2009 looks set to be the year for 3D, a reality that was apparent across the breadth of last week’s CES show, with many key players in the industry pulling out all the stops to showcase their 3D capabilities.
With a myriad of competing technologies and 3D concepts out there, Futuresource Consulting is excited to [...]

Showcases Market-Leading 3D Technology for Cinema and Home
2009 International CES
RealD, the global leader in 3D, showcased its innovations in 3D entertainment at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday with spectacular demonstrations at the opening keynote address, Sony Electronics booth and the first live 3D broadcast of the college football FedEx Bowl Championship [...]

From Model Trains to Gadgets, Shapeways Shops launches for 3D designers to Sell their Products in the Worlds First 3D to Reality Marketplace
CES – January, 2008 – Shapeways, the 3D printing and production service, announced today the
launch of the much anticipated Shapeways Shops. The Shops offer artists, designers and hobbyists alike, a unique online platform [...]

“Night of the Living Dead” is getting a unique dimensional twist that promises to pull viewers closer to the undead action. The team of Legend Films and PassmoreLab is bringing new life to the undead by converting the previously colorized genre-defining zombie film into jaw-dropping 3D. The enhanced 1968 George Romero cult classic is slated [...]

Revenue Growth is Recognized
IMVU Inc. (www.imvu.com), an online destination where adults and teens meet new people in 3D, has been named a Rising Star in the Silicon Valley Fast 50 program. The Rising Star award is a special designation for fast-growth companies and is based on percentage revenue growth over three years (2005–2007). This [...]

Students and industry innovators take inspiration from the first ever D3
Highlights included:
· Cut&Paste live 15 minute head-to-head design battles throughout the day
· Apple demonstrate new features of Leopard OSX designed for digital creativity
· Portfolio clinic a-buzz with fresh new talent receiving industry feedback
London Design Festival’s inaugural day-long digital [...]

Pioneering Technology Allows Surgeons to Cut Precisely and Control Bleeding Without Causing Heat Damage to Tissue
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D solutions, today announced that a new surgical device designed in SolidWorks® 3D CAD software provides the precision of a scalpel and the [...]

3D Screens over 3.7X Revenue of 2D Screens
RealD 3D, the world’s leading 3D experience, brought in 55% of the total box office for Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, which earned an estimated $21.02M in its opening weekend.
“We are ecstatic with the performance of Journey to the [...]

CES China 2008
Hall 4, Booth #H17
T-WORKS Co., Ltd., manufacturer of next generation screen displays such as two-way screen based on the world’s first photo storage method and high gain screen, announced today that they have launched a new 3-dimensional rear screen named ‘3D-R Screen’.
T-WORKS to showcase a new generation of 3D display called ‘3D-R [...]

SIGGRAPH 2008
ACM SIGGRAPH announced the selection of Irish Artist and Director Catherine Owens, best known for her staging and film work with the Irish rock band U2, as a featured speaker for SIGGRAPH 2008 to be held in Los Angeles this August. Owens will present “Giving Technology Emotion: From the Artist’s Mind to ‘U2 3D’,” [...]