| View-Master®
Super Sounds Projector with Remote Control
 The
View-Master® Super Sounds Projector allows you to put
on a show with sound effects, character voices and music,
using View-Master® reels and a cordless infrared remote
control.
The SuperSounds Projector comes with a manual
advance and an infrared remote control with a clip on storage
area built into the projector.
Additionally, the unit swivels to allow the
child to project images onto an eight-foot ceiling. The projector
will have storage for thee super sounds reels.
The projector has an easy-adjust focus ring
and portable handle. It is powered by four AA batteries.
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Godzilla
3-D IMAX Update
 Last
month we told you that we had thought the Godzilla 3-D
movie was dead in the water. Now it appears that the Big G
in 3-D is resurrected after all and his radioactive spines
have the backing of some former Industrial Light & Magic
(ILM) employees.
Kerner Productions recently announced that
Tokyo based Digital Motion, have provided initial development
funding for the project. Kerner Productions and Kerner Optical
LLC staff will also be providing miniature, creature creation,
physical effects, and visual effects support.
Tokyo based Producer/Director Yoshimitsu Banno and Producer
Kenji Okuhira, have teamed up with Hollywood 3-D veterans
Producer Brian Rogers, Director Keith Melton, and Director
of Photography Peter Anderson, ASC to form the core production
team.
So, it appears that Godzilla is returning to the big screen,
for the first time in 3-D! This contemporary version of the
largest classic cinema creature of all time will take full
advantage of the growing popularity of digital 3-D theaters
to bring Godzilla to its worldwide audience in a way that
has never been experienced before.
Godzilla 3-D will be designed to take full advantage
of the composition, staging, and dynamic editing of original
three dimensional photography. The film will also incorporate
updated creature technology along with cutting edge motion
capture and 3-D CGI animation to bring a more fluid and realistic
energy to Godzilla. This will create more subtle facial moves
and will allow the filmmakers to expand and enhance Godzilla’s
character.
The anticipated start date for this original production is
slated for February 2008, and will lens in South America,
Mexico, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Casting for this
English language film will take place in Los Angeles.
Not only is Kerner Productions involved in the Godzilla 3-D
project, they have another 3-D film projects in the research
and development. Kerner Productions also just recently optioned
the rights to Silo 13, a 3-D feature film from a
script that won the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
- 1st Place Gold Prize in the horror/thriller category.
Silo 13 Synopsis (Spoiler Alert)
The story: Meet Maggie Caulfield (22), a tomboy beauty who
is breaking new ground as one of the first female security
specialists in the Air Force. It's her first assignment: to
guard the highest security facility on the planet -- an atomic
missile base 100 feet underground, at the height of the Cold
War. She patrols a steel-ribbed tunnel that stretches on forever.
Alone. Then, the eerie sound repeats: clang… clang…
clang… The noises come from a place no human should
be -- behind the blast door to Silo 3. An atomic missile silo.
Three years ago, a fatal accident earned it the alias Silo
13. A crewman working inside died a horrific death, abandoned
by his fellow crewmembers in the name of duty. And now, Maggie
must stop an invisible presence that almost kills a young
crewman she once loved… A presence that begins to kill
the other crewmembers one-by-one… A vengeful spirit
with a terrifying agenda that Maggie, the outsider, must uncover
before it’s too late.
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Kerner
Research and Development
90 Windward Way
San Rafael, CA 94901
United States
(415) 448-2000
www.kernerresearch.com
Kerner Optical Research and Development is a dynamic,
creative, and technically expert team dedicated to disruptive
innovation in cinematic camera design, three dimensional
stereoscopic content production/presentation, optical
design, spatial sound recording, image generation, imaging
software, media display and event production. We deliver
these technologies and services with speed and reliable
turn-around; assisting with design, application and
implementation.
On August 14, 2006 Kerner Optical emerged from Industrial
Light & Magic (ILM) in the same manner $7.4B Pixar
grew out of ILM in 1986.
Kerner Optical represents the 14-time Academy Award-winning
motion picture physical effects unit, model shop, shooting
stages and camera group located in the once super secret
ILM San Rafael, CA campus. Associated companies include
Kerner Productions and Kerner Research & Development.
