3-D Baseball Cards: Topps Rolls Out New Technology Monday

New York Times:

Since the 1950s, Topps has sold baseball trading cards filled with photos and stats, bringing the game to life. Now the company is bringing its cards to life.

Beginning Monday, collectors who hold a special Topps 3D Live baseball card in front of a webcam will see a three-dimensional avatar of the player on the computer screen. Rotate the card, and the figure rotates in full perspective. It's called "augmented reality," a combination of a real image with a virtual one.

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Comments

[ming099]

02:30 PM on 03/10/2009

........do they come with steroids....or are they extra?

[filo]

09:47 AM on 03/10/2009

How do they work on bicycle spokes ?

[AdV2k1]

12:01 AM on 03/10/2009

LAME !!!!!!

You need a webcam to do it. Even then you can't see it in real life, but on the monitor.
If it was real 3d mini holograms i would be impressed.

This is just a computer trick. It's very deceiving.

also who cares about baseball anymore? and cards are so stupid and for 40 years ago

[american-dolt]

01:19 PM on 03/09/2009

Even his crotch is 3D