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Cineworld Test - Feb 2014
The "Off-Screen Invisible Subtitles" system was
tested at Cineworld Milton Keynes on the 7th February 2014. Kumu our
Product Development Director is on the left of the image with George on
the right. The 4 x 46" Invisible screen display show subtitles when
viewed through the special glasses. The display needs to be raised a little on stands,
to just under the movie screen and darkened down a little so as to be
inconspicuous to the general audience. Meanwhile the hard of hearing or
deaf customers see the subtitles through special glasses. We plan to go back to Cineworld in a few weeks to
run subtitles again with one of their movies and show subtitles in
synchronization. Our Technical teams are currently busy writing
software and producing hardware to get the movie server talking to our
encoder.Once the system is solid we aim to show it to
other UK cinema chains and the CEA.
Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle System Update -
August 2013.
Entrepreneur George Georgiou and inventor Jack
Ezra have teamed up to form "GioJaX Ltd" and "Mystery Technology LLP",
which will develop an "Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle System" for the deaf
and hard of hearing". The development work will be carried out in Sri
Lanka, China & the UK over the coming months with a fully working system
hopefully, being tested in October/ November 2013. The Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle System uses a
special display under the movie screen which is invisible to the general
audience until you wear special light-weight glasses and then the
subtitles are viewable to anyone in the audience wishing to see them.
"I am thrilled to be working with Jack," said Mr
Giorgio. "We will start with the "Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle System" and
then move on to some of Jack's other inventions such as "Nomad", which
is a special computer display which allows users to sit at their
workstations for long periods without suffering muscular pains or eye
strain, then we will work on "Multi Level Projection" which is a new
kind of layered 3D display for gamers or live theatre productions, where
you don't need 3D glasses for a 3D effect, and finally, "EyeGate" which
is a 3D without glasses cinema system. I am looking forward to producing
the "Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle" technology as soon as possible and
offering it worldwide and I look forward to an exciting partnership with
Jack". Jack says, "George is a professional musician and
entrepreneur who made his fortune through property development and other
business ventures - he also trained as an Osteopath so can appreciate my
"Nomad" technology. I tried to raise funding through "Indigogo" which
helped to gain public awareness, but I still could not raise anything
like what we needed for a full prototype. George, who's wife is deaf,
was one of three investors who approached me and could see that the
"Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle" technology could make a real difference to
deaf & hard of hearing people, the elderly, foreign students, or anyone
who wanted to see captions during a movie". Industry professionals such Regal in the USA and
in the UK, the Cinema Exhibitors Association, Cineworld & Odeon have
offered their help to the new venture in the form of feedback, testing
and promotion of the technology.
Off-Screen Cinema Subtitle System - April 2013.
Inventor, Jack Ezra, of 3D
Experience, UK, has come up with a Cinema Subtitle System for the hard
of hearing which is invisible to the general audience. With this new
technology, subtitles appear on a special display just below the main
movie screen, but the really impressive part is, the so called,
"inconspicuous" display, looks dark grey, until you wear the special,
lightweight glasses - and then, as if by magic, the subtitles appear.There are other contenders that the
cinema industry are considering, such as projector glasses or calculator
sized displays which use the drinks holder to support them. Jack says
“…he has concerns about the transfer of germs and particularly, ear and
eye infections, when these units are passed from person to person, show
after show. Then there is the high cost of the units themselves and what
about breakages or theft. With my system, each pair of inexpensive,
lightweight, glasses is hygienically packed just like 3D glasses.”Mr. Ezra is hoping that cinema chains
will be interested in using his “Off-Screen Subtitle System” for all
movie shows so customers who want subtitles, can watch new releases,
while sitting along-side other customers, who don't want subtitles on
the screen.Jack hopes to raise the necessary
funds so he can bring his technology to market as soon as possible. He
also has plans to explore the idea of an additional "inconspicuous"
display screen in the cinema showing sign language and also making the
technology available to other venues such as pubs, clubs, schools,
colleges and live theatre.A word from the Inventor - Jack Ezra.Firstly, a huge "THANK YOU" to all of
you who have come back to me with these kind words....