We are 30 years of movie making history, expertise and
craftsmanship now available to any project, anywhere
in the world.
Since 1975 this elite group also garnered 17 technical
achievement awards from the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts & Sciences for groundbreaking systems, techniques,
software and processes applied to the creation of motion
picture visual effects. Beyond these prestigious awards,
the same group was nominated more than 20 other times
for visual effect Oscars.
Kerner R&D brings new concepts, techniques and
systems to life. Our projects involve three dimensional
stereoscopic image acquisition/delivery and real-time
motion capture as well as enabling technologies for
feature film, simulation and immersive training environments.
We are a high-end incubator within a world renowned
studio. Our staff is surrounded by top movie industry
professionals with literally hundreds of years of experience.
However, unlike ILM, the technologies Kerner R&D
develops will be productized, not kept proprietary.
Our relationship with ILM remains close as we explore
licensing and productizing of their existing proprietary
technologies.
Kerner R&D’s primary value is our staff -
focused on leveraging practical creative problem solving
into next-generation tools for clients and industry
professionals. |
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3-D
Center and Ray Zone Present The History of 3-D Comics
 The
3-D Center of Art and Photography in partnership with Ray
Zone presents The History of 3-D Comics in a special
exhibition July 19 through Sept. 9, 2007.
For a brief period between 1953 and 1954, 3-D
comics took the comic industry by storm. Familiar comic characters,
such as Mighty Mouse and the Three Stooges, began appearing
in multiple dimensions, and new characters emerged, such as
Captain 3-D. But the boom only lasted six months, and 3-D
comics virtually disappeared from newsstands until a man from
Los Angeles, named Ray Zone, resurrected the medium in the
1980’s.
Zone’s line of 3-D comics, The 3-D Zone, was
the world’s first comic line that was strictly 3-D.
Since 1983, he has published his own comic conversions, as
well as other’s comic artwork. He has also consulted
on numerous 3-D projects including Tool’s 10,000
Days 3-D CD, which took home the 2006 Grammy for Best
Record Packaging.
The 3-D Center will be projecting Zone’s 3-D slide
show, The Great 3-D Comics Show, in the Stereo Theatre
for the duration of the exhibition.
Friends Only Preview
Friends of the Center are invited to preview the
new exhibition at a special reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 18.
Opening Reception
An opening reception with special guest, Ray Zone will be
held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 19 at the 3-D Center.
Special Event
Zone will also host a demonstration on how he creates
his 3-D comic conversions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July
20. The special event to be held at Newspace Center for Photography
at 1632 SE 10th in Portland.
Tickets $6 advance, $8 at the door. Friends discounted tickets
are $4.
The 3-D Center of Art and Photography is located at 1928
NW Lovejoy in Portland, Oregon. Call (503) 227-6667.
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Beowulf
to be in Digital 3-D and IMAX 3-D
 Moviegoers
keen on catching Paramount Pictures' Beowulf in 3-D
this holiday season will have two formats to choose from,
digital and IMAX.
IMAX said it has signed a deal with Paramount, a unit of
Viacom Inc., to release Beowulf in IMAX 3-D on Nov.
16.
The agreement follows last October's announcement by Paramount
that the film will play in more than 1,000 theaters in digital
3-D using delivery-technology created by the California-based
REAL D. Other cinemas will show the movie in standard 35mm.
At the time, the studio said the film would be released in
REAL D and at " other large-format" 3-D theaters,
but no deal with IMAX had been signed.
Released in March, the adult-oriented 300, an adaptation
of Frank Miller's graphic novel, grossed nearly $25 million
in the IMAX network.
Beowulf is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also
helmed The Polar Express, which was a huge hit in
IMAX 3-D when released in November 2004, and is considered
to have kickstarted Hollywood's 3-D film renaissance. Beowulf
based on the epic English poem and boasting such stars as
Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich, is a digitally enhanced
live-action film using the same motion-capture technology
seen in The Polar Express.
Beowulf will mark the first time a film is presented
on both REAL D and IMAX 3-D platforms, which cater to audiences
willing to pay a premium price for a premium, or multi-dimensional,
viewing experience. It was also a reason some market observers
thought IMAX would pass on it.
The deal is also a first in that IMAX and Paramount haven't
released a film together since IMAX began remastering commercial
films into the large format in 2002.
