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Laptop blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
It's been far, far too long since we broke out the View-Master from the admittedly dusty toy chest, but now we're guessing it'll be at least a score before we get the urge again. Why, you ask? The View-Master 2009. These homegrown virtual reality goggles are surprisingly impressive despite their ragged look, and by utilizing some form of cardboard enclosure, an HTC Magic...
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talkturkey (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
As a child, I couldn't wait to insert the new scenic disks into my red GAF View-Master and experience the world beyond my expectations. It was so real, and in 3-D. I didn't realize the View-Master had been around for 70 years until I learned of its recent retirement by the then current owner, Mattel subsidiary Fisher-Price. Do you have...
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Scientific American (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Humans enjoy stereoscopic vision. As we mentioned in our essay last issue, because our eyes are separated horizontally images we see in the two eyes are slightly different and the difference is proportional to the relative depth. The visual areas in the brain measure these differences, and we experience the result as stereo--what we all have enjoyed as children playing with View-Master...
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Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have been talking about a number of their scripts today, and while they really didn't discuss anything exciting about Star Trek (Filmstalker review) or Transformers, the thing that caught my eye was about their new View-Master film, one of the Hasbro toy company's film projects and how they are convinced that the film will work. How can they be so certain?...
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CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
As we previously reported in early July, writer/producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ( Star Trek, Transformers, Fringe ) — along with Fringe writer/producer Brad Kane — are developing a movie based on the classic Fisher-Price 'View-Master' toy. Meanwhile, during a recent press conference for the release of the Star Trek DVD, Orci and Kurtzman answered a few questions...
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SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
If you're wondering how a View-Master toy lends itself to a feature film, the producers of such a movie want to assure you that the device is irrelevant. They are producing a film based on the 3-D slide viewing device, but they say it's a script that works on its own. "The movies that work, work when there's a story there that you could take the toy out of, but then when...
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Photo Infos (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
12/10/2009 MILK Studios to Showcase 2009 Finalists. After delighting photography fans in Denmark and Hong Kong, the Hasselblad Masters Exhibition arrives in New York October 22, just in time for the opening day of PhotoPlus Expo. The 2009 Masters on Tour exhibition will be the main event when Hasselblad presents Celebration of Photography at MILK Studios. The all-day celebration, which...
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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
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io9 (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
One has the dream team of Orci & Kurtzman attached and the other, has robots? The Trek/Fringe writers have left Transformers 3, claiming they didn't have a solid story. They've moved on... to writing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Neatorama (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Pink Tentacle has an awesome collection of gifs culled from Okinawa Soba’s Flickr set- called the mother lode of online photos by enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929). These particular photos were taken for a stereoscope (kinda like a View-Master) that made them look like 3-D. Coincidentally, the geishas in the photo above are enjoying some [...]
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... abominable Transformers sequel are reportedly in talks to write a script about the Fisher Price View-Master . I'd offer a punchline, but reality has usurped all the good ones.
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TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
My. It isn't 1953, is it? When Cinemascope rode in and stole the "hot new format" crown from the View Master contingent. No wonder the congloms like stereo viewing. There is a huge advantage to 3D screens, which can outperform a regular screen 3:1. For example, the 3D screen count for "Monsters vs. Aliens" repped only 20% of the total, yet accounted for 43% of the...
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Lost in Cyberspace (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... Raises $875,000 To Become The WordPress Of Microblogging October 27, 2009 DIYer concocts homegrown View-Master, relies on HTC Magic and Google Street View (video) October 27, 2009 Gizmodo duped by scammers, publishes malware-laced ads October 27, 2009 Microsoft’s Outlook Opens Up to an Uncertain Future October 27, 2009 Spotify’s playlist doesn’t include its...
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Felt & Wire (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
[Alissa Walker live from Memphis] Charles Harrison and Ethan Bodnar: Two Design Careers Converge. Charles Harrison was an industrial designer for Sears starting in the 1960s who designed things like the View-Master, the gas-molded polypropylene trash can, and hundreds of other appliances and powertools, from Kenmore fridges to a portable phonograph. “It’s not how I became...
