Awesome 3d

Iain Sinclair’s Poco 3D, made of scratch resistant magnesium, is the world’s first credit card sized, full 1080p high definition video camera with 5 MP digital still and music recording/playing capability.

Current glasses-free displays have poor viewing angles. Toshiba’s concept display solves the problem by turning the tables: the display will be the one moved, while user’s head stays still.

We’re immersing ourselves in David DiMichele’s impressive and disquieting dioramas. He creates the fantastic 3D installations in his studio, using everything from glass and ice to tree bark and coil.

Show off what your schmancy graphics card can handle with this newly updated 3D benchmarking utility. The stuff in their demos is almost always cooler than the graphics in games themselves.

No, we aren’t tired of projection mapping yet, or TRON for that matter: check out the full projection mapping light show spectacle for TRON: Legacy on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

At first glance, you’d think that you were looking at some sort of 3-dimensional sculpture, but these are just flat sheets of paper, illustrated with incredible depth by Chilean artist Fredo.

Gucci’s anti-reflective, mirror-coated aviators feature curved lenses with circular polarized technology, optimal for movie theatre Real D systems. Coming Holiday 2010. (Thanks Thorir!)

Ok, Radiohead’s video for House of Cards isn’t new, but did you know that you can manipulate the 3D plotting technologies they used to create it on Google code? Inspired, mindbending, cool stuff.

Panasonic’s latest micro 4/3 camera has the fastest autofocus among interchangeable lens models at just 1/10th of a second. It is also compatible with the world’s first 3D interchangeable lens.

Sintel is a gorgeously animated, dramatic CGI short film produced with the free Blender 3D creation suite and other open-source tools by an international team of artists and developers.

Built with JavaScript and WebGL, this 3D demo shows off what’s truly possible in a web browser. You’ll need a recent copy of Google’s Chromium. Hit “L” while the demo plays for a fun surprise.

Created with the modern-day Unreal Engine 3 Dev Kit this animation shows what the original Unreal (c.1998) might look like if remade using today’s technology. It’s such a tease. We want more.

This is practically just a tech demo, but it’s jaw-dropping nonetheless, a testament to how far computer graphics have come. Watch it in HD. 3D version here, making of video here.

LG’s prototype OLED TV is the world’s slimmest television at only 2.9mm thick. The 31-in wonder delivers 1080p, can display 3D video and has an “infinite contrast ratio”, whatever that means.

Master of horror Wes Craven has been working on this creepy teen flick about a serial killer who swore he’d one day return to kill the 7 children born the night he died. You can guess the rest.

With Fujifilm’s new digicam captures 3D video in 720p HD, and lets you view images on 3D TVs, develop 3D lenticular prints, or view them on the built-in glasses-free 3D LCD viewfinder.

This 3+ minute reel of polygonal meshes, metaballs, fluids, and tearable fabric animations was all created with the new emPolygonizer2 plug-in for Softimage. CGI geeks, geek out!

Samsung’s BD-C8000 Blu-ray player offers a 10.3″ LCD screen and even supports 3D playback – on 3D televisions, but not on the built-in screen. Still, it’s worth a look if you want Blu-ray on the go.

Perhaps the most awesome oven mitt prototype ever: Aaron Trocola’s Fire Gauntlet, an articulated hard-shelled glove based on a 3D scan of his hand, 3D printed with room for a Nomex cloth lining.

Any movie with vampires, guns, mutants, and fistfights on moving vehicles needs to go on our “ones to watch” list. Scott Stewart, the film’s creator, did effects for Sin City and Iron Man.

Engadget managed to get the scoop on this prosumer camcorder, capable of shooting 1080p HD footage in 3D in AVCHD format. We don’t know much else yet, but it’s sure got a big lens.

3D displays are everywhere these days. But Sony is showing off the next generation of 3-dimensional screens, providing 360-degree volumetric images that you can walk around and gesture control.

After 3 years of meticulous production time, this haunting CG animated film about the beauty and mystery of nature has finally seen the light of day. And yes, it’s that Whoopi Goldberg as the red head.