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Posts tagged Wired
Sony try their hand at 3D web design
Jul 15th
Earlier this year, I went on a major rant about the potential 3D could bring to the web, followed up by some musings about what the web might look like in 3D. Clearly, since then it has become obvious that 3D is having a major impact on consumer entertainment and will increasingly do so from a film / TV / video game perspective but so far there has been nothing to hint towards the future of the 3D web. Today, I spotted the above on Wired. Sony making a bold claim that ‘everything is better in 3D’, which of course naturally extends to the web. It could either be a hint at Sony’s vision of the 3D web, or it could just be a flashy Homepage takeover that is trying to sell TV’s. Either way, it looks nice enough to share and is a good go at trying to render a standard website in 3D.
Digital print finds a friend in Apple’s iPad
Feb 17th
Until I watched this video – the iPad didn’t really excite me in any way. I think everyone felt a bit underwhelmed by it – and indeed there was a lot of satirical commentary around it being an iPhone that won’t fit in your pocket. Even though it is important to remember that the demonstration is of an Adobe Air app, making this tablet PC agnostic – as we’ve seen in the smartphone market – Apple’s user interface and touchscreen technology will probably outclass its competition for some time to come (a recent post on Crunchgear highlights how ridiculous it is that Apple’s iPhone touchscreen from 2007 still can’t be matched or bettered by smartphones from 2010).
Looking at the video – it becomes clear what these tablets are for. I can’t think of a better way of consuming ‘print’ media.