"Jack, Congrats - what a terrific Idea this is" and "Jack, you're so
clever", and
"Jack, this could really change the face of cinema" & "I love this idea
so much - can't wait to see it".While I really appreciate all these
kind words, this technology will not succeed unless we raise the money.
Below is a link to Indiegogo, the crowd-funding site of our choice -
this is like KickStarter.
It is here you can go on and contribute some money.
Just a few pounds each, from a lot of people will build up the necessary
funds for the prototype.
Then we can start to put it into the cinemas worldwide.
Click
HERE TO WATCH
the video on YouTube. Now, with an option to turn
captions ON/OFF.
Ultimate High 3D . April 2012
"Ultimate High 3D". Currently in
production since December 2011. The story of Gary Connery, the first man
to leap from an aircraft at 2,500 ft and land a wingsuit without
deploying his parachute. The finale is planned for April 2012 in Henley
On Thames, UK. The 3D Documentary/ feature film shows Gary's training,
the development of the wingsuit & practice jumps in the USA, Italy &
Switzerland all shot with 3D Experience's specially developed 3D
technology & know-how.
Image is Gary left & Mark Sutton aerial
cameraman with 3DE's ProGoPro helmet rig.
3DE
PolaRotator released. March 2011.
3D Experience have developed an
effective polarization modulator which is a fraction of the cost of
their nearest competition. The "PolaRotator", as it is called, is a
small glass window made of layers of electronically driven, liquid
crystal glass, which switches light at 120 times a second. This
eliminates alignment issues when using a dual projector 3D system and
offers customers, currently using a single 3D projector with shutter
glasses, a cost effective alternative, for larger audiences. The
PolaRotator has a glass window of 3 x 3 inches, large enough for the
majority of 3D projectors and is used in conjunction with an adaptor box
such as the 3D-XL from Optoma. The 3D-XL drives the PolaRotator via a
small driver box connected to the VESA port of the adaptor so no
additional power supply is required. This combination now enables
lightweight, inexpensive Polarized glasses to be worn for large screen
3D when linked to games consoles such as the PS3, 3D BluRay Players or
Sky 3D. This technology is ideally suited for Pubs, Clubs, Schools,
Lecture theatres, production studios or simply for individuals with home
3D systems wishing to get away from shutter glasses which are known to
be expensive and fragile. 3D Experience also has a new Value Range of 3D
Silver screens to complement the PolaRotator. For more information click
the PolaRotator page link
here. Dealers interested in offering the PolarRotator Kit with their
own 3D equipment can contact 3DE on +44 (0) 1279 817219 or email
sales@3dexperience.co.uk
 
3D Experience at Pro Photo Show. Oct. 2010.
As guests of Canon Europe, 3D
Experience exhibited their 3D Capture and display equipment and services
to several thousand media professionals at the Business Centre,
Islington, London on 26 th & 27 th October. Realizing that 3DE have been
using Canon cameras to film 3DHD content for the last three years, Canon
Europe decided to purchase some of 3DE's stereoscopic 3D HD content to
show at IBC in Amsterdam. Seeing that this went down well with
international visitors, it made sense to show professionals that Canon
was playing a part in the 3D revolution currently taking place across
the industry. This was emphasized at the Pro Photo show, and
particularly at the 3D Experience stand, where 3DE's Pro-stereo camera
mounts supported pairs of Canon Cameras and Canon's own projection
booth, demonstrated 3DHD polarized content using pairs of Canon
projectors. Also being exhibited for the first time, was 3DE's new 1000
lumen, 7 inch, 3D CamBuddy, dual-view alignment monitor.
Click this link to see a short
report about the 3D aspects of the show on utube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXB0T6jicM
A
Guinness World Record 3D Experience. September 2010.
