News tagged with movie theaters

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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