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UK retailers remain unconvinced of the value of cloud computing and 3D technology, despite the fact they have been two of the hottest topics in the tech industry this year and are being heavily pushed by some of the biggest firms in the market. The PCR Channel Survey canvassed 100 …
Read More »Sony: ‘3D will make games more accessible’
3D will bring more customers, so start converting your games now, says SCEEâ??s Mick Hocking at Develop in Liverpool
Read More »HMV launches 3D GT5 competition
High Street retailer HMV is hosting a Gran Turismo 5 3D gaming tournament to celebrate the game’s release. Sony Bravia 3DTVs are being installed in stores across the UK allowing participants to try and become the UK champion. Heats will kick off on November 27th with the fastest two players …
Read More »Sonyâ??s 3D vision
Ahead of his Develop Liverpool keynote, Sony's Mick Hocking talks cutting-edge PS3 tech
Read More »Over 50 3D PS3 games in the works
Sony is assembling an arsenal of over fifty 3D games in its new assault on the home console market – with over twenty of those titles being built internally. Ahead of his ‘3D gaming’ keynote at this week’s Develop in Liverpool conference, SCEE studio director Mick Hocking said he will …
Read More »â??3D adds just 2% on time and budgetâ?? â?? Sony
And the tech can demand as little as 3ms of GPU time, says SCEEâ??s Mick Hocking
Read More »PSN+ members get Killzone 3 beta
PS3 owners who have signed up to the PSN+ online service can download and play the Killzone 3 beta – for one day only. The beta allows gamers to experience the upcoming PS3 exclusive FPS before its February 2011 release. Sony made the following announcement on its European PlayStation Blog …
Read More »UK says no to 3D TV this Christmas
Any hopes of 3D TV being high on consumer’s Christmas wish lists this year appear to have vanished as a new survey suggests that the appetite for the technology in the UK is almost non-existent. A study from price comparison site Twenga, reported by Reg Hardware, which polled over 3,000 …
Read More »Enslaved getting 3D DLC
Namco Bandai has announced that the first DLC for the recently released action outing Enslaved will add 3D visuals to the game. Furthermore, as well as allowing owners of 3D TVs to play the entire game in full stereoscopic 3D, it will also allow owners of regular 2D TVs to …
Read More »James Cameron slams 3D TV tech
One of the leading lights of the 3D entertainment movement has said that the current problems dogging the 3D TV market – i.e. the need to wear glasses – mean that the technology can’t hope to make a mainstream breakthrough for another decade. Well, we see the world in 3D,” …
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