3D Overdose

Sun has just released its new application that they call as the ‘Looking Glass 3D’ interface. The application can be compared to the Quartz Extreme Effects that are integrated in Mac OS X and the much popular Vista’s Aero Glass Interface.

The interface allows the users to treat the windows as 3D objects floating in space. Users will also be able to flip the windows to see some hidden programs or some special commands that are displayed on the reverse of the windows.

The application has a Dock-style launch bar and the windows can also be moved in between virtual operating systems. The application is developed in Java that means that it is platform independent. Moreover, since the application runs as a Java layer on top of the main operating system, so it does not change the performance of the main operating system.

The application is available as a free download for all the major operating systems.

Via: electronista

A Stereoscope is a simple optical device to allow the perception of a stereoscopic or 3D image from pairs of aerial photographs.

But this one being a mod is quite different from the definitions. The developer has taken two clixes that can play video at 15 FPS and with some metal work he was able to attach it to a frame connected with the antique stereoscope.

That means this one can play videos and you can view 3D videos without spending too much for 3D eyeglasses.

You will be able to complete in a couple of hours without investing too much in the process.

Click here for the detailed procedure.

Thanks: Jesse

Via: makezine

Many of you would have enjoyed watching some 3D Laser Scanning in most Sci-Fi Hollywood movies.

Well here is a chance to own that. And you will not have to pay a hundred thousand dollar bill for that.

All you need is a decent web cam, a street laser pointer, a perfect 90-degree corner wall and the most important part is the DAVID software.

The DAVID software turns your web cam into an ultra-sensitive laser recorder and then reconstructs the image on your screen.

The most important part of the device that is the software is readily available for free download. CLICK HERE to download the DAVID Software.

Via: engadget

NEC Electronics, Elpida Memory and Oki Electric team has developed a 3D layered memory packaging technology.

The technology will incorporate eight memory chips and one controller chip in a vertical stack.

Each of the chips that are involved in the technology has more than 1000 pins on each side and they are connected to polysilicon electrodes that have been built into the chips that vertically pierce the chips from top to bottom.

High density microbumps are then used to interconnect the chips. The key feature of the technology is that the entire stack is quite compact because the chips are only 50 micrometers thick.

These compact chips can be used in applications like 3D gaming that require fast memory chips and low power consumption.

Other approaches like SoC (System on Chip) and SiP (System in package) that are currently employed for the above applications have their own disadvantages. If you talk about SoC then we have to consider the fact that there is less of available area on a chip that can be used for memory integration, so we cannot integrate large memory on the chip. On the other hand SiP creates impedance balancing problems and that limits the number of pins that can be directly connected to the processor.

If we consider the above problems then we have to appreciate the work done by NEC/Elpida/Oki who have managed to develop a solution for the next generation of mobile devices.

Via: dailytech

The search engine giant Google will soon face some stiff competition from a Swedish company called Polar Rose.

Polar Rose is planning to release a new visual search engine with face recognition and 3D imaging software, the beta of which will be available by February 2007.

The users of this new search engine will have to enter the name and the facial characteristics of the person whom they are searching for. The search engine will be available both as a plug-in for Firefox and IE and could also be integrated in a web site as it is API based.

When activated the engine will display all the images of people that one encounter while surfing and you can just click on any image and the application will search the web for some more images of the person.

This method of entering visual characteristics of a person for searching his or her images on the web is a new idea and should be welcomed by the community.

Via: abcnews