Microsoft Excel goes 3D?

Yes, its true, Microsoft is giving Excel users a new way to explore data: GeoFlow. The technology, which sprang from a stargazing project at Microsoft Research, is capable of generating animated 3D visualizations on a globe or map powered by Bing Maps.

It might not be stereoscopic yet... but it will be!

GeoFlow allows data analysts to embark on eye-catching flyovers and flythroughs, where data points can sprout out from the landscape like skyscrapers. Not only does it provide a flashy alternative to 2D charts and graphs, GeoFlow can help users gain valuable new perspectives on business data says Microsoft

Microsoft's GeoFlow Preview is available now as a free download and requires Excel 2013

Conceptualizing NEO3DO ads

Inventory of NEO3DO will arrive in the coming weeks and I am working to create and conceptualize attractive and high converting ads in various pixel sizes all below 50k (google adwords max limit)

Here are a few of the first ideas!

NEO3DO ads, image ads, banner ads, ideas conceptualized, backgrouds,

Surgery in 3D: A leap in education

The Vancouver Sun online shared this video discussing the many benefits and difficulties in stereoscopic recording and playback of medical surgeries.

:57 seconds

Benefits - Great for education, best practices, hand eye coordination, spatial understanding, clearing out the surgery room and providing an additional dimension of comprehension.

Difficulties - very bright recording conditions and very little room

World 3D Film Expo - Rare Showings

The World 3D Film Expo will be holding its third festival of vintage 1950s three-dimensional movies at the Egyptian Theatre  in Hollywood on September 6th through the 15th. Among the programs being screened is a 3D Animation Show on Sunday September 8th at 11am.



See dual-35mm prints of all the 3D cartoons produced back in the golden age of animation: Boo Moon with Casper, Popeye The Ace of Space, Disney's Melody, Donald Duck in Working For Peanuts, Woody Woodpecker in Hypnotic Hick, Bugs Bunny in Chuck Jones' Lumber Jack Rabbit. 
The program will also include RKO's stop motion Motor Rhythm (originally produced for the 1939 NY World's Fair), the oddball stop-mo Adventures of Sam Space, Norman McLaren's Now is the Time, plus a few unannounced surprises. One of the surprises last time was a screening of the uber-rare Walt Disney's 3D Jamboree, a rare color Mouseketeers film originally made for showing in Disneyland. I hear they may show this again.

 More info click here

HP invents New Better BEST Glasses Free 3D ever!

There was some wicked buzz on Popular Science, Engadget, some newspapers and tons of blogs about HP making a breakthrough discovery related to glasses free 3D. It seems to be a nacent effort since the source files are not ordinary nor real time convertible, eye tracking is due for a facelift though maybe they got that right?

Good luck HP..

Glasses-free 3D for mobile devices Belfast Telegraph Researchers at Hewlett-Packard say they have developed a way to put glasses-free 3D video on mobile devices with a wide enough viewing angle to allow viewers to see objects more fully just by tilting the screen. See all stories on this topic »

HP develops glasses-free 3D Stuff.co.nz Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have developed a way to put glasses-free 3D video on mobile devices with a viewing angle so wide that viewers can see an object more fully just by tilting the screen. Glasses-free 3D is not unique. Nintendo's 3DS handheld ... See all stories on this topic »

Glasses-Free 3-D Display For Smartphones Shows Objects Floating Above Screen Popular Science ... much closer to their faces than they do their TVs. The Hewlett-Packard physicists also tried to make their screens viewable from many of angles. That's in contrast to some lab prototypes ofglasses-free 3D TVs, which don't work if you sit too far ... See all stories on this topic »

HP Labs builds a glasses-free, portable 3D display with wide ... Typical attempts at a glasses-free 3D display have trouble with viewing angles; we're all too ... www.engadget.com/.../hp-labs-builds-a-glasses-free-portable-3...

HP develops glasses-free 3D viewing of videos technology ... - Yahoo! 'HP develops glasses-free 3D viewing of videos technology for mobile devices' on Yahoo! India Finance. Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): Hewlett-Packard Co. has ... in.finance.yahoo.com/.../hp-develops-glasses-free-3d-055607...

2 Days of 3D Google News

Below is a quick Google synopsis of news in 3D from Monday and Tuesday the 18th and 19th of March all with links. Enjoy!

