.larre » 3d http://www.larre.com technology, innovation and media Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Biggest 3D revolution in 10 years?http://www.larre.com/2008/11/05/biggest-3d-revolution-in-10-years/ http://www.larre.com/2008/11/05/biggest-3d-revolution-in-10-years/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:37:36 +0000 larre http://www.larre.com/?p=106 A few minutes ago FINN and Sesam launched what could be the biggest revolution in map handling for a decade, at least from an end-user point of view! The worlds biggest and most realistic 3D model is launched. Take a look at it here. The 3D model includes Oslo (the capital of Norway). The maps are generated by Swedish military technology (spin off from JAS-Gripen).

The 3D maps give a birds eye perspective with a great end-user control. It’s like sitting in a small plane flying over the great city of Oslo. The 3D-player (it’s a plugin) is developed by the Norwegian company myVR Software. An early version of this technology has been tested out at http://www.hitta.se but the quality and further development since then gives us a product and service in a completely different league. Google Street View got a lot of attention when launched, but I think this functionality is even more spectacular.

Schibsted will use this technology for the biggest websites in Norway! FINN, Sesam, VG and Aftenposten

Read more about the FINN/Sesam 3D map revolution at FINN labs in this blog post

Rådhuset Oslo – Sesam 3D kart from Morten Jacobsen on Vimeo

]]> http://www.larre.com/2008/11/05/biggest-3d-revolution-in-10-years/feed/ 0 Imax 3D – The Ultimate U2 Experience (U2 3D)http://www.larre.com/2008/02/25/imax-3d-the-ultimate-u2-experience/ http://www.larre.com/2008/02/25/imax-3d-the-ultimate-u2-experience/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:52:31 +0000 larre http://larre.wordpress.com/?p=24 Just got back from London, with an overwelming cinema experience in my bag; The U2 3D Film. The British Film Institute (BFI) IMAX is home to the UK’s biggest cinema screen – more than 20 metres high and 26 metres wide, 12.000 watts of digital surround sound and the most sophisticated motion picture projection system in the world. It gave me the most ultimate experience that I can remember – The first live-action 3D concert movie – featuring u2!

The effect that this technology from 3ality Digital LLC is able to do with a live stadium concert is not possible to describe. Eye position of a stereoscopic camera in real time, high resolution 3D systems with zoom lenses, and integrated digital processing gives us tomorrows film concerts – today!

The film was shot at the Vertigo Tour back in 2005. I had the pleasure of seeing them during this tour in Oslo in the summer of 2005. But seeing the crowed at the huge stadium in Buenos Aires, feeling their heartbeat, smelling their tears and sweat singing to Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, With Or Without You and One among all the great songs on this tour was a breathtaking, astonishing and a fantastic experience.

Sitting on top of Larry Mullen Jr. watching him at work, throws me directly to the event, I am not any longer at a cinema in London I am there! When Bono steps towards you it’s like you are able to scratch his nose. When you are in the crowd you are really among them, watching the girl in front of you filming with her cell-phone camera, is so real that all you can do is sit back and laugh.

It is actually a bit scary but this awesome film gives us a glimpse of the future of cinema.

After publishing this post I found a great article/post at Silicon Republic named Even better than the real thing

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