing to subject a great film to. Thankfully, Joel Silver, is extremely against it. [MTV] More »
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When interviewed by the LA Times' Geoff Boucher, the Dark Knight director explained why he's "not a huge fan" of the technology that's turning every other Hollywood movie into a theme-park ride. More »
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James Cameron is giving NASA tips on how to equip the Mars Rover with a better camera, for footage that he may use for a 3-D documentary. It's good to have endless cash and an undying love of space. More »
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That creepy little girl is back for a third installment of The Ring movie series, but this time the she-devil is coming at you in 3D. Which can only mean that everyone watching the new movie will immediately die. [THR] More »
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Ridley Scott won't have enough room in just one Alien prequel to would solve the mystery behind the infamous Space Jockey and chill us all over again. He's decided there should be two prequels, both of them in 3-D. More »
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The makers of The Last Airbender and Green Hornet are scrambling to convert their films to into inferior post-production 3-D. When will this 3-D monster stop? More »
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For the third installment in the insanely profitable Men in Black franchise, director Barry Sonnenfeld is getting the band back together — and shooting it in 3D. More »
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The new Clash of the Titans hits theaters this weekend in 3D — not because the filmmakers wanted it that way, but because Warner Bros. could charge more for it. Which is just plain wrong. More »
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How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you're Warner Bros., the answer seems to be "Suddenly realize you own a company that's specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years." Enter the DC years... More »
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Fresh from the success of his Alice In Wonderland, Tim Burton is staying with 3D for his next project, which is one that he's been rumored to be involved in before: A brand-new Addams Family movie unlike any previous efforts. More »
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One of the beneficiaries of Avatar's success could be the on-again, off-again Heavy Metal movie. Now there's talk it may be reborn as an all-3D, all-animated anthology with contributions from Avatar's James Cameron, Watchmen's Zack Snyder and David Fincher. More »
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Forget 3-D, the Koreans are taking the Avatar viewing experience all the way to 4-D. Which means you'll actually get to feel the spittle from a wild banshee hit your cheek, mid-scream. More »
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We knew it: 3-D films are trying to kill you with migraines and crappy vision. A new study proves the relationship between 3-D and headaches. But will this stop Hollywood's slate of 32 (and counting) upcoming 3-D films? More »
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