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Terminator
Lenticular Cover Edition DVD
A special edition DVD featuring a lenticular
cover is available of Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator.
The image switches from a photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger to
an image of the terminator robot.
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Robocop
Lenticular Cover Edition DVD
A special edition DVD featuring a lenticular
cover is available of the film Robocop. Robocop's
visor change images.
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The
Breed 3-D Lenticular Cover Edition DVD
A special edition DVD featuring a 3-D lenticular
cover is available of Wes Craven's The Breed. The
3-D lenticular shows a girl facing two wolves with a dark
sky in the background.
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Fletch
(The Jane Doe Edition) 3-D Lenticular Cover DVD
A special edition DVD featuring a 3-D lenticular
cover is available of Chevy Chase in Fletch (The Jane
Doe Edition). The 3-D lenticular shows Fletch
holding several fake I.D. cards. Fletch also changes
from a suit and tie to a hippie and the I.D. card images also
change.
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Shh3D.com
Jones Soda Bottle
 Shh3D.com
produced a very limited edition collector's special 3-D Jones
Soda bottle featuring a beautiful pin-up girl on the label.
This full size 12 ounce 3-D Jones Soda bottle
was specially produced for Shh3D.com featuring the cover girl
from the popular 3D and Naughty book of 3-D photos
to help kick off the new online magazine Shh3D.com in a very
"tasteful" way.
Only 12 bottles with this special 3-D label
were ever produced in this limited run and each bottle included
with it's own pair of 3-D glasses attached around the neck
with a silver beaded chain so you or a friend can enjoy a
cool drink and a cool 3-D image that appears to spring to
life, as if the sexy girl is coming to you right out of the
bottle label.
Bottle No. 9 of those 12 bottles was recently
listed for sale on eBay. It sold for $12.95. Bottle No. 10
of 12 also sold at auction for $12.95.
The bottle contained Strawberry Lime flavored
soda.
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2007
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference Photos
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Toshiba Corporation (Kawasaki, Japan)
demonstrated the Head Dome Projector - a head-mountable
personal projection system in which a 2-D image is projected
on the inside of a dome-shaped screen with wide viewing
angle of about 150 degrees horizontal. (Photo ©2007
Andrew Woods) |
Photos from the 2007
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference are
now online. The conference was held Jan. 29-31, 2007, in San
Jose, California.
The 2008 Stereoscopic Displays and Applications
conference will held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Centre,
San Jose, California as part of the 2008 Electronic Imaging:
Science and Technology Symposium - jointly organized by IS&T
& SPIE. The dates of the 2008 EI Symposium are Jan. 27-31,
2008.
This conference focuses on recent advances in
stereoscopic imaging, including 3-D display hardware, computer
software algorithms, digital techniques, and applications
illustrating the user-interface issues or cost/benefit trade-offs
of stereoscopic 3-D displays. In both real-world and computer-generated
imaging applications, stereoscopic 3-D display technologies
can enhance the user's ability to perceive objects in their
correct spatial locations, to move through display space easily,
and to manipulate objects efficiently and accurately.
The conference's parallel focus on human factors
issues and applications requirements is intended to guide
future display system development and task-based evaluation
of 3-D technologies. The conference brings together practitioners
and researchers from industry and academia to facilitate an
exchange of current information on stereoscopic 3-D techniques
and applications. Hardware demonstrations of 3-D technologies
and applications are strongly encouraged at the conference
demonstration session. Facilities for large-screen stereoscopic
projection (both still and video) will be available and presenters
are encouraged to make full use of these during their presentation.
Papers are solicited for, but are not limited
to, the following topics:
- Applications of stereoscopic displays.
We are especially interested in novel applications and in
user trials of existing applications. Application areas
include scientific visualization, medical imaging, teleoperation,
telepresence, industrial inspection, communications, entertainment,
broadcast/cable TV, training, CAD/CAM, molecular modeling
and advertising.
- Advances in stereoscopic display technologies:
- autostereoscopic displays, super and high-density
multi-view displays, volumetric displays, mobile 3-D
displays, stereoscopic projection, mobile 3-D displays,
and other 3-D displays.
