This is just an ad for an overpriced smartphone that comes with an app that rotates a 3d scene according to the device orientation sensor readings (like the Amazon devices that cost much less). 949 area code -- why are so many scammers in Orange County?
It's losing some popularity now that companies like Arri are making better cameras, but that's been an industry leader for years... Any DP would be insulted by the accusation that RED is a "vanity brand."
Yeah, their cameras have had some of the best technical specs in the entire marketplace for years. You can shoot at a wide variety of frame rates, and resolutions, it can shoot raw, or at a very high color space.
When it comes to cinematographers, the best tool is what they use. There's no choosing a camera because you look cool next to it...
Now there are cameras that have all or most of the features of RED, but more elegantly designed. The RED is kind of like a small PC that you can mount a lens to.
Red is not used by "professionals" like your uncle who occasionally does some wedding photography. Red is used by "professionals" like filmmakers of The Hobbit.
It is incredible. It is multi-view (4-view) as compared to stereo 3D (2-view). Watching shocked faces light up when people see it is really motivating. There is no good way to describe it until you see it. Hopefully we will get some skeptics eyes on it soon… then they can tell you.
Our display is technology you haven’t seen before. It is not lenticular, which is inferior tech in every way, has been tried many times before and failed for good reason. (see Amazon 3D Fire, LG Optimus, etc). Lenticular display dramatically lowers resolution, cannot be turned off for standard 2D content, only works in one direction (usually landscape), has color crosstalk… to name just a few issues. My bet is that other “big” companies will try to re-package lenticular 3D displays with eye-tracking in response to our program. Don’t fall for it.
Super interested to hear more details on the display tech. Although they specifically state 'not lenticular', providing a '4 way view' still seems to indicate some form of lens setup. There's a few microlens array based displays which, while definitely much better that an old school lenticular strips, are not great for detail.
Yeah, I'm going on a limb here and claim this is nothing but putting a bunch of buzz words in the name of some PR stunt.
You can be sure there is nothing Holographic about this display at least, which makes me doubt all the other big words they trow around in the text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography
15 comments
[ 0.29 ms ] story [ 46.4 ms ] threadThey are an industry leader in digital cameras of which are used to film many major movies (http://www.red.com/shot-on-red)
I only learned about RED after all the hype with their first digital cameras (that all the studios were helping to hype)
When it comes to cinematographers, the best tool is what they use. There's no choosing a camera because you look cool next to it...
Now there are cameras that have all or most of the features of RED, but more elegantly designed. The RED is kind of like a small PC that you can mount a lens to.
http://www.red.com/news/profiling-the-technology-of-the-hobb...
The Holographic Display.
It is incredible. It is multi-view (4-view) as compared to stereo 3D (2-view). Watching shocked faces light up when people see it is really motivating. There is no good way to describe it until you see it. Hopefully we will get some skeptics eyes on it soon… then they can tell you.
Our display is technology you haven’t seen before. It is not lenticular, which is inferior tech in every way, has been tried many times before and failed for good reason. (see Amazon 3D Fire, LG Optimus, etc). Lenticular display dramatically lowers resolution, cannot be turned off for standard 2D content, only works in one direction (usually landscape), has color crosstalk… to name just a few issues. My bet is that other “big” companies will try to re-package lenticular 3D displays with eye-tracking in response to our program. Don’t fall for it.
and the original forum post and thread: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?159541-HYDROGEN
You can be sure there is nothing Holographic about this display at least, which makes me doubt all the other big words they trow around in the text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography