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Stereotec CEO and stereographer Florian Maier is calling for 3D films which pass a certain technical quality to be given a label of recommendation.

The documentary feature Shortlisted: Steppin' Krew 3D directed by Samuel Martin, is to be distributed by Electric Sky alongside an hour long stereo 3D streetdance training video.

Technicolor is working on a new one size fits all audio format for 3D sound for movie theaters and home cinemas.

Facilities company Onsight is to manage a 3D flypack system on behalf of BSkyB for the production of live and recorded multi-camera events and standalone docs for Sky’s 3D channel.

What are the technologies behind the live coverage of the Olympic Torch Relay journey around the UK next May? Michel Bais, Mobile Viewpoint, will explain all to TVBEurope’s Fast Turnaround TV event on 13 March.

Sky Sports, Hugo and Wim Wenders’ Pina were among the winners at last week’s International 3D Society Awards, writes Adrian Pennington.

MasterImage 3D is to launch a content portal for streaming 3D content to mobile devices in-conjunction with a major consumer electronics brand in the second half of this year.

T&M equipment manufacturer OmniTek is adding a range of new features to its 3D Toolset for OTM and OTR waveform analysers.

By most accounts there is just not enough 3D content for 3DTV to take off. Or perhaps there are not enough 3DTV displays out there for advertisers and broadcasters to create 3D content.

There has been another demonstration of high frame rate projection and also a display of a stereoscopic film at 4K resolution as momentum slowly builds toward a seachange in theatrical exhibition.

Turkish sports distributor Saran Media is to convert 2D sports programming into 3D for broadcasters and mobile carriers. It will use the realtime conversion platform of Isreali company SterGen.

Eyeheight is launching a dual-channel stereoscopic video legaliser, the LE-3D, and a stereoscopic 3D colour corrector, the CC-3D.

Although 3D has yet to prove the game-changer which consumer electronics manufacturers were looking for to replace HD, it is fast becoming a standard feature on all new displays with more manufacturers adopting passive glasses technology.

A video processor embedded in a new Sony 3DTV can improve the quality of 3D content. According to Sony representatives during demonstrations of the technology at CES, this could even mean improving the experience of watching poorly converted 2D-3D content.

Arri is participating in a project to design and construct a holoscopic camera, which allows realtime capture of 3D scenes. An array of microlenses, devised by researchers at Brunel University, has been apparently successfully integrated with an Arri Alexa.