Tech giants Panasonic and Sony plan to bring 3D viewing to the small screen by 2010, Reuters.com reports.

Last week Panasonic unveiled a 50-inch high-definition 3D plasma television with glasses that make images appear as if you can reach out and touch them.

The technology tricks your brain with high-speed shutters working in sync with the glasses to form a double-layered image.

“When the TV is showing the left image, the shutter closes the right eye so people can see only the left image,” explained Keisuke Suetsugi, manager in charge of high quality AV development.

“And the next moment, when the TV is showing the right image, the shutter glass is covering the left.”

The company announced that it will team up with the creators of James Cameron’s upcoming 3D film “Avatar” – set to be released in theatres on December 18th. The agreement will no doubt commence a new wave of negotiations between Tech and production companies to improve and refine the way that people watch television and movies in their homes.

Japan’s CEATEC tech show, opened Oct 6-10, revealed the Panasonic and Sony models, along with models by major tech companies Sharp and Samsung. The exhibit ensures the inevitable presence of 3D television sets in homes over the next decade.

Related posts:

1. Gossip Girl Spin-Off On The Horizon?
2. Music Column: The Revolution Of The High-Tech Recording Industry
3. High-Tech ‘Dream Robots’ Dance for Beck

Read more at andPOP. andPOP - POP Culture with Substance

In celebration of their new release, Tri-Polar, Sick Puppies and andPOP are giving you a chance to win a 32” Flat Screen TV and 8.0 megapixel camera phone, brought to you by Samsung Mobile™, Rock Prophecies and Virgin Records!

Three lucky runner-ups will get Samsung Bluetooth headset.

Sick Puppies don’t do things halfway, not when they’re playing live in front of their rabid fans, nor when they tackled Tri-Polar, their second major label album for RMR/ Virgin/EMI and follow-up to Dressed Up As Life.

When the Australian band decided to break through in the U.S., founding members, vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Shimon Moore and his high school classmate, bassist Emma Anzai, simply picked up and moved lock, stock and guitar amps to L.A., advertised for a drummer on Craig’s List, and were soon joined by Orange County native Mark Goodwin. After getting signed and putting out their debut, the trio made their own video independently to accompanying the first single, “All the Same,” shot in a Sydney shopping mall in which fellow Aussie Juan Mann held up a hand-written placard offering passersby “Free Hugs.” The clip attracted over 43 million views on YouTube alone, and spawned a world-wide phenomenon.

Three years later, Sick Puppies are back with a new album and producing team from Dressed Up As Life, Rock Mafia’s Antonina Armato and Tim James. Together they’ve created a sound that reflects the past four whirlwind years spent in the rock and roll fast lane, on the grueling tour grind, honing their chops until they were a finely tuned powerhouse ready to let loose with the anger, frustration and triumphs built up from all that road work.

Listen to their hit song You’re Going Down.

To enter the contest, click here. Contest ends August 24th.

Related posts:

1. Contest: Sick Puppies, It’s Alive and Janus Tour Signed Gibson Guitar
2. Contest: Them Crooked Vultures Xbox360 RockBand2 Giveaway
3. Contest: Win an XBOX 360 Pro and a Sick Puppies Album

Read more at andPOP. andPOP - POP Culture with Substance