New Tech Economy: 3D printing's promise in prosthetics USA TODAY (blog) SAN FRANCISCO -- While large businesses have begun using 3D printing and prototyping to streamline product development, tech hobbyists and other individuals are using the technology in revolutionary ways. One of them is Bilal Ghalib, a youthful product ... See all stories on this topic »

3D Printer Company Market Watch Seeking Alpha It is clear that 3D printing stocks are quite volatile, but with volatility comes opportunities. The stories of the 3D printing companies are only at the beginning, and in the few last years, the companies have started to show what they are made of and ... See all stories on this topic »

3D printing iPhone dock adapters tuaw.com A French 3D printing company by the name of Sculpteo has begun offering 3D printed iPhone dock adapters for third-party iPod speakers. The adapters allow users to use Lightning connector iPhones and iPods in older dock connector speaker systems. See all stories on this topic »

Sherlyn to shoot item song for 'Kamasutra 3D' Times of India RELATED. Actress Sherlyn Chopra will soon shoot an item song for her debut movie " Kamasutra 3D". Rupesh Paul, director of the film, said the song will be used as a promotional tool. "Yes, we do have an item number in the film, which will also be used ... See all stories on this topic » Times of India

3D-Printed Gun Maker Gets Federal License to Sell Firearms Mashable Defense Distributed, a project for open-sourced 3D-printable guns, obtained a federal license to manufacture and sell firearms. The organization made the announcement on its Facebook page Saturday with a picture of the license and a caption saying ... See all stories on this topic »

Doctor Who 3D film to celebrate the sci-fi show's 50th anniversary Mirror.co.uk Doctor Who is heading for another dimension – a 3D film to celebrate the sci-fi show's 50th anniversary. The movie-length episode will be shown at cinemas in Britain and around the world at the same time as it is screened on BBC1 in November. See all stories on this topic » Mirror.co.uk

Ace Attorney 5′s Heart Scope, 3D clue searches detailed VG247 The site also offers a few new screens showing of the 3D graphics which replace the franchise's traditional 2D offerings in this entry. As well as looking left and right around rooms and crime scenes, players will be able to look in and under objects ... See all stories on this topic » VG247

That makes two of us: How bioengineers are using 3D printing to create body parts South China Morning Post It was used to create haute couture dresses at January's Paris Fashion week, Valentine's Day chocolates in the shape of a person's face in Japan and, possibly soon - the European Space Agency is toying with this idea - a lunar base on the moon. The sky ... See all stories on this topic »

3D gunsmith gets licence to print and deal in arms Metro Gunsmith Cody Wilson has been granted America's first licence to make firearms using a 3D printer. The Texas law student will be allowed to produce and sell weapons built to order using the burgeoning technology. 'The big thing it allows me to do is ... See all stories on this topic » Metro

Where to find a 3D printer nearby SmartPlanet.com (blog) The demand for 3D printers is on the rise. But, if you don't have access to one, 3D printing can seem expensive and inefficient, holding back your design. Fortunately, out of this need is growing new innovation for making 3D printers available for ... See all stories on this topic »

3D Microprinter Builds Spaceship Thinner Than A Human Hair In 50 Seconds ... Huffington Post UK The concept of 3D printing is nothing new - but printing spaceships smaller than a human hair in less than a minute is. A company named Nanoscribe GmbH has produced a machine which can make hugely detailed sculptures in seconds. A realtime video ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft adds 3D scanning capabilities to Kinect bit-tech.net Moving the Kinect sensor around the object to be scanned, the system takes multiple snapshots and combines them into a single 3D object which can be imported into almost any 3D modelling application around. This object can then be manipulated in a ... See all stories on this topic » bit-tech.net

Ang Lee Joins 3D Creative Summit Variety The two-day international event, funded by U.K. industry body Creative Skillset and organized by higher education institute Ravensbourne and the International 3D Society, takes place March 27-28 at the British Film Institute's Southbank facility in London. See all stories on this topic »

3D Printer That Makes Microscale Models Is Now Commercially Available WebProNews This video shows a realtime recording of the 3D micro printing process by two-photon polymerization. We start with the CAD model of a Hellcat spaceship from Wing Commander Saga and use our 3D printer Photonic Professional GT to print a polymer model ... See all stories on this topic »

University of Birmingham, Public Housing Museum and a 3D Laser scan! ChicagoNow (blog) On Friday, October 19th, last year at the future site of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) on Chicago's west side, the University of Birmingham presented the museum with a 3D laser scan of the building as it currently stands. The NPHM is the ... See all stories on this topic » ChicagoNow (blog)

Gabelli Grows Positive on 3D Systems (DDD) Following Recent HQ Visit ... StreetInsider.com (subscription) Gabelli is growing more bullish on 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) following a recent meet-and-greet and tour at the company's headquarters with company CFO Damon Gregoire and IR director Stacey Witten. The company started coverage on 3D Systems at Hold ... See all stories on this topic »

Defcad: 3D Printing Means Unlimited Guns for Every American PC Magazine Will 3D printing impact our personal freedoms? Cody Wilson hopes so. The founder of Texas-based Defense Distributed, a non-profit committed to "facilitating global access to, and the collaborative production of, information and knowledge related to the ... See all stories on this topic »

3D scan of Stonehenge reveals hidden ax-head carvings CNET Stonehenge was given a complete 3D-scanning treatment, generating 850 gigabytes of data. Archeologists put software from Bentley Systems to work to analyze the data. The resulting data crunching showed 72 carvings depicting Bronze Age tools that had ... See all stories on this topic »

One Direction Reveals Title Of 3D Movie Hollywood Life Last month, One Direction teased us with the preview of their 3D movie event. Now, One Direction finally released the title to their new movie coming out on August 30. We were all ready to see it before, but now, we are even more excited! Drumroll, please! See all stories on this topic »

