Huge Increase in 3D Digital Signage by 2014

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While 3-D 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 3-D 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.
 
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.
 
"3-D technologies will be a significant part of a number of industries' future evolution," said Kris Tuttle, president of Research 2.0. "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."