- methods for recording, playback, transmission and
processing of stereoscopic video.
- stereoscopic computer graphics and stereoscopic gaming.
- Stereoscopic 3-D digital cinema including
production, presentation and case studies.
- Digital stereoscopic imaging
- stereoscopic and multi-view computer graphics.
- image processing and compression of stereoscopic imagery.
- stereoscopic image synthesis: 2-D to 3-D conversion,
depth map generation, and multi-viewpoint generation.
- transmission standards supporting digital stereoscopic
images.
- software and hardware issues for computer display
of stereoscopic images.
- 3-D image acquisition and generation techniques
- single- and multi-lens camera systems.
- motion parallax, volume projection, graphical construction,
stereoscopic computer graphics, computational photography
and other stereoscopic image generation techniques.
- guidelines for stereoscopic content development.
- Design and development of stereoscopic display
systems for teleoperation, telerobotics, telepresence,
telesurgery and augmented reality.
- Human factors issues in stereoscopic display
systems
- task performance comparisons between stereoscopic and
non-stereoscopic displays.
- side-benefits of stereoscopic display techniques.
- evaluation methodologies (e.g., depth-acuity measurement)
and task-performance testing.
- benefits for processing and compression of stereoscopic
images.
- User-interface issues in stereoscopic display system
design.
- perceptual and cognitive guidelines for stereoscopic
displays.
- 3-D remote manipulation and control of viewpoint.
- ortho-stereo, hyper-stereo, and the geometry of 3D perceptual
space.
- Standards for stereoscopic imaging
Due dates for abstracts
are July 16, 2007.
For more information visit http://www.stereoscopic.org/2008/cfp.html.
Items of note in the world of 3-D displays
1. Holographic
Imaging by Stephen A. Benton and Michael Bove. Stephen
Benton co-chaired the SD&A conference for five years until
his death in 2003. This book was in production at the time
of his death and has been completed by Michael Bove. The book
will be released later this year:
2. Enhanced
Visualization: Making Space for 3-D Images by Barry
G. Blundell. The book provides a summary of nearly 100 years
of Volumetric Displays R&D.
3. 3-D
Technology and Markets; A Study of All Aspects of Electronic
3-D Systems, Applications and Markets by Insight
Media and USDC. A commerial report which documents the current
state of the 3-D industry. This report was mentioned during
the discussion forum at SD&A 2007.
4. Third
Dimension Newsletter by Veritas et Visus All things
three dimensional are covered in this paid newsletter, which
comes out with 10 huge issues a year.
5. 3-D
Review Online Magazine A free monthly news magazine
providing information about new stereoscopic products from
around the world.
6. stereoscopy.com
3-D News by Alexander Klein. A free regularly updated
collection of 3-D related press releases.
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Stacie
Lynn 3-D Convention Program
 A
rare limited edition convention book featuring adult model
Stacie Lynn in amazing 3-D were printed for Stacie's rare
personal appearance at the the 2007 Motor City Comic-Con.
Only 1,000 of these convention books were printed.
This full color 3-D portfolio features over 40 3-D nude photos
of Stacie. She shows off the natural assets that have made
her one of today's top adult models and popular pin-ups.
Some photos take up the entire 8 1/2" x 11" pages
and offer some very dynamic 3-D poses.
Stacie Lynn appeared in the debut issue of Shh! online
magazine and in the pages of Swank.
This portfolio is sealed in plastic with a pair of sexy 3-D
glasses. All the photos were taken using modern stereo-photography
equipment, and converted to anaglyph (red/blue) for easy viewing
in 3-D.
The portfolio is printed on 16 high quality, sturdy pages.
The special edition was produced by Shh! Productions from
Battle Creek, Michigan.
Shh! Productions has a limited number of these convention
programs for sale. Visit www.shh3d.com
for ordering information.
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DivaBikini
2008 Calendar features 3-D Lenticular Cover
 DivaBikinis
2008 Divas on Tour calendar is now available and it's cover
is an eye-popping 3-D treat!
The cover for the calendar is a large 9"
x 11 3/4" 3-D lenticular image of Penthouse
cover girl Taya Parker. The 2008 Divas on Tour from Jamaica
Calendar features Penthouse Pets, entertainers and film stars
wearing Penthouse Swimwear by Diva Bikinis.
