The International 3D Society and 3D@Home Consortium host a 3D Entertainment Conference on January 8 during the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The seminar will include clips from upcoming 3D movies, and the hottest new 3D technologies coming to consumers in 2013 and beyond. A special presentation will highlight the first 3D broadcasts ever aired of the Olympic Games, which were held this past summer in London. Panasonic Corporation of America CTO Eisuke Tsuyuzaki will share insights and perspectives on the challenges presented in staging the world’s greatest television spectacle.
As 3D content moves from the big screen to the tablet, the seminar will feature a discussion on where consumers are likely to see 3D in the future. Presenters include: Matt Liszt, Vice President, Marketing, Masterimage 3D; Lisa Truitt, President, National Geographic Cinema Ventures; Kathleen Schroeter, Executive Manager, 3D Innovation Center, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute of Berlin; and Bernard Mendiburu, VP Professional Marketing, Volfoni, 3D Consortium France.
Providing insights on the growth of hi-definition 3D to 4K 3D to glasses-free autostereoscopic 3D technologies will be: Dan Schinasi, Senior Marketing Manager, Samsung Electronics America; Ken Lowe, Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering, VIZIO; Roland Vlaicu, Senior Director, Broadcast Imaging, Dolby; and Pete Lude, Senior VP, Solutions Engineering, Sony Electronics.
New products to advance eye health using active shutter 3D technology will be discussed by: Dr. Michael Duenas, Chief Public Health Officer, American Optometric Association; Jim Sheedy, Director, Vision Performance Institute, Pacific University Oregon; and Ami Dror, Co-Founder and CSO, XPAND.
The discussions will be moderated by journalists active in covering 3D technology. Moderators include: David Cohen, Daily Variety; Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter; Adrian Pennington, The Hollywood Reporter – UK, Financial Times London; Chris Chinnock, Insight Media; and Scott Hettrick, Hollywood in Hi-Def.
