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Bringing the GPU to the Cloud

PEER 1 and bluegfx have announced a partnership that brings the GPU to the cloud, giving bluegfx's customers access to high-powered graphics on pay-per-process basis. Using NVIDIA's Fermi-based Tesla GPU's and RealityServer hosted in PEER 1's global data centres, bluegfx's customers in the games, design, architectural, film, broadcast and education industries will benefit from high performance 3D web services.  It

Think You Can Drive?

...then prove it with Sony's Gran Turismo 5 3D gaming tournament, coming to HMV stores in UK from Saturday. GT5 was finally launched in UK today to much anticipation by the PlayStation 3 crowd.  It's a few years late but with over 1000 cars, 70 circuits and 3D, it might actually be worth it.  Previous incarnations of Gran Turismo have

Buffalo External USB3 Blu-ray Writer Review

Having won the format wars, Blu-ray is the hi-def standard; USB3 ports are appearing more regularly on motherboards and 3D is definitely flavour of the month.  So it's not entirely unsurprising that Buffalo has brought out an external drive that brings all three together. The BR3D-12U3 Blu-ray drive was released back in September and brings together all the latest technologies

Virgin Debuts 3D On-Demand Movies

Virgin Media today launched the first commercially available 3D digital TV on-demand service in the UK.   Called "3D Movies On Demand", it's ready for Virgin Media TV customers with 3D technology, who will now be able to choose 3D movies from the already extensive range of programmes available on-demand. The on-demand back-end is provided by FilmFlex and it's expected that the number of

GNC-2010-09-03 #607 What till you see the Bear!

Ok folks I am back from the Set Top Box Conference, only a few tidbits in todays show, I will have a full rundown on Mondays show. Lots of fun stuff plus a whole lot of tech. I introduce a very valuable finders fee for the show that could put a lot of money in your pocket listen for details.

HP Brings 3D To Laptop Line-Up

Today, HP announced its autumn line-up of notebooks, with the HP Envy 17 3D taking the flagship role as the first 17" laptop to support 1080p 3-D and Blu-ray. The Envy 17 3D comes with active shutter glasses which wirelessly sync with the HD display giving a full 3D experience when viewing films or playing games that are "3D". Under

Has 3D Jumped The Shark Already?

The Daily Telegraph reports on concerns in Hollywood that the 3D goldrush is already over.  Based on recent audience figures, it appears that the percentage of audiences choosing the extra dimension is falling. It cites as evidence the percentage of audiences that watched the 3D version for a series of films, starting with Avatar back in December. Avatar - 71%