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Panasonic Unveils the World's First 3D Consumer Camcorder
Jul 27, 2010 – Panasonic has announced the launch of the Panasonic HDC-SDT750, the world's first consumer 3D camcorder, which includes a 3D conversion lens that enables the camcorder to shoot powerful and true-to-life 3D video content.
News categories: Panasonic, Camcorder, Digital TV, Metaverse, USA

U.S. CE Industry To Surpass $174 Billion In 2010, Reach Record High By 2011
Jul 22, 2010 – The U.S. consumer electronics industry will exceed initial revenue projections for 2010, the CEA has announced. Shipments of 3D displays will increase to 2.1 million this year, doubling the original forecast in January.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

DVB Approves Commercial Requirements for DVB-3DTV
Jul 13, 2010 – The DVB Project has approved commercial requirements for 3D-TV. The requirements include the formats that should be catered for, and take the new area of 3D subtitles into account.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

11,000 3D TVs sold in France in May and June
Jul 13, 2010 – According to GfK, 11,000 3D TVs were sold in France in May and June boosted by the World Cup. GfK forecasts that the total market in France for this year should be between 150,000 and 250,000 3D TV sets.
News categories: GfK, France, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

Sigma Designs Delivers the World Cup in 3D
Jul 9, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that France's Free (Paris: ILD) is delivering 3D broadcasts of World Cup soccer and ongoing 3D broadcast content using Sigma's SMP8634 Secure Media Processor in its Freebox triple-play set-top boxes.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Iliad, Free, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MUSCADE explores 4-camera 3D for autostereoscopic displays
Jul 7, 2010 – 3D-pioneer KUK has built a 4-camera rig to allow shooting of multiview 3D content, suitable for rendering on autostereoscopic displays (3D-TVs without glasses). The work is in a research phase, but shows a path 3D-TV may take in the coming decade.
News categories: KUK Film, Heinrich Hertz Institute, MUSCADE, Metaverse

Penetration of 3D-capable CE Expected to Grow Quickly
Jul 2, 2010 – IMS Research estimates that 5.99 million 3D TV sets will ship worldwide in 2010 and forecasts that over 218 million 3D TV sets will ship cumulatively from 2010 to 2015.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NICT Develops Glasses-Free Tabletop 3D Display for omnidirectional viewing by multiple viewers
Jul 1, 2010 – Japan's NICT has developed a table-style 3D display. The display floats virtual 3D objects on a blank flat tabletop surface and allows multiple viewers to observe the standing 3D images from any angle without the use of 3D glasses.
News categories: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Digital TV, Metaverse

DIRECTV and Panasonic Launch U.S.'s First Suite of 3D Channels
Jul 1, 2010 – DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) and Panasonic (NYSE: PC) have launched three 3D channels, including n3D™ powered by Panasonic - a linear channel dedicated exclusively to 3D programming and viewable on 3D television sets.
News categories: DIRECTV, Panasonic, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, USA