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 prediction, Wired.co.uk reports that not many people are buying 3D TVs. Panasonic marketing director, Andrew Denham, has put the blame firmly at the feet of Hollywood for the poor uptake in 3D television sales.

“Hollywood damaged 3D by rushing so many badly converted films out in Avatar’s wake,” Denham said at the recent Intellect Consumer Electronics 2011 show. “What we need now is the next level, the next Avatar. And that’s a big ask, I think.”

The outlook isn’t all gloomy though. Another market research firm, iSuppli estimates that 3D TV sales will grow by 5.5% in 2011 from 4.2 million units in 2010.

The top five 3D TV manufactorers, Samsung, LG, AUO, CMI and Sharp expect penetration of 3D TVs to reach 20% by the end of 2011.

New data released indicates that Samsung are by far and away the market leaders when it comes to 3D televisions at the present time. Samsung’s LCD 3D TVs accounted for 60% of all 3D TV sales during the period of May 22nd and June 18th.

The maps are currently being used by the military, but the general public can also buy prints. Zebra Imaging supports SketchUp and other CAD programs and the ZScape Color pricing begins at $1,500 and goes up to $ 3,500 for the larger prints.

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Because of the high-bandwidth required to screen 3D TV services, most have been limited to pay-TV platforms like Sky. The files for 3D films are twice as large as normal 2D content as 3D requires two images per frame.

Motive’s 3VOD service works by storing files locally on the user’s set top box, meaning there are fewer issues of buffering or reduced quality.

The Esprimo has a 23-inch full HD display along with Blu-ray drive and support for 3D Blu-ray. Specs include a 2GHz Core i7 processor, 4GB of memory plus a 2TB hard drive. A TV tuner will let users watch and record television shows as well.

Beyond those features, the Esprimo FH99 will offer Ethernet and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity, two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, an HDMI port, and an integrated Webcam. The company is even throwing in a free copy of “Disney’s Christmas Carol” in 3D.

There are also 2 USB 3.0 ports and this naked-eye 3D desktop could also become available outside Japan though this is not yet known.

Crypton uses voices recorded by actors and then puts them through Yamaha’s Vocaloid software to create its characters. Miku’s voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita. Different versions of the voice are available

Hatsune Miku has become so popular that she is had sell-out tours and appeared in TV shows in her native Japan.

Watch a clip of a performance by the character below:

Former Blur front man, Damon Albarn’s project Gorillaz used cartoon representations of the band to play “live”, however, Hatsune Miku’s 3D hologram is the first time such technology has been used for a live tour.

Previous attempts at holographic technology, famed for its use in science-fiction movies like Star Wars, has failed due to an inability to dynamically update the holographic images. This problem has been addressed with the new technology, making it a viable option for the future.

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The technology will work through a process called “binocular disparity”. Each eye has a slightly different viewpoint and the brain takes the two different images and combines them as one. You can read about the process behind 3D images here in more detail.

Sharp hope that the new techonology will enable them to compete with Apple and other leading smartphone manufacturers.

The application originally relied on the iPhone’s accelerometer to determine the viewing angle of its images, but thanks to the front camera on the iPhone 4, head movements can now be tracked in order to determine the best angle to view the image. This means that users can look around the 3D scene from head movements alone.

HoloToy includes 13 interactive 3D Holograms, including four games. You can also create your own 3D pics with a function called My HoloPics; its built-in depth and transparency editor lets you create your own 3D scenes and store them in your own 3D photo gallery.

HoloToy costs $1 and runs on iOS 3, though to take advantage of the head tracking feature, you’ll need an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.

Chris Rice, Senior Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic said “Incorporating Panasonic’s professional broadcast technology and bringing it to an easy-to-use consumer model, the SDT750 makes high-quality 3D video content a reality in the home.”

There camera also contains a time lapse recording function, which enables the user to record a flower growing and then play it back at an accelerated speed. The time lapse function takes a frame every second.

The Panasonic HDC-SDT750 also comes equipped with 5.1 channel sound system with five microphones. When voices are recorded from front, right, left and back, then during playback it sounds as though the user is the middle of the action.

Playback using a Panasonic VIERA 3D TV is done by connecting the 3D camcorder to the television simply using an HDMI cable. Sony are also planning on releasing their own 3D camera.

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Viewers will be able to watch different channels on the same television by wearing individual shutter glasses and using individual headphones.
Sony have already shown their technological innovations with the release of the world’s smallest 3D digital camera.

Sony are also known to be working on 3D cameras for consumers.