A successful 3D High Definition test
for Guinness World Records has been produced, and a three-way
collaboration deal agreed, between Ron Bareham Productions, film
director Laurence Barnett of Chaplins Film & TV, and 3D Experience Ltd.
James Field was filmed in 3D at 4 pm on the 26 th September 2010
smashing the existing world record of 19 Bungee Jumps in one hour. The
venue was at Extreame Element's bungee site near Tower Bridge, London.
James created a new world record of 42 Jumps within the hour.
People
in the Photo: Left to Right. Jack Ezra of 3D Experience, Laurence
Barnett, Ron Bareham, Kristian Teufel and Rob Malloy of Guinness World
Records and Pipa Nogaro of Extreme Element.
"Practical 3D Movie Making &
Beyond" courses available. June 2010.
Due to customer demand (and general
hassling by industry colleagues) Jack has started up his ever popular
"Practical 3D Movie Making & Beyond" courses.
Click here for further details.
3DE at the Broadcast Video Expo
16 - 18 February 2010.
3DE, the Original 3D Stereoscopic
Video Production Company & three time DTI award Winners for stereoscopic
3D Technology, will be on stand L35 at the BVE Show Earls Court 2 from
the 16 to the 18th of Feb. Making 3D easy since 1990. For 20 years we
have been promoting the benefits of stereoscopic 3D - finally, the
industry is listening. 3D Filming - Stereoscopic Computer Graphics - 3D
Camera Mounts - DualView Monitors - 3DTV Displays - 3D Theatres & all
affordable.
Slinky 3D World Tour. January
2010.
Slinky, the dance music super club
brand, has agreed a licensing deal with 3D Experience to provide 3DHD
stereoscopic content for the "Slinky in 3D Vision World Tour". This
starts at the O2 in Bournemouth on Saturday 30th January and continues
for 100 clubbing nights around the world. Interested in Clubbing & 3D?
Click here for Slinky's web site.
The Queen in 3D. November 2009.
During the Channel 4 3D Season,
starting the 16 th November, a new 3D recording of The Queen will be
shown. This was taken at the Garter Ceremony at Windsor Castle in June,
and was made by Arena TV with the use of 3D Experience's Pro-stereo
mount & 3D CamBuddy 16:9 Dual View monitor. Also sold to Areana TV was a
3D HD DLP TV and 3DHD Multimedia PC system for playback and viewing of
the Queen in 3DHD.
3D Lenticular Clock Agreement
signed. October 2009.
After many months of testing and
collaboration, 3D Experience and Orion Effects signed an agreement to
jointly produce the eye-popping range of Our-World 3D Lenticular Clocks.
No 3D glasses are needed to see the 3D effect and these 300 x 300 mm eye
catching, 3D clocks are mainly aimed at Children. So far, designs
include, Dinosaurs, Fish, Aircraft, Yoga Poses & Flowers with
Butterflies, Birds, Bugs, Dogs, Ships, Planets, and many more on the
way.
September 2009. Live Capture 3DHD
HUB.
A successful test has been completed
for capturing, transmitting and recording live 3D HD content for events
such as music concerts or sports. Using four pairs of HD cameras, 3DE,
together with TrueColors (UK) and AnalogueWay (France) have developed a
system capable of cuts or dissolves between each of the 3D camera
set-ups. Using 3D Experience's pro-stereo mounts and 3D CamBuddy dual
view monitors, each 3D Camera set-up can be quickly and correctly
aligned by the camera-man and these signals sent to the specially
programmed desk-top unit, where they are ready to be used for
transmission or recording. The Partners are thrilled that such a compact
system has been proven to be so successful, as the alternative would be
hours of editing, or to use several staff and an Outside Broadcast
vehicle. 3D Experience are delighted to add this Live 3DHD capture
facility to their expanding portfolio of equipment and services.
Digiturk goes 3D. March 2009.
