University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory researchers Steven J. Murdoch and Ross Anderson contend in a paper that the 3D Secure (3DS) credit card authentication system branded as the MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa schemes is deeply flawed. The researchers call attention to a number of vulnerabilities. For instance, the mechanism used to display the [...]

Accurate, large-scale three-dimensional (3D) computer maps could soon revolutionize how people manage and relate to urban environments. “Everyone is now familiar with 3D maps, we’re trying to take them beyond simple visualization,” says Glen Hart, the head of research at Ordnance Survey, the United Kingdom’s mapping agency. In a project to demonstrate the potential of [...]

ACM’s SIGGRAPH 2009 conference will take a comprehensive look at how stereoscopic 3D will impact the movie industry as well as the home theater in the years to come. “The Computer Animation Festival programming aims to give the attendees, whether they have a technical or a general entertainment interest in 3D, a full view of [...]

European researchers are working on technology that may make it unnecessary to wear special eyewear in order to watch three-dimensional (3D) video. The breakthrough was accomplished through the HOLOVISION project, which ended in April 2008, and the OSIRIS project, which will be completed at the end of 2009. The chief goal of the HOLOVISION effort [...]