RE: Report from the ACS in New Orleans

Konstantin,
 The company was Dynamic Digital Depth Inc  (www.ddd.com)
 The DDD VP that was at the booth was Robert Mannino (rmannino { *at * } ddd.com)
 Mark
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 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Computational Chemistry List [mailto:chemistry-request { *at * } ccl.net]On
 > Behalf Of Konstantin Kudin
 > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:58 PM
 > To: h.rzepa { *at * } ic.ac.uk; chemistry { *at * } ccl.net
 > Subject: CCL:Report from the ACS in New Orleans
 >
 >
 >  Dear colleagues
 >
 >  I'd like to find out what was the company that
 > presented the 3D technology described below.
 >
 >  I stopped by at the same booth, and was quite
 > impressed by the demo they had. They showed a clip
 > converted into a pseudo-3D from flat images and it
 > looked not as good as true 3D but better than 2D.
 > The modelling part was good too.
 >
 >  I talked to the presenter briefly, and he mentioned
 > that he actually was from a different company (not
 > Fujitsu). Unfortunately, I did not write down the
 > name, and can't remember what the company was.
 >
 >  Anybody remembers/knows what was the company with
 > that 3D technology?
 >
 >  Thanks!
 >
 >  Konstantin
 >
 > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:02:57 +0000
 > > From: "Rzepa, Henry" <h.rzepa { *at * } ic.ac.uk>
 > > To: chemweb { *at * } ic.ac.uk
 > > Subject: Report from the ACS in New Orleans
 > >
 > > Its been a few years since  I did one of these
 > > reports from an ACS
 > > meeting,  but one item in particular caught my  (and
 > > a lot of other ) eyes.
 > >
 > > CAChe were displaying  LCD panel monitors which
 > > display true 3D images
 > > WITHOUT any need for glasses. The technology
 > > apparently comes in four
 > > flavours, each vying for market, which is a good
 > > omen for costs, which are
 > > expected to come spiraling down over the next  12
 > > months.
 > >
 > > The largest display is a  40" ( { *at * } $17,000),  a 20"
 ( { *at * }
 > > around $8000) and most
 > > interestingly, a  laptop to be released later this
 > > year. The effects were remarkable,
 > > although the depth of stereo vision is probably not
 > > (yet) as impressive as dedicated
 > > Crystaleyes systems
 > >
 > > Currently, it does need software drivers  (openGL)
 > > and so specific software
 > > must be enabled.  The CAChe software is so, and  I
 > > gather a  Powerpoint
 > > enabled  3D display is on the cards;  I argued for
 > > enabling the Weh browser,
 > > perhaps  Mozilla/Netscape will do it?
 > >
 > > >From what we saw, and with the predictions, it does
 > > seem that any serious
 > > molecular modeller or anyone interested in the  3D
 > > properties of molecules
 > > will be buying themselves these  3D LCD panels
 > > routinely in a years time
 > > or so!
 > >
 > > Apparently,  a demonstration might be on the cards
 > > at  Heathrow Airport on April
 > > 24.  Anyone who is seriously interested in attending
 > > should contact
 > > Magda Karabon for free registration at + 48 12 429
 > > 43 45 or <mailto:ccs { *at * } fqspl.com.pl>ccs {
 *at * } fqspl.com.pl
 > > --
 > >
 > > Henry Rzepa.
 > > +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax)
 > >  http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry,
 > > Imperial College London, SW7  2AZ, UK.
 > >
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