CityWall has been around for a little bit now, offering a giant multitouch display of maps and other service-oriented features. But now the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which makes it look super futuristic and awesome. While not actually 3D in the physical sense, the UI is fully rendered in 3D. As the video below shows, groups of files are represented as spheres, which can be manipulated in every which way. You can even look at the photo thumbnails inside the sphere “from behind.” Though the demo is thin, it shows some really interesting ideas at play.
CityWall Interactive Multitouch Display Now Has a Glorious 3D Interface
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The Coolest TV I have ever seen.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/30/ceatec-2008-sony-presents-razor-thin-oled-display/
How good would this look in your boardroom?
Sony caused a worlwide sensation at last year’s CEATEC by introducing the XEL-1 during the event, its mini OLED TV, which boasts a thickness of just 3 mm (1.4 mm at its thinnest part).
This year, the general public gets to see a OLED display that is just 0.3 mm at its thinnest part (otherwise, the 11-inch screen is technically identical to the XEL-1).
In the US, Sony showcased the ultrathin OLED prototype (under heavier security arrangements) during the D6 conference in May. It was also displayed at the Sony Dealer Convention 2008 [JP], which was held earlier this month in Tokyo.
Panasonic’s 150-Inch TV In Action: It’ll Melt Your Brain, Empty Your Wallet and Ruin Your Life
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How big is too big? That’s the question that you inevitably ask yourself once you spend any amount of time with Panasonic’s new 150-inch plasma TV prototype. We visited it in Panasonic’s towering warehouse in Secaucus, New Jersey last Friday, running it through its paces with 4K footage, Blu-ray movies and Playstation 3 games. After spending a day with it, was it the type of thing I honestly wanted to set up in my living room?
Maybe. Maybe not. The standards that we use to measure other TVs don’t apply here. Have you ever seen a TV taller than yourself? A TV that uses more energy than your washer and dryer? A TV that needs to be carried around on a forklift? I’m guessing you haven’t. This thing is in a category all its own.
Man, is it impressive. If you stand within a few feet of it, it fills your entire field of vision, quickly making you motion sick if you’re playing video games or watching a movie with lots of action. Even standing 20 feet away, you still feel like the TV is the only thing in the room. It’s a 4K set, so if you’ve got the proper ultra-HD footage pumping into it, it makes 1080p look like a second-rate resolution, but even with 1080p, it’s absolutely stunning.
Iron Man looked like he was going to jump out of the TV. Robert Downey, Jr.’s baby blues were the size of watermelons in anything closer than a medium shot. Everything was just so big. Seeing a shark leap fully out of the water to devour a seal in Planet Earth becomes even more mindblowing when the shark approaches life size.
Movies on the 150
And video games? Forget about it. You haven’t lived until you’ve played Call of Duty with life-sized enemies. As I decimated Mahoney over and over again (note to Mahoney: you suck), I felt my hands getting slick with sweat on the controller, my head whipping back and forth to try to see him around corners. My body felt a dissonance because I wasn’t moving my legs or having my body jolted with recoil from my automatic weapon.
I’ve played video games on big TVs before. I visited Panasonic last year to do similar, uh, “tests” on their 103-inch plasma. And while that was awesome, it still felt like playing games and watching movies on a really big TV. The 150 transcends regular TV to become something more. It’s like something out of a sci-fi movie, a living wall, a form of primitive virtual reality. It’s so overwhelming that you can’t really fathom putting it in your house because you can’t see it fitting into any kind of reality you inhabit.
Games on the 150
Inside the warehouse, we placed a 42-inch plasma next to it that looked pathetic, like something you’d put over your toilet to watch SportsCenter while you take a leak. I wanted to put it in my pocket. Even the 103-incher looked sad and small next to it. And trust me, a 103-inch TV doesn’t look sad or small in too many situations.
Sizemodo
If this were a true review, I’d have to complain that, since a 4K TV does to 1080p what your new HDTV does to standard-def, you’re bound to watch a lot of crappy looking TV on this. If 1080p looks bad, think about all of the channels that come through in standard def. And if you’re planning on streaming Netflix movies via your Xbox onto this TV, be prepared for digital artifacts the size of your head.
But you know what? This TV isn’t designed for you to put in your living room. Sorry. It’s a TV from the future, generously time-teleported back to the present by our friends at Panasonic. You aren’t going to hook a VCR up to this thing, and neither are they; it is designed to run with precision-mastered footage, and our current lack of worthy video doesn’t diminish the ridiculous potency of the thing.
Believe it or not, Panasonic will begin selling the 150-inch plasma sometime next year, probably for about twice as much as the $70,000 103-incher. Will it be snapped up by anyone? Probably. There are always sultanates and NBA stars looking to have the biggest and most expensive TV in the world, and this definitely fits that bill. But again I’ll ask: Is it something normal people would benefit from having in their living room?
I’d say no, but not out of broke resentment and the fact that this would quadruple my energy bill and require me to knock down most of the walls of my home to even get it inside. I don’t think people should put this in their living rooms because, when you get down to it, this isn’t a TV. I don’t want to imagine people watching Two and a Half Men on it. To check the weather on The Weather Channel on this thing would be an act approaching sacrilege. It’s more than a TV: it’s a glimpse into the future, it’s a brazen display of hubris and overkill, and it’s a visceral, skin-searing experience. It belongs on spaceships and in museums, not in living rooms. It’s only right.