3D Experience spent nearly 2 weeks in
and around Istanbul in Turky as Consultants to Digiturk, the satellite
company, in the making of the 3DHD Documentary "Touching Istanbul". 3D
Experience supplied all the stereoscopic know-how and the equipment
required, including their Pro Stereo Mount, a smaller, lighter
steady-cam stereo mount also used on a remote controlled helicopter, a
rollacoaster/ vehicle mount, their unique16:9 3D CamBuddy dual View
Monitor and a special sunlight hooded 3D Cambuddy. Digiturk plan to show
the 15 minute peice as often as possible. Subscribers view the show with
supplied red/blue 3D glasses given away free in the Digturk monthly
magazine.
January 2009. Are you in the
Industry ? Then open your eyes to 3DHD and don't get left behind.
3D Experience will be on Stand E2 at
the Broadcast Video Expo at Earls Court 2 from 17 - 19 Feb 2009.
3DE has been at the forefront of 3D
stereoscopic hardware R&D & video production for 2 decades. Government
awards have allowed the development and manufacturer of camera mounts,
3D camera monitoring and autostereoscopic 3D theatre technology. With
the right partners, 3DE will establish "go3dhd", the world's first 3DHD
commercial channel in 2009.
 3D
Experience release "The WitchWay" - December 2008.
3D Experience Ltd of the UK, have just
released their latest production which is a 3D stereoscopic ride-film
with a difference. 18 months in the making and running 13.5 minutes,
"The Witch Way", tells the story of Emma coming to terms with her newly
found supernatural gifts on the eave of her 18 th birthday. She is
hampered by ghosts, skeletons and demons but helped by her transforming
werewolf brother Steve, and her Vampire parents. There are lots of
unexpected eye-popping moments with stunning stereoscopic imagery in
this fully animated attraction ride-movie, in full High Definition 1920
x 1080p.
"It is the first of it's kind because
it is not just a 3D movie but there are a few point-of-view ride
sequences built right in", Jack Ezra, Managing Director, explains.
"We wanted a really powerful story but
we also had to cater for 4D theatres and simulators who want a ride film
- so "The Witch Way" is a perfect hybrid of the two which gives you
both, a story with great 3D effects and a ride experience, at the same
time."
3D Channel - What 3D Channel??? -
November 2008.
Yes, the rumors are true, that 3D
Experience are fully registered suppliers to the 2012 London Olympic
games for possible 3DHD world-wide transmission, via their future 3DHD
channel "go3dhd". Innovative, capture and home receiving 3DHD equipment
is being planned for development through 2009 with regular test
transmissions being planned of the second half of the year.
Update on this story 10th Oct 2010-
Due to the UK 3D Channel "Sky 3D", recently launched on1st Oct 2010, all
plans for go3dhd have been put on hold.
Now Play 350 3DHD Games - October
2008.
3D Experience have installed dozens of
3D Digital theatres world wide and have always been at the leading edge
of 3D technology development. Their Pro Stereo Mount is becoming the
standard for capturing live 3DHD content and their 3D CamBuddy dual
image alignment monitor is essential for new 3D film producers.
Throughout 2008 3D Experience have offered the Samsung 3D HD DLP display
unit to UK and European customers, including 3D enthusiasts, research
establishments and production companies. More recently, these HDTV's
have been enabled for standard 2D TV viewing and playing around 350
off-the shelf games, but in true 3D HD, via the Company's 3D Multimedia
PC's.
Samsungs Plasma 3D TV
Versus Samsung 3D HD DLP TV
Firstly , thanks to all at Samsung UK
for allowing this test to take place. Date & time: 17 th July 2008 2pm
to 4.30 pm.
After a murderous drive through the
rain and road works on the M25, from our studio in Bishop's Storford to
the Samsung head office in Chertsy, we unloaded our 3D HD demo kit to
the Samsung Demo room.
Our 3D HD DLP system comprises of a
Samsung 50 inch 3D HD DLP, a 3D HD Multimedia PC, 3D Blaster infrared
emitter, pairs of shutter glasses, a DVI to HDMI cable, audio cable and
a remote keyboard.
