Oakley intros tested 3D glasses

Athletic eyewear and watchmaker Oakley has introduced what it calls the world's first optically correct 3D glasses, the Oakley 3D Gascan, reports Information Week.

The Gascan glasses are made with the company's proprietary high-definition optics-3D technologies, which will complement and optimise the technology used in most 3D theatres globally, the California-based company said.

"No one has ever engineered optically correct 3D glasses," said Oakley CEO Colin Baden, in a statement.

More than 20% of data downloaded by North American users at peak times comes from Netflix streaming, reports Tech Blorge.

This is just one statistic from a report showing that streaming as a whole is having a major effect on Internet demand. According to Sandvine, between 5:30pm and 10:30pm (the five-hour period with the most overall download traffic), Netflix was responsible for 20.61% of all downstream traffic on fixed line services, double that of any other Web site.

YouTube came in at 9.85% with BitTorrent at 8.39%.

Microsoft has purchased Canesta, a 3D sensing firm, says Seer Press News.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft can gain from the numerous patents owned by Canesta in 3D sensing technology which are essential in developing 'natural user interfaces'. This technology may soon allow users to control computers using body gestures and even the mind instead of using the mouse and traditional control devices.

“There is little question that within the next decade we will see natural user interfaces become common for input across all devices,” Canesta chief executive officer Jim Spare said in statement.