The Divas on Tour 2008 calendar is advertised
as the world’s first printed calendar to have the cover
in 3-D, which uses a special process developed by Azuna, a
Diva Bikini partner. Penthouse Swimwear features
stunning and sexy micro bikinis and one-piece swimsuits in
various patterns and colors, which include Swarovski crystal
embellishments.
The calendar is available as of June 2007 for $19.95 by itself
and as a package with the Behind the Scenes video for $34.95.
“We are grateful that Taya has agreed to be our spokesmodel
and Cover Girl. She will be appearing in clubs around the
country and at Diva events nationwide signing autographs on
the calendars beginning in June 2007. We are excited about
the endless opportunities for cross promotion that will be
developed by the addition of Taya Parker to the Penthouse
Swimwear by Diva Bikinis swimwear line,” says Joseph
Isaacs, President of Diva Bikinis. “Merchandise will
also be seen on Penthouse Pet models appearing in the magazine
and at promotions and events nationwide,” he added.
“I am honored to have been chosen as the new face of
Penthouse Swimwear by Diva Bikinis! This company
and their products are exciting. The owners are amazing and
innovative in their designs. To represent such a company is
a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I am excited to play
a key part in its future and success! I, along with all of
the other beautiful Diva Models, plan on making 2008 a year
to remember...Year of the Divas," says Taya Parker.
Click on the links to see large images of the
models featured in the 2008 Divas on Tour calendar:
For more information visit www.divabikini.com or call 1-866-678-DIVA.
Visit the DivaBikini Web site to order a copy of the 2008
DivaBikini 3-D calendar.
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Shh3D.com
Launches its Second Issue
   Shh!
Productions offers you a chance to receive direct access to
a monthly online collection of wildly erotic 3-D girlie photos
and adult cartoons!
Shh3D.com is a monthly E-zine featuring 3-D nude girls and
sexy adult cartoons and comix in amazing anaglyph form. Just
put on your red and blue 3-D glasses to see vintage 3-D pin-ups,
today's hottest centerfolds and 3-D cartoons.
The second issue of Shh! is now online.
Each monthly online issue of Shh3D offers a
fun and sexy selection of hips, lips and comic strips that
employ the techniques and artistry of 3-D. Easy navigation
takes you to your choice of 3-D girl images, adult humor and
cartoons, risque artwork and vintage vixens featuring sexy
3-D images from the past.
3-D photos of the cover girl model are featured in the new
issue. The photos were taken by Shh! Productions with 3-D
conversion by Ray Zone. All online images are in anaglyphic
3-D. The Shh3D editors could improve the site by adding a
link to previous issues and offering a choice of 3-D images
using the drift and cross-eyed methods as well as the anaglyphs.
Access to Shh3D.com
is available by subscription.
Warning: Shh3d.com is a site designed and intended solely
for adults, people who are at least 18 years old, who are
interested in and wish to have access to visual images, verbal
description and audio sounds of a sexually oriented, frankly
erotic nature. The materials which are available within this
site may include graphic visual depictions and descriptions
of nudity and sexual activity and should not be accessed by
anyone who is younger than 18 years old or who does not wish
to be exposed to such materials.
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3-D
Auction Results
Here are a few 3-D auction results from the past month
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A set of 50 original, one of a kind, stereoviews featuring
pretty pin-ups and nude girls from the vaults of Shh3D.com
sold $27 for with nine bids! This set of 50 photos features
different, random pictures. This set of 50 photos was
taken at several different locations with different
girls. Additional lots of different photos were listed
in other auctions. Each of these lots featured a different
and random assortment of girls and poses.
A black View-Master® Stereo-Matic 500 Projector
sold for $980.99 with 25 bids. This later model projector
has the 2 1/4" lenses and also came with the black
carrying case.
A Species II 3-D lenticular movie poster sold for $17
with three bids. The poster has four images starting
with Natasha Henstridge gradually changing into an alien.
The poster measures 39" x 27" and was issued
by MGM to promote the 1998 film in theatres.
A Stori-View set featuring Yogi Berra's "How to
Catch" sold for $9.99 with one bid. This is Stori-View
set #801 with six 3-D slides in box. |
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