dryriver writes: 27 years ago, the BBC’s “Tomorrow’s World” show broadcasted this little gem of a program [currently available on YouTube]. After showing old Red-Cyan Anaglyph movies, Victorian Stereoscopes, lenticular-printed holograms and a monochrome laser hologram projected into a sheet of glass, the presenter shows off a stereoscopic 3D CRT computer display with active shutter glasses. The program then takes us…
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Ask Slashdot: Who Are the ‘Steve Wozniaks’ of the 21st Century?
dryriver writes: There are some computer engineers — working in software or hardware, or both — who were true pioneers. Steve Wozniak needs no introduction. Neither do Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace or Charles Babbage. Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce started Intel decades ago. John Carmack of Doom is a legend in realtime 3D graphics coding. Aleksey Pajitnov created Tetris. Akihiro Yokoi…
Our First Impressions of Vader Immortal, the New Star Wars Story Told in VR—Plus the Trailer!
Darth Vader needs your help. But are you worthy? That’s the set up for Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series—Episode I, a new VR experience developed by ILMxLab for Oculus platforms telling a canon story set between Episodes III and IV. Read more… Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/our-first-impressions-of-vader-immortal-the-new-star-w-1833996216