Motus, A Real-Life-3D Camera Hybrid System For Gaming Pleasure

That headline makes it sound a little sexier than it is, but this system is pretty cool. It’s actually an application of the Sixense technology we saw at the last CES, which uses magnetic detection instead of visual. Some researchers at Abertay University have made it into a kind of handheld virtual camera, not unlike something similar used by James Cameron for Avatar.

The video explains much of what you need to know, and of course it’s got its work cut out for it when you consider the Move and Kinect, but it’s a cool system nevertheless. When I used the version in development at Razer, it was really a solid system, though they did need to get the latency down.

Supposedly we’ll be seeing a consumer version of this coming out in 2011. I’m guessing Razer will have a new version with standardized controls (it should work with any PC) showing at CES in January. I’ll be sure to get some video there for you guys.

Via CrunchGear

Fujifilm Giving Away W3 3D Camera On Twitter? For Real

Ever wanted to win one of those Fujifilm 3D cameras, the W3 3D? You know where this is going: Fujifilm has a little Twitter contest going on right now (it runs through the end of the month), and if you win it, bam! You’ll be taking 3D photos in no time.
There’s very little effort on your part. You follow @FujifilmUS and tweet the answer to the following question: What movie should be redone in 3D? You’ll need to include the hashtags #3d and #sweepstakes to be in the running.

You don’t get extra points for creativity, so long, multi-part tweets about how movies filmed in 2D were filmed for 2D, so re-making them in 3D is a curious idea at best. Just say something like The Lion King and cross your fingers.

US-only, I’m afraid. Sorry. :(

Via Crunchgear