New Pictures of the Blackberry Storm!
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/blackberry-storm-dummy-models-showing-up-in-verizon-stores/
CrackBerry Forum user BBerry. got a little playtime with a Storm dummy tonight at VZW store and here’s what he had to say about it:
I was at the verizon store and me and my dad were talking about upcoming phones and we were talking about the touch diamond & when the verizon guy shows us this thunder dummy he had laying around so i got to mess with it and boy is it heavyy, but the back steel part feels nice and cold on your hands :] well here are some shots of the phones. Oh and that push button screen thingy yeah its not as hard actually its pretty easy to press.
Creative Marketing Solutions
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Here’s another great site for creative 3d panoramic views of office space or your listings.
The future of media… and end to CD’s and DVD’s
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Are micro and sd cards becoming the new way to save media? I think yes… what do you think?
SanDisk introduces SlotMusic, new music format
Backed by four major music labels, SanDisk on Monday announced a new physical music format dubbed “SlotMusic” that’s essentially an entire album on a MicroSD compact memory card. Wal-Mart and Best Buy are among the retailers that have already signed on to start selling the cards for the upcoming holiday season. With CD sales continuing to flounder, this latest effort to boost physical media sales is aimed at users of the millions of cell phones and MP3 players with MicroSD slots. They can insert the card right into the slot and immediately hear the music. The card will also come with a USB sleeve so it can be plugged in directly to any USB-enabled computer.
SlotMusic cards will be sold without digital rights management restrictions and in the form of MP3 files from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. A joint press release from all the involved parties is scant on details about what will be released in SlotMusic format. But The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), citing people close to the record companies and retailers, says the initial release batch will be 29 albums from all four of the involved labels. Also not mentioned in the release is anything about pricing. The New York Times‘ Saul Hansell, however, says a record label executive told him he estimates they’ll go for $7 to $10.
The future of media… and end to CD’s and DVD’s
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Are micro and sd cards becoming the new way to save media? I think yes… what do you think?
SanDisk introduces SlotMusic, new music format
Backed by four major music labels, SanDisk on Monday announced a new physical music format dubbed “SlotMusic” that’s essentially an entire album on a MicroSD compact memory card. Wal-Mart and Best Buy are among the retailers that have already signed on to start selling the cards for the upcoming holiday season. With CD sales continuing to flounder, this latest effort to boost physical media sales is aimed at users of the millions of cell phones and MP3 players with MicroSD slots. They can insert the card right into the slot and immediately hear the music. The card will also come with a USB sleeve so it can be plugged in directly to any USB-enabled computer.
SlotMusic cards will be sold without digital rights management restrictions and in the form of MP3 files from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. A joint press release from all the involved parties is scant on details about what will be released in SlotMusic format. But The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), citing people close to the record companies and retailers, says the initial release batch will be 29 albums from all four of the involved labels. Also not mentioned in the release is anything about pricing. The New York Times‘ Saul Hansell, however, says a record label executive told him he estimates they’ll go for $7 to $10.
The future of media… and end to CD’s and DVD’s
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Are micro and sd cards becoming the new way to save media? I think yes… what do you think?
SanDisk introduces SlotMusic, new music format
Backed by four major music labels, SanDisk on Monday announced a new physical music format dubbed “SlotMusic” that’s essentially an entire album on a MicroSD compact memory card. Wal-Mart and Best Buy are among the retailers that have already signed on to start selling the cards for the upcoming holiday season. With CD sales continuing to flounder, this latest effort to boost physical media sales is aimed at users of the millions of cell phones and MP3 players with MicroSD slots. They can insert the card right into the slot and immediately hear the music. The card will also come with a USB sleeve so it can be plugged in directly to any USB-enabled computer.
SlotMusic cards will be sold without digital rights management restrictions and in the form of MP3 files from EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. A joint press release from all the involved parties is scant on details about what will be released in SlotMusic format. But The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), citing people close to the record companies and retailers, says the initial release batch will be 29 albums from all four of the involved labels. Also not mentioned in the release is anything about pricing. The New York Times‘ Saul Hansell, however, says a record label executive told him he estimates they’ll go for $7 to $10.
How about this, a robot watchdog for your office?
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WowWee’s patrolling Rovio gets unboxed
WowWee’s Rovio isn’t due to start shipping to the general populace for a few days still, but the mighty important folks over at RobotsRule were somehow able to procure one a hair early. Thankfully for us, it took the time to neatly unbox this home sentry and give us an up-close look at what it’s made of. A full-fledged review is promised within the next few days, but for now, just hit the read link and enjoy the shots.
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200t convertible tablet gets reviewed
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It didn’t take long for Lenovo’s two-faced ThinkPad X200t to hit the test bench after coming over to US soil, and the critics over at Laptop Mag have mostly positive things to say about it. For starters, the convertible tablet maintains the “security, durability, and performance” that we’ve come to expect from Lenovo. The keyboard was deemed “excellent,” the lightweight design was applauded, the display performed admirably and the performance was very satisfactory (or “snappy,” as it were). The biggest knocks on the machine were the omission of an optical drive and the below average battery life; testers only squeezed out around 6 hours, which was far less than the company’s claim of 10.3 hours. Still, at just north of two large, the X200 was seen as an excellent choice for those seeking a versatile business machine, particularly if you dig that stylus-on-screen action.
