Posts Tagged ‘3d technology’

I’m really excited to announce that my award winning 3D short film  “FourPlay” is one of the 10 finalist films that will be included on a Sony 3D Blu-ray disc to be distributed free with Sony 3D enabled TV’s and Blu-ray players!

The Sony 3D World competition had submissions from across the globe including entries from as far afield as Japan to New Zealand, Canada and Mexico. The winning entries were decided by a judging panel including Buzz Hays, senior vice president of Sony’s 3D technology center in California, 3D film director Julian Napier, Lee Danskin, training and development director at Escape Studios, Sony Europe’s Richard Palk and members of the editorial team at Future Publishing’s 3D World magazine.

The prize, as well as being included on the 3D Blu-ray to be distributed to millions of potential viewers, includes as Sony Bravia LX900 3D TV for all of the top ten entrants, with the top three winning a matching BDV-F700 Blu-ray disc home cinema system.

The entry “FourPlay” was an updated version with most of the animations improved or in some cases completely replaced by new animations. The video was also converted to 24p and had to have all the audio re-sequenced in order to match the 24 frame rate. I will update the site when the full HD 1080p dual stream stereo version is available on the Sony 3D Blu-ray disc.

Thanks go out to Matt & Kevin for their help on the project; the organisers at 3D World and Sony; and last but not least the panel of judges!

SpeedWedge who sell a great little iPhone interaxial calculation app have an interesting 3D 101 section on their website.

It’s a really good (and free) source of info on creating 3d and the terminology involved. It covers not only the basics of delivery but the concept of convergence or parallel shooting and the effect of all the variables involved. It’s full of great info and gets all the info across in a concise and simple manner.

Their IODCalc app looks like an ideal add on to any stereographers toolkit.. well if you have an iPhone that is.

For more info take a look at the SpeedWedge site.

We’re testing an inexpensive 3d rig we’ve pulled together for a series of tutorials on making 3d on a very tight budget and have our first test shots posted.

Full details of the rig will follow but for the moment we’ve uploaded anaglyph and side by side versions of footage shot of a local waterfall along the river Almond in Cramond, Edinburgh. We’ve used three different inter-axial settings to demonstrate the effect and haven’t done any horizontal shifts in post production – although we have done a little rotation and vertical shifting in order to align the shots. It’s an interesting experiment and hopefully you’ll come back once the series of tutorials is done.

Watch the 3D Waterfall footage on YouTube.

Amazon have confirmed the upcoming availability of the 3D Blu-ray version of Monster House joining Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as the rather limited range of 3D blu-ray discs available to purchase.

There does need to be some effort put into clarifying the format of the 3d blu-rays though as currently available anaglyph versions are also generally listed as a 3D Blu-ray. The other news is that Disney’s A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey will be released in November. Ice Age 3, Garfield’s Pet Force 3D, Clash of The Titans and a rumoured November release for Avatar on blu-ray should be on your Christmas list for 3d enthusiasts too!

Check out Amazon for 3D Blu-rays.

More exciting news for 3D Video fans – more freebies for you!

Our “3D DOWNLOADS” section has been extended so we can offer free downloads of 3D videos for users that have Nvidia 3D Vision enabled PC’s or 3D TV’s that support 3D videos in the side by side format. In order to control file sizes we will be offering the videos in a 1920×1080 format with the images squashed horizontally to fit side by side in the frame. The videos are clearly indicated in their filename as to which image is first using either LR (Left first) or RL (Right first). These downloads let you see the videos in their glory with the 3D effects exactly as they were meant to be seen.

Last week we made our 3D music video “Gloria (The Death of Me)” by The Raw I’s available, and this week we are adding to that with our Alien Birth 3D Prequel Tribute video. Do bookmark us and come back regularly as more of our videos will become available over the next few weeks.

Download the Alien Birth 3D video now!

Panasonic has announced it is developing a digital 3D interchangeable lens for the Micro Four Thirds system, to be launched by the end of 2010. The lens will project a left and right image onto the camera sensor; these images are then combined to provide a single 3D image for display on a 3d enabled display. This is likely to be similar to the one introduced with the company’s HDC-SDT750 camcorder where the attachment lens projects pairs of images onto the sensor of the camcorder.

“As consumers slowly replace the main TV set in their house, and as the price of 3D TVs continue to fall, Screen Digest expects that 3D TVs will be in around a quarter of households in major developed markets by the end of 2014. “

Until now, 3D shooting with an interchangeable lens system camera has only been possible by using panorama systems or a combination of two lenses and two CCDs, but these systems have drawbacks including the need for a dedicated 3D camera and the difficulties of capturing moving objects. Panasonic’s new 3D lens for the LUMIX G Micro System features two optical systems installed within the diameter of the lens mount, creating stereo images from the left and right lenses, to be processed with a 3D image processing system. Thanks to Panasonic’s advancements in optical technology, image processing system, and lens barrel design, the 3D lens still manages to retain an extremely compact size.

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