3D in the Home
The wide acceptance of High Definition Television has brought about changes in 3D technologies with the technology categories of AFS and Auto3D gaining a growing acceptance Merging polarization with interlace and progressive scan technologies has opened up a new set of technologies for 3D imaging through the use of LCD shutter glasses or parallax barriers with lenticular lenses.
Tricking our (binocular) brain into interpreting a 2D image into one with depth has been the goal of 3D imaging since it’s introduction in he early 1900’s. Since this origin, Anaglyphic, Polarization, AFS (Alternative Frame Sequencing), and Autostereoscopic (a/k/a Auto3D) are the four main categories with multiple sub-categories under these. While no consensus has been reached on a 3D standard, every manufacturer insists their standard is better than the other. The problem – these various technologies do NOT “play well” with one another; and from a technical standpoint – never will.
In the latest issue of the eLifespaces’ newsletter, InFocus, (http://elifespaces.com/PDF/InFocus_3rd_Qtr_2010_(c)_Lifespaces_Inc.pdf) we discuss 3D technologies and their evolution.
Tags: 3-D Television, High Definition
Thought you would find this entertaining: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer was at the recently concluded FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa to help show off his company’s latest 3-D TV creations, which, he concedes, will take a while to catch on in any mass-appeal way. “We knew we weren’t going to sell millions of sets during the World Cup because we didn’t have the capability,” he said. “The televisions aren’t ubiquitous. But I think we got the point across pretty well. If you don’t know that Sony does 3-D by now you haven’t been paying attention.” See full story at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/profiles/7888533/Sir-Howard-Stringer-Its-not-so-brave-to-stake-my-future-on-3D.html