News tagged with movie theaters

Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

Sony says it will start selling a head mounted display that provides a 3-D theater of music videos, movies and games, targeting people who prefer solitary entertainment rather than sitting in front of a TV ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9

Engineering graduate student narrows gap between high-resolution video and virtual reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- With their immersive 3D capabilities, virtual-reality environments (VEs) provide the kind of intense visual experience that two-dimensional digital televisions could never to live up to. But ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Sharp improves wall display technology

(AP) -- Walls, ceiling and floors will turn into wall-to-wall imagery with Sharp's new technology that has minimized the gaps between displays, allowing them to be used like high-tech tiles.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 6

Super Bowl advertisers go after 'second screens'

(AP) -- Call it the "second-screen" Super Bowl. About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things like text or post on Twitter while watching TV, according to research firm Nielsen. ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Movie industry embraces an old enemy: the cellphone

Looking to buck the line at the Regency Bruin in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood? It's fine if you bring your smartphone.

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Warner looks beyond movies to find game success

"The Dark Knight Rises" doesn't hit movie theaters for nine months, but Batman is at the heart of what may just be Warner Bros.' most important release of the fall.

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Bloom is off the rose' for 3D: DreamWorks CEO

DreamWorks Animation chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said Tuesday that Hollywood "greed" is responsible for a glut of lousy 3D movies and weak ticket sales.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 9

The digital film reel

Movies are becoming more and more digital -- from the shooting to the cut to the showing. At the International Broadcasting Convention IBC in Amsterdam that is taking place from Sept. 10-14, 2010, Fraunhofer movie experts ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New sunglasses can also be used for 3-D viewing

With the hit movie "Avatar" creating a buzz around 3-D entertainment, a California company is touting what it believes are the first 3-D glasses which can also double as sunglasses.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Netflix strikes movie deal with Weinstein Co.

(AP) -- Netflix has locked up the right to show "The Artist" and other movies from The Weinstein Co. on its Internet video service before the films are released to the leading pay-TV channels.

Technology / Business

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden Before Our Eyes: Tiny World Makes Giant Leap to Silver Screen

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s something of an understatement to say Shekhar Garde has an eye for detail. A global leader in his field, Garde works to shed new light on the hidden world of atoms and molecules. Equipped with state-of-the-art ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Disney plans more 3D remakes after 'Lion King'

Disney plans to release 3D versions of four more classic movies, including "Finding Nemo" and "The Little Mermaid," after the success of the revived "The Lion King," the studio announced Tuesday.

Technology / Other

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic Develops World's Largest 152-Inch Full HD 3D Plasma Display

Panasonic Corporation has developed the world's largest 152-inch 4K x 2K definition Full HD 3D plasma display. The display features a revolutionary new plasma diaplay panel (PDP) Panasonic developed with its new super-efficient ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

FTC: Children still marketed violent content

(AP) -- The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.

Technology / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bathroom Web site tells you when you can go without missing key parts of a film

If you're heading to a movie theater this weekend, perhaps to see the new Disney-Pixar film, there's a Web site that could help you know when to get "Up" and go to the bathroom.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0