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...That's why the creators behind Near London are betting that they can coax crowd-weary bargain hunters into the district via virtual reality. Near London is a 3D cyber-version of the West End that its developers say is the most realistic and accurate virtual recreation of a city center ever produced. Launched Nov. 30, it is indeed impressive-looking, thanks to a laser-scanning technology that picks up details down to one fifth of an inch (5mm) and faithfully depicts every brick and slab of concrete. Once users download the software (which is free), they can stroll...
...camera crew caught in the background was explained away as a PBS documentary crew filming in the hospital. The same year, Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian on her sitcom Ellen, and networks even distributed special glasses around the country and showed some episodes in 3D, an experiment that largely fizzled. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...
...have gotten very good at treating virtual 3D patients and rendering them 2D in a sense as a lot of the activity in hospitals centers around computers,” adds Verghese, who coined the term “iPatient” to describe this trend...
...Dean about withdrawing from the College. The dining halls in Cabot House, Currier House and Pforzheimer House will close completely. Please keep in mind that these cutbacks have freed up funding for the long overdue replacement of the electronic information display consoles, which will be newly fitted with IMAX 3D displays...
...back into the game: invent new rules. That's just what Fujifilm plans to do later this year when it unveils the world's first 3-D digital camera for consumers. The company hopes that its groundbreaking new gadget - tentatively named the FinePix Real 3D System - will allow it to leapfrog the competition by bringing 3-D capabilities to the masses, at the same time putting a little buzz back into the business of taking snapshots. (See the best inventions...