DDD Group (LSE: DDD.L - news) , has developed software and hardware products that enable the viewing of 3D images without the need to wear special spectacles. The company has just signed a 3-year deal with nWave Pictures to covert a number of movies into its TriDef format. Could be one for the watch list.

Roll on DDD...16.75p this am

It has a habit of rising and falling fast. How long before the fall?

Are u sure, Haystack? I think it is going to shoot like a rocket

Fell today.

DDD has only sellers today. The MMs have marked it down 7 times already.

Oh...it is rocketing again today, Haystack

Hardly rocketing. It hasn't even made up the falls of the past few days. It looks like a bearish pattern forming at the moment prior to a sharp downturn towards 11p.

DDD is rocketing to 18p today

I suppose it isi one of its temporary spikes. The trick is not to get caught at the top as there is little to support the price.

I must say that today's rally of 30% on heavy volume of almost 3 million shares looks positive for this stock. Apparently Hans Snook, who masterminded the revamp of Orange,has joined the board of directors with the purchase of a 3.1% stake.

Hans Snook Joins DDD Group plc Board of Directors

SANTA MONICA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 13, 2006 -- DDD Group plc (LSE: DDD), the 3D software and content company, today announces the appointment of Hans Snook to the company's board of directors.

Mr. Snook is the Chairman of MonsterMob Group plc ("MonsterMob") and the founder and former Chief Executive of Orange.

Hans Snook was appointed Chairman of AIM-listed MonsterMob in May of 2005. MonsterMob is a leading media and entertainment company that specializes in the sale of mobile telephone entertainment content and services, with operations in 20 countries and connectivity to 38 mobile telephone network carriers.

Hans was the founder and Chief Executive of Orange, a leading mobile telephone network carrier. He articulated the vision of the 'wirefree future' that has driven the branding, strategy and operation of Orange. Under Hans' leadership, Orange launched their mobile phone service on 28 April 1994 and had a profound impact on the mobile market both in the U.K. and globally. In March 1996, Orange listed on the London and NASDAQ exchanges and, in June of 1996, became the youngest ever company to enter the FTSE 100.

Following the agreed acquisition of Orange by Mannesmann at the end of 1999, Mannesmann was acquired by Vodafone early in 2000 and, on 30 May 2000, the agreed acquisition of Orange by France Telecom was announced. Hans continued as Chief Executive of the enlarged Orange Group, leading it to flotation in February 2001, at which point he became Special Advisor to the Group, a role from which he stepped down at the end of 2001. From 2002 until early in 2005, Hans was non-executive Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC.

Hans' current directorships include MonsterMob Group PLC, Healthsmart Limited, The Integrated Health Consultancy Ltd. and Sensophone Limited.

"I am truly delighted that Hans has joined the board of DDD as a non-executive director," said Paul Kristensen, Chairman of DDD. "Hans brings a vast, directly relevant experience to DDD, particularly in the mobile phone market where DDD has seen the most growth in recent months. His contributions as a board member will be invaluable."

Well Hans Snook has certainly livened things up a bit!

From today's Independent newspaper.
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DD Group has developed a piece of software which can transform two dimensional images (2D) on mobile phones and television screens into three dimensional ones (3D). Yesterday the group announced two vital bits of news to the City which could prove to be the making of the company. First, it unveiled a 1.3m fundraising, the proceeds of which will finance DDD's future development.

Also, and probably more important, was news that the mobile phone industry bigwig Hans Snook has joined the board as a non-executive director and that he bought a 3.1 per cent stake in the company via the fundraising. Mr Snook's reputation in the mobile phone industry is second to none (for those who don't remember he founded Orange in 1994 and quickly turned it into a global player) and having him as a director is clearly a big coup for what is still a very small company.

More recently, Mr Snook has had great success as a director of the mobile phone content operator MonsterMob and Carphone Warehouse and there is no doubt that his knowledge and industry contacts will be invaluable to DDD.

So far the group has secured a key licensing deal for its software with a top five mobile handset maker - for legal reasons the company has not disclosed its name - and further such agreements are very likely in the future. But the beauty of DDD's software is that it goes beyond the mobile phone arena. It allows normal 2D pictures from TVs, digital cinemas and computer games to be played on 3D displays without requiring the content to be created specifically for 3D, which greatly adds to the company's potential revenue streams and makes it more desirable from an investment point of view. If Mr Snook is backing the group then so should investors. Buy.

You should try reading some of the reviews of the technology. They are less than flattering - "unconvincing", "creates a feeling of nausia" etc.

The comments about the sky and the methodology come from a DDD product review.

(and I have seen the technology)

"Chris Yewdall at DDD Group, which developed the $99 software, says it works by looking at the colors of the scene (for instance, blue color high in the frame is probably the sky) as well as how the scene changes with motion to figure out how to add the missing dimension.

The effect isn't completely believable in all scenes. Distant shots are sometimes treated as if they're close, giving the impression that you're looking into a doll house."

"If you look straight at the screen -- positioning your head more than a few degrees off center spoils the effect"

I don't think Hans Snook, founder of Orange, would join the Board and purchase a 3.1 per cent stake in DDD Group without having first assessed its technology and prospects. Hans is a winner and knows a winner when he sees one. You can make a lot of money backing winners!

LOL

Never follow other people's investments. He isjust as likely to pick a loser asother people. Plenty of stock gurus have lost plenty in the past.

Haystack, I get the impression you don't like this company.

No. I don't. A lot of investors in the past have wrongly believed that DDD made hardware/3D screens etc. In fact all they have is a software program which converts 2D images into a pretend 3D by a type of guess work.

Can you imagine how an automated process would take 2D and turn it into pseudo 3D. They treat large areas of blue at the top of the image as sky etc. It has had poor reviews in the past as a technology.

Their greatest success to date was to have their software given away FREE with Sharp 3D laptops as part of a bundle for which they received a token fee.


Thye have a very high cash burn. Their last accounts show losses greater then the cash they have just raised. It is a cash sponge.

I think Haystack needs to have his eyes checked

i think Haystack is giving a balanced approach to warn investors that not all is rosy when share investing. i know nothing about this share it be could be brilliant or a waste of space. it remains a fact that many shares have flown on a crest of a wave only to come crashing back down and shows the importance of good research.

hlyeo98
We may be talking about different things. You may be talking about the rising share price and I am not. I am posting about whether it is worth its share price. It possible to makemoney even onthe worst stocks if your timing is right and you do not get caught when the price crashes.