NVIDIA pushing out GeForce PhysX support in July

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Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

We knew driver-enabled PhysX support was due for NVIDIA's line some time soon, but HotHardware's reporting that GeForce 8 and 9-series owners will finally have it when ForceWare 177.39 ships alongside the GeForce 9800 GTX+ in July. The preliminary benchmarks seem to show some serious GPU performance gains for PhysX operations, so with any luck you'll soon be rendering Independence Day fireworks at greater framerates than ever previously imagined.

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Infosys develops 3D cellphone cameras, projectors

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Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Displays

We've seen a couple handheld 3D devices, but Infosys just announced that developed a chipset capable of capturing and projecting 3D holograms from ordinary cellphones, and that it hopes to take the tech mainstream by 2010. The system captures a series of 2D images from normal cameras and uses them to develop 3D holograms, projecting received images using a laser projector and micro optical elements. Infosys also had a patent granted on the system required to transmit 3D data over normal telecom networks without clogging them up -- the data is transmitted unprocessed, and the chipsets at either end do the heavy lifting. There's no word on what devices this stuff might appear in, but we're wondering what that laser system is supposed to project onto -- or if we'll have to take up smoking to get our 3D on.

[Thanks, Bucky]

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Mirage 3D Hologram Generator: It's All Optical, No Batteries Required

Source: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/mirage-3d-hologram-generator-its-all-optical-no-batteries-required-239692.php

Place an object in this bowl that looks like a black flying saucer, put its lid on top and all of a sudden you're looking at a 3D hologram that seems absolutely real, hovering there in space until you stick your finger through it. The Mirage 3D hologram generator uses an optical trick to make it seem like those objects are sitting on top of it.

Take a look at another picture of the hologram generator's optical illusion in action:

Its manufacturers say that this little frying pan-like thingamajig is manufactured to tolerances within a millionth of an inch. Sounds like a lot of precision for a $35.95 parlor trick. – Charlie White

Product Page [Eye Tricks, via Newlaunches]

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3D World's Three-Eyed Camera Makes 3D Photo Shoots a Reality

Source: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/3d-worlds-three+eyed-camera-makes-3d-photo-shoots-a-reality-243062.php

Design-wise, 3D World's three-lens shooter looks like a camera experiment gone wrong. But the reason the 120 Tri-lense Stereo Camera was fitted with an extra pair of eyes is so that it could take "3D images." Here's the catch though. You'll need a special viewer to make it all work. So in the long run, you might be better of snatching one of these for your next 3D photo shoot. – Louis Ramirez

Now in 3D! [Gadget Lab]

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Samsung's 2nd-Gen LED DLPs Will Get 3D Upgrade by Fall

Source: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/samsungs-2nd+gen-led-dlps-will-get-3d-upgrade-by-fall-255312.php

In addition to that wireless plamsa that's in the works, today we also learned that Samsung is planning on giving its second-gen LED-based DLPs a 3D upgrade. The current line up is 3D-ready and come September, Samsung will sell a $100 package that'll include two 3D glasses and a 3D emitter that'll hook up to your DLP and display 3D content. The plan is to spread the 3D feature across all of Samsung's TVs (DLP, PDP and LCD), but the DLPs are up first. It's certainly a nice extra to have (provided the content is there, too), but how many of you guys want 3D on your TV? – Louis Ramirez

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