Published 1/8/2009
at T3.com News
Sony pulled out a star-studded keynote, featuring Tom Hanks, Usher, and a host of other creative tech heads championing its products.
But the real stars were the concept tech on show. 3D dominated, with previously unseen footage of 3D films from Pixar and Dreamworks, as well as sporting highlights. Don a pair of glasses and you're thrown into the action.
Pixar's offering was based on its film Cars, and looked great. Dreamworks, meanwhile, showed a clip from its upcoming Monsters Vs Aliens, in which a giant girl fights a huge robot on a beautifully rendered Golden Gate Bridge.
If these huge companies are already working with 3D, it really can't be that far off from moving from the realm of sci-fi and into our homes.
Also on show was a Flex OLED screen - a flexible version of its super hi-res screen used on the 11-inch OLED TV. Pretty astonishing.
Stepping away from the cinema, Sony's concept alarm clock uses Wi-Fi to grab music, movies and pics ...
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