Category Archives: 3-D

Amazon temporarily suspends sales of Nintendo 3DS

By doris | Published: July 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Amazon on Monday temporarily suspended sales of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3-D handheld video game console, on its popular marketplace website. A note Monday on the page for at least one version of the device said the item was under review and not currently offered by Amazon. It could [...]

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With 3-D slow to catch on, TV makers face slump

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Having recently traded in their chunky tubes for high-definition flat-screens, most consumers aren’t finding a compelling new reason to go out and buy more TV sets. And that’s starting to spell trouble for TV makers, who are just coming off their HD high. Television manufacturers are thinking up all [...]

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James Cameron sees a 3-D future for film, TV and games

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Anyone who’s watched James Cameron’s Oscar-winning “Avatar” can see the difference stereoscopic 3-D can make in a big screen event film when it’s done correctly. While prepping to film the next two “Avatar” movies back-to-back, Cameron has been keeping busy on the 3-D technology front with long-time partner Vince [...]

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Can Mario and Luigi rescue the Nintendo 3DS?

By doris | Published: June 9, 2011

Full Story at InGame.msnbc.msn.com Nintendo’s latest handheld game gadget — the 3DS — hasn’t been selling as well as the company had hoped. Not by a long shot. But the video game giant will soon be sending two of its most famous mascots to the rescue. The question is … will Mario and Luigi arrive [...]

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3-D smartphones ditch the glasses

By doris | Published: March 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Orlando, Florida (CNN) — After a lukewarm reception from television buyers, 3-D technology is pushing its way onto small screens. As Nintendo plans to launch with the first major gadget that can show three-dimension visuals without the need for special glasses in the U.S. on Sunday, two large Asian electronics manufacturers [...]

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Nintendo’s pricey bet on 3-D

By doris | Published: January 26, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Would you pay $250 for 3-D gaming, movie watching and picture taking you can carry in your pocket? That’s the question Nintendo is gambling on this spring when it rolls out its latest in a series of incredibly popular portable gaming consoles. The 3DS hits the U.S. on March 27 for [...]

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The 10 most significant gadgets of 2010

By doris | Published: January 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (WIRED) — When this year began, we were feverishly speculating about an Apple tablet, looking forward to 3-D TV sets, and optimistically waiting for the end of the cable companies’ cruel grip on our wallets. We had to settle for one out of three. While manufacturers did release a handful of [...]

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Toshiba unveils 3-D TV that doesn’t need special glasses

By doris | Published: October 6, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com (CNET) — Ceatec didn’t officially start until Monday, but Toshiba was already getting the lion’s share of the buzz here on the show floor, with its glasses-less 3D TV. The device was announced Sunday night, and people flocked to the demonstration in a dark makeshift theater Monday, where the wait was nearly [...]

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Nintendo 3DS to be released in U.S. in March

By doris | Published: September 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Nintendo 3DS has a release date, and it won’t be in time for the holidays. The iconic gaming company’s much-buzzed-about hand-held 3-D device will go on sale in Japan in February, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said at a Tokyo news conference. It will sell for the equivalent of [...]

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Laptops & Desktops John Morris & Sean Portnoy

By doris | Published: September 27, 2010

Full Story at ZDNet.com Rather than choosing sides, Acer has decided that the new notebooks it’s rolling out for the holiday season will feature new graphics tech from either Nvidia or AMD. Some laptops will make use of Nvidia’s 3D Vision feature, some will come with Nvidia Optimus switchable graphics, and still others will feature [...]

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Nintendo 3DS wins E3′s Best of Show

By doris | Published: July 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If you are a video gamer or know a gamer, here are the games and consoles that should be must-haves in the coming months. The Nintendo 3DS, a hand-held console that allows games to be displayed in 3-D without the use of special glasses, took the Best of E3 [...]

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Games with ‘emotional surround sound’

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — You can watch video games in 3-D. You can hear them in stereo. And you can make your characters move like you do. Now, a physics professor wants you to be able to feel them, too. But first, Shahriar Afshar, a visiting research professor at Rowan [...]

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