LOCAL FIRMS DEVELOP GLASSES-FREE 3-D.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer Nestled in a corner of a conference room of an ordinary-looking office suite on Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. in Sherman Oaks is an invention that could potentially change the way we play video games See video game console. , use our home computers and watch television. Max Keller, chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Keller Entertainment, a television-production company, heard about an invention at Cambridge University Cambridge University, at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even earlier than that of Oxford Univ. in England that enables 3-D images to be viewed on a screen without wearing special glasses. He went, he saw, he bought. The 3-D project is being handled by a division of Keller called Infinity Multimedia. Beyond entertainment, applications could include computer design and flight and tank simulations for the military. Peter M. Canepa, vice president of technology for Infinity, said the company is working with partner Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. in Woodland Hills and Thomson Multimedia of Paris to develop the gizmo Slang for any hardware device. See gadget. . Release of a video-game prototype is targeted for October. Games will take another year or so to get into the market. The device uses a process called multi-plexing, which is the display of multiple photos in quick sequence. It also has a unique feature called ``look-around,'' which the people at Infinity describe as being able to give you a different view as you move your head around. This is conceived to be useful in design applications. Litton is designing a unit with 28 different views, whereas the basic small-screen unit has only six. ``In 1997, we hope to introduce the project first in the arcade market,'' said Canepa. ``In two years, we should be able to introduce PC monitors for consumer electronics. Computers get cheaper and cheaper each year, and the power gets stronger each year.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Infinity Multimedia is developing products - includi ng a video arcade This article is about video arcades. For other uses of the term arcade, see Arcade. A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom or a game center in Japan) is a place where people play arcade video games. game - using a 3-D technique that makes special glasses unnecessary. The technology was invented at Cambridge University. |
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