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View It As It Was: The Smithsonian’s Virtual Tours of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra
“A landmark exhibition, not only for its innovative use of digital technology within a museum context, but also for the poignant story it tells.”
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See How Microsoft Is Re-Creating 17th Century Technology Using Holograms
Taking viewers back in time, Microsoft partners with French technology company Iconem to deliver an immersive, photorealistic mixed reality experience of the famed Mont-Saint-Michel...
Creative Inspiration
Director Alla Kovgan on Layering Visuals in Stereo 3D for Documentary “Cunningham” (Studio Daily)
Russian-born director Alla Kovgan's documentary Cunningham focuses on her interest in bringing dance and 3D film together.
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Harmony Korine Taps Snapchat’s Spectacles 3 for Experimental 3D Film “Duck Duck”
Debuting at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019 in collaboration with Gucci, multi-sensory experience transforms Miami into an unbridled dreamscape of sound and color.
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The Illusory (and Insanely Innovative) ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
Bi Gan's dreamy film features a 55-minute single-take 3D sequence
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The Next Dimension: Tour ‘3D: Double Vision’ at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The exhibit addresses the nature of perception, the allure of illusionism and the viewer's relationship to technology.
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Diary of a Madman, Part 3: Tra La, My Ship Is Being Launched
Two days before the launch and the Bigge crew has taken over. All the volunteers are told to get off the ship and keep...
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4K TV Isn’t Doomed Like 3D Was
CTOi Consulting’s Benjamin Schwartz writes a blog detailing three reasons UHD isn’t doomed the same way that 3D TV was. He writes, “I was...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk;
Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is the first feature-length film to be shot and presented in 120 frames per second. Furthermore, it...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
David Leitner carefully explains all of the technological breakthroughs and how Lee uses each one to enhance the story.
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Douglas Trumbull Debuts Magi 4K 3D High Frame Rate System
74-year-old filmmaker, visual effects artist and technologist Douglas Trumbull is not slowing down. Known for, among other things, the groundbreaking effects he created for...
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ 120fps Experience Is One of “Clarity”
"My brain immediately told me that I was looking at something different from ordinary cinema."
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Will Be First Film Screened in 120fps 4K 3D
"I thought Billy’s journey, which is both intimate and epic, and told almost entirely from his point of view, lent itself particularly well to...
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Download a Free Book on Drone and Aerial Photography
3D Robotics has released a free ebook titled Getting Serious About Aerial Photography. The book features interviews with top drone photographers around the globe;...
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MIT Presents Protype of Glasses-Free 3D Theater Display
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have created a prototype of a 3D theatrical display that...
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Ang Lee Screens Revolutionary 120fps Film at NAB Show
Opening NAB Show this weekend was a sample screening of Ang Lee’s upcoming film Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The revolutionary film was shot and screened...
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Using 3D as an Effect in ‘The Walk’
Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk tells the true story of Philippe Petit, the French acrobat who surreptitiously walked a highwire in between the two towers...
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Why 3D Failed to Take Off
RedShark News’ Roland Denning and Andy Stout explain why they think 3D failed to fulfill its promise of ubiquitity. Writes Denning, “By the time...
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Wim Wenders on the Power of 3D to Bring Out Performances
Wim Wenders talks to The Upcoming about his new film Every Thing Will Be Fine and why he feels 3D brought out more nuanced...
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‘Goodbye to Language’ DP: ‘We Weren’t Interested in Using 3D as an Effect’
Goodbye to Language cinematographer Fabrice Aragno talks to Film Comment about working on the Jean-Luc Godard film and finding new and expressive ways to...
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‘Goodbye to Language’ Cinematographer Talks Breaking the Rules of 3D
Fabrice Aragno, the cinematographer of Jean-Luc Godard’s experimental Goodbye to Language, talks to Filmmaker Magazine about their impetus for breaking all the rules of...
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Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Finds a New 3D Vocabulary
A veteran of avant garde filmmaking, Jean-Luc Godard has managed to find new ways to use 3D with his latest film Goodbye to Language,...
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Inside IBC’s Sneak Peek of the Hybrid 3D Camera System
Celluloid Junkie’s Patrick von Sychowski reports from IBC where Fraunhofer and several executives introduced the new hybrid 3D camera system, which would automate a...
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The Future of 3D Filmmaking
The Credits‘ Bryan Abrams explains the technology behind current native 3D filmmaking and what the future promises to change. He writes, “The researchers at...