3D makes viewers sick

Optometrists say as many as one in four viewers have problems watching 3D movies and TV, either because 3D causes tiresome eyestrain or because the viewer has problems perceiving depth in real life, says Freep.com.

In the worst cases, 3D makes people queasy, leaves them dizzy or gives them headaches. Researchers have begun developing more lifelike 3D displays that might address the problems, but they're years or even decades from being available to the masses.

However, the Hollywood studios TV makers have powerful business interests are betting 3D will be the future of entertainment, despite a major drawback.

An MIT Media Lab team is recreating the famous scene from Star Wars in which a hologram of Princess Leia pleads with Obi-Wan Kenobi to help her, using a real-time holographic video system, writes TG Daily.

Using a single Xbox Kinect and standard graphics chips, the researchers say they have demonstrated the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video. The first video depicts a paper crane.

The new MIT system uses only one data-capture device - the new Kinect camera designed for Microsoft's Xbox gaming system - and averages about 15 frames per second.

An OTT video provider, Vudu has made a shift in its service provision, now optimising output for HD and enhancing the user interface to improve its video service, states Rapid TV News.

The developments are the latest in a stream of recent system improvements revealed by Vudu coming days after it confirmed that its on-demand online video service will indeed have an added dimension for PlayStation 3 users and that the Boxee Box STB has finally integrated paid streaming with the Vudu service.

Rolled out to most enabled devices, Vudu 2.0's next-generation interface will be optimised for HD quality and is claimed to help users discover video content faster enabling s based on viewing history.