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Foursquare Time Machine visualizes check-ins in 3D, recommends other hot spots

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [1]

Foursquare enjoys giving its users new ways to visualize all of their check-ins over the years, and they've introduced a new feature that makes that happen once again. It's called Time Machine, and while it may just seem like another feature for Foursquare to use in order to recommend other hot spots to go to, Time Machine visualizes all of your check-ins in the coolest way yet. Read The Full Story

ESPN 3D shutting down this year due to lack of 3D adoption

, Jun 12th 2013 Discuss [2]

Sports television network ESPN will be shutting down its 3D channel by the end of the this year. The sports network says that they're yanking the cord on ESPN 3D due to the lack of adoption of the technology, which is sure to be a blow to the company's working their hearts out on 3D television sets. Read The Full Story

Intel reveals Creative Senz3D depth camera: Embedded version in 2014

, Jun 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Intel's Computex 2013 keynote wasn't all Atom and Core; the company also had a new gadget to show off, the Creative Senz3D camera. Intended to add depth vision to an Intel-powered computer, the add-on camera is set to go on sale next quarter, and brings Kinect-style motion-gesture control to the desktop. However, Intel also has ambitions to integrate it into future systems. Read The Full Story

Xbox One 3D render gives you a closer look at the console

, May 30th 2013 Discuss [4]

You've mostly seen photos of the new Xbox One, but those can seem rather 2D. To remedy that, a 3D render is available to look at, which allows you to get a 360-degree view of the console from any angle by clicking and dragging around the screen to turn the console every which way imaginable. Read The Full Story

3D-printed shotgun slugs appear, one-ups Liberator handgun

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

We've seen the recent fully 3D-printed handgun, the Liberator, make an appearance with the ability to shoot off eight .380 rounds before the barrel needed replacing. As interesting as that sounds, a few folks weren't impressed. They look things one step further and 3D-printed a shotgun slug that completely works, firing from a shotgun and all. Read The Full Story

MATAERIAL 3D printer draws anti-gravity objects in midair

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [2]

3D printing is beginning to take off - scary DIY guns and all - but MATAERIAL wants to take it one step further, "defying gravity" with its mesmerizing object modeling. Described as a new "extrusion technology", the combination of squirted-printing and a specially setting goo means 3D artists could create objects on irregular or non-horizontal surfaces. Read The Full Story

Second 3D-printed gun fires off first round successfully

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [2]

You may have seen and heard about the Liberator, a fully 3D-printed gun that earned the "world's first" moniker and was created by law student. However, one of the setbacks was that it could only fire one shot before the plastic destroyed itself. However, a new modified version of the Liberator has appeared, and it was able to fire off a full clip without skipping a beat -- eight bullets in total before parts were replaced. Read The Full Story

Google Maps-driven Map Dive 3D-tracking hands-on

, May 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at the development studio known as Instrument have brought a virtual reality demonstration to Google I/O 2013, complete with a multi-display drop from the upper atmosphere down toward the earth in freefall. What this demonstration consisted of was seven 1080p displays, each of them run by their own Ubuntu PC working with a full-screen version of Chrome version 25. A motion tracker works to track the user, their arms, and the angle at which they’re standing – or leaning and falling, as it were.

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Amazon smartphone duo with glasses-free 3D eye tracking tipped

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [1]

Amazon is reading a pair of smartphones and an audio-streaming device, new leaks claim, with one of the phones using eye-tracking and a glasses-free 3D display for hands-off navigation. The unannounced gadgets are the handiwork of Amazon’s Lab126 hardware division, the WSJ‘s sources reveal, with the high-end smartphone relying upon retina-tracking to allow users to dig through a floating hologram-like interface.

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Staples becomes first US retailer to sell 3D printers

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [7]

While 3D printers having been for sale for quite a while now, it seems they're gaining enough popularity to begin selling in major retail stores. Office supplies retail chain Staples has announced that they will begin selling the Cube 3D Printer at its stores, becoming the first major US retail store to sell 3D printers. Read The Full Story

Law student creates world’s first fully 3D-printed gun

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [16]

We've heard plenty of stories about 3D-printed guns in the past, but a 25-year-old law student has just created what is the world's first fully 3D-printed gun. It's certainly nothing fantastic to look at (it looks like a squirt gun), but the creator of the gun, Cody Wilson, calls it "the Liberator," so it must be pretty intimidating. Read The Full Story

IMAX unveils home theater option

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

If you have a couple million expendable dollars laying around, your days of waiting in line at the theater, getting dubiously-washed recycled glasses, and leaving with your coat reeking of eau de popcorn could be at an end. IMAX has rolled out a personal home theater option, which is currently only open to select clients who presumably own mansions and other such things. Read The Full Story
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