3rd Dimension Veritas et Visus March 2010 Vol 5 No 3/4 Organovo, p33 Smart Holograms, p36 MIT, p55 Trinity College, p78 Letter from the publisher : Tidal Waves and Illusions …by Mark Fihn 2 News from around the world 10 Conference Summaries: 29 Prime Time in Ottawa, February 18-19, 2010, Ottawa, Ontario by Neil Schneider 45 TEI, January 25-27, 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts 48 SIGGRAPH Asia, December 16-19, 2009, Yokohama, Japan 53 VRCAI, December 14-15, 2009, Yokohama, Japan 58 IDW ’09, December 9-11, 2009, Miyazaki, Japan 62 IUCS, December 3-4, 2009, Tokyo Japan 67 VRST, November 18-20, 2009, Kyoto, Japan 71 ACM Multimedia 2009, October 19-24, 2009, Beijing, China 77 Eurodisplay 2009/IDRC, September 14-17, 2009, Rome, Italy 82 3DTV Conference, May 4-6, 2009, Potsdam, Germany 87 Collimated backlights by Adrian Travis How can it be? 3D Illusion by Alan Stubbs Display of Three-Dimensional Images: A Review of the Prior Art by Robert A. Connor Thoughts on Avatar and 3D TV Adoption by Ross Young Film-based 3D Pushes Forward by Aldo Cugnini Last Word: The Oculus3D Projection System by Lenny Lipton Display Industry Calendar 131 The 3rd Dimension is focused on bringing news and commentary about developments and trends related to the use of 3D displays and supportive components and software. The 3rd Dimension is published electronically 10 times annually by Veritas et Visus, 3305 Chelsea Place, Temple, Texas, USA, 76502. Phone: +1 254 791 0603. http://www.veritasetvisus.com Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Mark Fihn
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