in 3-D

idiom

: made in a way that causes an image to appear to be three-dimensional
a movie in 3-D

Examples of in 3-D in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Videos shot on an iPhone 15 Pro camera or with the Vision Pro’s cameras can be viewed in 3-D on the headset, a feature called spatial videos. Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 The two-part special (in 3-D!) featured every living former Doctor and dozens of former companions. Adam Lujan, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Or rather in 3-D printing, tulle, Mylar, lace, silicon and organza. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024 Super Mario 64, released way back in 1996, allowed players to barrel through the Mushroom Kingdom in 3-D for the first time, a term of engagement that the later Super Mario Galaxy series would push to its very limits. Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023 Among Warnock’s fellow students was Edwin Catmull, who would eventually become president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and who created, as a student project, a short video in which his left hand was converted into a computer image, a landmark in 3-D rendering. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023 Luxury watch replicas have evolved over time due to advancements in tech, which now factor in 3-D printers and CNC machines for more accurate fakes. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023 Each scan produced hundreds of slices of the lungs, at different angles, that The New York Times combined into volumetric models for rendering in 3-D software. Hang Do Thi Duc, New York Times, 31 May 2023 Inspired by this capability, scientists have developed a fingerlike device that maps an object's internal structures in 3-D by touching its surface. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023

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“In 3-D.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%203-D. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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