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Tuesday Fun Video: 3D Head-Tracking Demo

December 22, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Cell Phone Info

[YouTube video link]

Remember that Apple patent for hyper-reality 3D displays that tracked user’s head location and automagically rotated objects? The folks over at Construction Software Advice sure do, and they let us know about a little demo they’re calling Apple 3D Head-Tracking – The Ultimate Display for Construction.

Will we see this live on our iPhone or Mac any time soon? Who knows, but the future is coming and concept previews help make the wait just a tad easier. (Seriously, ..read more

Hyper-Reality 3D Displays and Dynamic Music and Video for Better iPhone Battery Life — Apple Patent Watch

December 17, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Cell Phone Info

Tis the season for Apple patents, with both hyper-reality 3D displays, and a dynamic music and video system for better battery life on the iPhone and iPod.

First up, the hyper-reality 3D display — perfectly timed for the Avatar hype as well, we’ll note — involves changing the perspective of 3D object on the display to match the tracked head position of the user. As MacRumors points out, this sounds similar to what Johnny Chung Lee has previously demonstrated with a ..read more