3D digital cinema installations to reach $750 million in revenues

MUMBAI: While 3D technology has been around in various stages of evolution for close to 100 years, advances in 3D computing will be one of the driving technologies impacting a variety of industries in the coming years, according to a new report from GigaOM Pro and Research 2.0.

From movie theaters - where 15,000 new 3D installations will create $750 million in revenue over the next five years - to home entertainment, mobile and digital signage, 3-D computing is fast becoming a critical technology on many industry road maps.

"3-D technologies will be a significant part of a number of industries' future evolution. Advances in display technologies, graphics processing and software are creating a large and growing wave of change coming to and from the world of 3-D computing," said Research 2.0 president Kris Tuttle.

3-D technologies will be a significant part of a number of industries' future evolution. Advances in display technologies, graphics processing and software are creating a large and growing wave of change coming to and from the world of 3-D computing. The growth of 3-D computing will have a far-reaching impact on the lives of people in their personal and work lives over the coming decade
The opportunities for both existing and new market players will be significant.

3-D Computing: From Digital Cinema to GPUs
While much of the focus for 3-D displays is on the home, the public space and digital signage markets will see significant penetration of 3-D technology in coming years. Companies such as Visumotion and Newsight are developing technologies as well as working with digital signage incumbents to deliver 3-D technology to this market, and by 2014 nearly 1 million 3-D digital signage systems should ship.

Another important market impacted by 3-D computing will be the mobile communications and devices market. Hitachi has already released a 3-D capable mobile phone with KDDI in Japan, while a company called Spatial View is making applications to render 3-D...

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