A market research company has claimed that around 40% of homes in Western Europe will own a 3D TV by 2015. Market research company , Futuresource, said that 10 million TVs are sold in the UK each year so the average household is purchasing a new television every 2.5 years. However, despite this positive...

Zebra Imaging has created a 3D holographic map that doesn’t require 3D glasses to view. Zebra co-founder Michael Klug says that the company are able to laser-encode any 3D imaging data into a thin sheet of plastic that will display the image in 3D and users can walk around htem to get a 360 degree...

The world’s first terrestrial 3D TV station has launched in Italy following a successful trial by broadcaster Mediaset. The service is known as 3VOD and runs on Motive’s Bestv set-top box. Subscribers are able to watch around 50 films in 3D.

Fujitsu have announced plans to ship the world’s first computer with a naked-eye 3D display. the world’s first glasses free 3D desktop PC is called the Esprimo FH99/CM and will be released in Japan on Febuary 25th 2011. The cost of the Esprimo FH99/CM is likely to be around $3,100. The Esprimo...

Japan has a new pop star. Hatsune Miku is adored by screaming fans, but unlike any other pop star she is actually a hologram. Hatsune Miku was designed by Japanese technology company Crypton Future Media. Crypton uses voices recorded by actors and then puts them through Yamaha’s Vocaloid software to...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have created the first 3D hologram movie that plays in almost real time. The team uses 16 cameras to focus in on a single object. These images are then sent to a compauter which reconstructs the shots into a 3D holographic image. The computer sends this information...

Electronics giant Sony has registered patents for split screen 3D televisions that would allow viewers to watch two different types of 3D content simultaneously. The innovative idea is just the latest of a number of 3D technological developments Sony plans to introduce. A spokesperson for the firm said...

An expert has claimed that over 20 million homes will own a 3D TV set in in the next five years. A spokesman for TBIvision publisher Informa Telecoms & Media claimed that providing content owners, broadcaster and pay TV platforms invest in 3D that 3D will be in 1.6% of all homes by 15. Informa...

The Samsung UE40C7000 is the first 3D TV to go on sale in the UK. The 3D TV set is now on sale at the John Lewis flagship store on Oxford Street, London.

Apple Inc could soon move into the 3D technology market after a patent application was submitted outlining plans for 3D glasses that provide users with the option to watch high-definition 3D video while on the move.