Sony unveils its new 3D universe
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Sony reveals its new social networking feature called Home, at the Game Developers Conference.
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Additionally, mobile devices powered by the new 3D WMP will be able to synthesize realistic environments with objects that behave according to complex physics and intelligent characters with true-to-life personalities.
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Three new models of digital S.L.R. cameras will demonstrate just how fast single-lens reflex technology is advancing.
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French to take MS Virtual Earth into another dimension French firm Dassault Systemes today launched a site for sharing three-dimensional models that it hopes will become "the 3D Flickr".â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will work with 3D design and visualization software developer Dassault SystÃ¨mes, to add a new dimension to its Virtual Earth mapping and satellite imagery service, the companies announced Tuesday. Through this partnership, Microsoft will be able to invite users of Virtual Earth to contribute their own 3D models of buildings featured on the maps, much as Google already does with the "3D Warehouse" layer in its Google Earth software and the free modeling tool Google SketchUp, now at version 6. To encourage development of models for inclusion in Virtual Earth, Dassault SystÃ¨mes has built an online community, 3dvia.com, around consumer uses of its and other companies' 3D modeling tools. The community began life as Teapotters.com, a creative project set up by a group of Dassault employees, but opened its doors as 3Dvia.com As a demonstration of what's possible, Dassault SystÃ¨mes is offering a free 3D model of a much sought-after electronic gadget -- not partner Microsoft's Zune music player, but the iPhone to be launched by Apple on Friday. The iPhone model can be viewed using the 3D Life Player browser plug-in from VirtoolsÂ of Paris and, if you catch the angle just right, offers an unexpected view of the inside of the gadget. Dassault SystÃ¨mes also announced partnerships with two French companies, RealvizÂ of Sophia Antipolis and Allegorithmic of Clermont Ferrand, to make their technology available to members of the 3dvia.com community. Allegorithmic will allow community members to use its procedural textures to decorate their models. Procedural textures are patterns of shading created according to a series of rules or algorithms to resemble real-world surfaces such as rock, foliage or sheet metal. They are often used to render more realistic scenery in video games without the need for storing voluminous image files. Realviz makes software used by film makers and game developers to create photorealistic 3D images. One of its applications, VTour, can be used to construct three-dimensional models of scenes from a single photograph. Dassault SystÃ¨mes will integrate VTour with 3dvia, allowing users to combine their 3D models with 3D backdrops created from photographs. Dassault SystÃ¨mes also plans a business side to the 3dvia community, called SupplierSource, to help designers find manufacturers for their products. The SupplierSource site, which the company said will appear at http://www.suppliersource.3dvia.com/, is not yet live.
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3D Connexion introduces a new peripheral that helps users navigate virtual 3D spaces.
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By Rachel Konrad THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO -- Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players.
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By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press  TOKYO -- In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all -- a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full- color video.  Sony Corp.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will launch nine new LCD TV models in Japan in the next few  months including a 52-inch high-definition set, aiming at  demand in the critical year-end holiday shopping season.
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Microsoft technology partner Dassault will help Virtual Earth users add 3D images to maps.
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An image gallery containing creatures and objects made with Blender, an open-source 3D tool.
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The next big thing? IFA 07 Watching your favourite film in high definition and on a monster screen is all well and good, but it still doesn't make the film leap out at you. Texas Instruments claims it's overcome this problem and has teamed up with Samsung to develop a 3D TV.â¦
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The home video unit of Sony Corp. said on Friday it will release four movies in April on a new disc format designed for Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld video game device.
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Slightly stripped game console to appear just ahead of Sony's PlayStation 3.
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Sony introduces two impressive virtual worlds that let PS3 owners hang out and be creative. Chris Kohler reports from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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Aimed at enabling new levels of interactive content not previously possible on mobile phones, PDAs and other handheld devices, Nvidia has unveiled its GoForce 3D 4500 3D wireless media processor (WMP), which allows mobile content developers to create 3D
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Company also says upcoming PlayStation 3 will support Blu-ray discs.