How Will 3D Printing Impact The Manufacturing Industry? Seeking Alpha The 3D printing industry is expected to change the landscape of the manufacturing industry over the next decade. The technology has been around since 1980s; however, more recently, it has come into the spotlight. Industry experts are extremely excited ... See all stories on this topic »

Updated Kinect for Windows software adds 3D scanning tricks Wired.co.uk The significance of the SDK version 1.7 is the addition of two new features for developers to get their teeth into: "Kinect Fusion", which transforms the device into a 3D scanner; and "Kinect Interactions", which opens up a set of new automatically ... See all stories on this topic » Wired.co.uk

Mercury Systems Applauds BAE on Successful ARTISAN 3D Naval Radar ... NASDAQ (press release) ARTISAN 3D radar is a leading-edge, maritime medium-range radar (MRR) designed to improve the performance of the Royal Navy's primary sensing capability, particularly when operating in a complex littoral, or shoreline, environment. The U.K. Ministry of ... See all stories on this topic »

Gun maker: Printing 3D gun parts a 'step toward liberty' PCWorld (blog) Technophiles have been playing around with 3D printing for years, but mostly just to make things like little statues or plastic trinkets. Now, however, it's possible to print items with the potential to leave more of an impact. Items like guns, for ... See all stories on this topic »

3D-printed gun maker Defense Distributed now federally licensed to make, sell ... ExtremeTech Defense Distributed, the organization known for being the driving force behind the 3D-printed gun movement, is now licensed to manufacture and sell firearms and ammunition in the United States. Over the weekend, the group posted a picture of the ... See all stories on this topic » ExtremeTech

One Direction Spills 3D Movie Deets & Tweet Title! PerezHilton.com One Directioners the world over collectively SWOONED today… Cause their favorite boyband announced the TITLE of their upcoming 3D documentary! And no, unfortunately it's NOT being called This Is What Makes Us Beautiful! LOLzzz!! Liam Payne ... See all stories on this topic »

3D Super Hang On Revving Up For Nintendo 3DS On March 27 Siliconera 3D Super Hang On Revving Up For Nintendo 3DS On March 27 Sega is reviving some of their arcade classics with 3D ports and a wealth of configuration options. 3D Space Harrier was pretty impressive and now Sega is focusing their efforts on Super Hang ... See all stories on this topic »

Sphere 3D Completes Alpha Testing of Surf to Go App for iPad GlobeNewswire (press release) MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sphere 3D Corporation (TSX-V:ANY) ("Sphere 3D" or the "Company"), developer of Glassware 2.0™ foundational thin client technology, is pleased to announce the completion of alpha testing ... See all stories on this topic »

3D printed skull Custom made skull points to the future Toronto Star The implant was built using a 3D printer — a hot new technology being used in multiple fields, from making guns to jewellery. The process, which works like an inkjet printer, slowly builds a customized shape by adding layer upon layer of material. See all stories on this topic » Toronto Star

In pictures: 3D-printed jewellery and artwork of Studio Mango Wired.co.uk Wired.co.uk felt that a collection of 3D-printed jewellery and objects by design agency Studio Mango deserved to be pulled from the web's deep pockets and thrust into the limelight. It's small team, split between the Netherlands and Hong Kong, designs ... See all stories on this topic » Wired.co.uk

3D printing turns models into reality R & D Magazine Graduate student Marc Miskin manufactured granular materials of various shapes in a 3D printer to test Prof. Heinrich Jaeger's research group examines materials and phenomena that appear simple at the surface, but which reveal tremendous complexity ... See all stories on this topic » R & D Magazine

US gunmaker gets license to manufacture, sell 3D-printable guns Financial Post Defense Distributed, an online community for sharing free, user-created 3D-printed firearm designs, announced Saturday it had been granted a U.S. federal firearm license to manufacture and sell 3D-printed guns. Founder Cody Wilson posted an image of ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Post

Brooklyn Architect Creates 3D-Printed Dress for Dita Von Teese DNAinfo Schmidt designed the dress on his iPad and then worked with Bitonti via Skype to create 17 uniquely crafted pieces and 3,000 joints. Shapeways, a New York-based 3D printing company, then printed the jigsaw puzzle of parts with hardened powdered nylon. See all stories on this topic »

Exceptional 3D arrives in Europe

A press release out of New York today by Exceptional 3D verifies what we have been suspecting for a few years. Exceptional 3D is at the top of the digital signage game in the US and will be expanding to support Europe.

Exceptional 3D has been a pleasure to work with for us ( www.3dfilmconnection.com ) with a great CEO and support staff, all high quality people easy to work with and communicate with. Best of luck to all Digital Signage pros in Europe. Exceptional 3D truly is a worthy partner.

Dont forget, display quality is high, you can run it on a CMS, run a 2D L wrap and the prices are.... Half of others? Any questions or comments please leave below the US Exceptional 3D display locations.



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