Recently there have been many advancements in 3D technology. Autostereoscopic 3D technology is a new type that does not require special glasses to view the movie. This type of technology is now finding its way into mobile devices such as smartphones and hand held game consoles.

Take the example of Nintendo who now plans to implement the new 3D technology in its handheld game console. Nintendo will dub this technology as 3DS and it will introduce this new technology in the first half of 2011. In-Stat claims that the introduction of this technology will improve sales to over 11 million units of the 3D enabled handheld game consoles by the year 2014.

Stephanie Ethier, senior analyst of In-Stat (News – Alert), said the upgrade of 3D technology in handheld game consoles will happen faster than any other segment such as mobile phones in the coming year.

This is because of the two leading handheld game companies who want something different and new to attract customers and differentiate from one another in the fast growing hand held game console market. 3D technology will be a big differentiator in this category.

Every game console manufacturer is now taking the transition from 2D technology to 3D technology very seriously. The rise of games with 3D environments such as Star Fox and Virtual Racing made manufacturers sit up and take notice of the potential of 3D environment.

The 3D environments in games from different manufacturers were widely marketed and they opened doors to more complex games which prove to be as realistic as possible. Now consumers have games made from movies such as Legend of Zelda and Golden Eye 007.

There has been a decline in cartridges with the rise of CDs and after some time there will be no use of CDs as games will be in built-in hard drives of the game consoles.

TMC (News – Alert) had also reported about how the interest of the users in 3D gaming goes beyond the avid gamer. The gamers require more 3D education.

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Amid crumbling circulation and struggling sales, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is planning to go private with the iconic company, in order to more quickly restructure and implement revitalisation strategies. At the heart of the plans for the Bunny is finding new business partners for new television and Internet initiatives, including 3D.

“We will strike new partnerships for our digital and TV businesses,” CEO Scott Flanders told Bloomberg. “We have to take huge restructuring charges to form those relationships, and doing so outside the public environment I think will make it easier.” Hef will pay $207 million to buy back his company from investors; the company has lost $200 million in the last two years.

Last fall Playboy TV tried to court female subscribers as a way to boost its overall health, dubbing it “TV for 2.” The content mix was shifted to showcase more intimacy and less actual pornography. The channel has had middling success. The next attempts will try to leverage technology rather than editorial changes.

Hence, 3D programming is being explored, Flanders added, especially since the costs have come down and the technology is becoming more widely deployed. It also has a competitive interest in doing so: rival Penthouse already has a 3D adult channel in the works.

Licensing of content will be another big push for the company. Finding a way to peacefully coexist or partner with Internet properties will also be key.

Right now Playboy offers a premium subscription channel along with pay-per-view on-demand content. But it’s struggled lately in an era of competitive, cheap and easily accessible Web porn, losing $8 million in TV revenue in 2010, when TV brought in $90 million.

We need to “accelerate our partnerships,” Flanders told Bloomberg. “That’s our future.”

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