On simply unloading the kit, I
immediately I picked up on the remark by a Samsung rep that the DLP
weighed a lot less than the Plasma. We set them up side by side and I
could see they looked almost the same in overall size. Particularly as
the Plasma's stand, which was fairly substantial, came out in front
somewhat, and was set back behind the screen a fair bit. I guess this
does not matter if you are wall mounting the plasma, though.
So I hooked up everything to show our
demo on the 50 inch 3D HD DLP screen, and passed the glasses around to
about 20 Samsung staff. Pressed the spacebar to start the show and a
number of unrepeatable expletives were heard, along with phrases like
"unbelievable - amazing - my god". I was showing our latest compilation
of animation clips and real life captured stereoscopic 3D HD material -
11 minutes worth.
OK. So now it was time to put the 50
inch 3D Plasma screen through its paces. I wired up everything in the
same way but there was some confusion as to which of the 3 hdmi sockets
the 3D HD Multimedia PC had to be plugged into. On the DLP it was number
3 but on the Plasma screen it turned out to be number 2. This was not
straight away, though. We spent some minutes trying to get the Plasma to
accept an incoming signal. Here is where I received my first shock. The
Plasma screen would only accept a signal of 1360 x 768 resolution
compared to the 1920 x 1080 on the DLP. The realization that it was only
HD ready and not true HD was truly disappointing.
Next, pressing the 3D button on the
Plasma screen's remote control, activated the red led within a nicely
styled emitter sitting on top of the screen. However, being handed the
Samsung 3D shutter glasses brought out an uncontrollable laugh from me.
They were absolutely huge, heavy and really dark. They were LCD shutters
(made of 2 polarized filters) inside, what looked like dark plastic
sunglasses. There was no way you could sustain the weight of these
babies on one's nose for any period of time. Besides all of that, and
after fiddling with settings and cables, the best we could get from the
Samsung emitter and shutter glasses was a slow cycling in and out of 3D
which reversed left to right eye and right to left eye. This looked like
a possible sync mismatch between PAL 50 Hz & NTSC 60 Hz standards so I
changed the settings on the PC back and forwards but we could not fix
the problem. We gave up on the Samsung emitter and 3D glasses and
plugged in our own 3D Blaster IR emitter and used our own shutter
glasses and hey presto we had 3D on the Plasma screen.
I played the 11 minute demo as before,
and this time the comments were not so forthcoming.
"Well, it works ", was all I
heard.
As the 3D expert around, I owe anyone
interested in reading this, a little more of an explanation so here
goes.
Being a Plasma screen of a lower
resolution than the DLP, one was going to get some graininess. This
means that all that lovely 3D stereoscopic HD content is
scaled down by the internal electronics to give you a poorer resolution
image. The overall colour depth was dull and nowhere like the DLP, nor
was the colour as good as some other Plasma screens I have seen by other
manufacturers, but the biggest killer for me, was the yellowish ghosting
in each eye. E.G. Each eye saw it's respective image but a yellow shadow
of the other eye was also present. This killed the 3D effect somewhat,
especially when viewing space scenes or scenes with dark shadows. Just
to put this in perspective, the DLP does not have any ghosting at all.
In 3D terminology, this rare occurrence is called "one hundred percent
exclusion". This phenomenon is even a rarity with the best polarization
3D theatre system, which always has a little ghosting.
To be fair to the Plasma screen we
should really try to use the Samsung glasses and emitter just in case it
solves the ghosting. To this end Samsung has promised to loan us a
screen. Maybe future models will be true HD removing the graininess but
my conclusion, at this time is, "Well, it works - but it is
not even close on image quality or 3D effect, to the DLP."
3D Experience Pushing the
boundaries forward.
At the “Broadcast Live & Video Forum”
trade show, 30th Jan to 1st Feb, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London,
England, the Hertfordshire High Tech Company, 3D Experience showed its
new “3D HD TV bundle”, as guests on the “Showreel Magazine” Stand. The
bundle was made up of a Samsung 50” rear projection high definition DLP
TV, playing dual streams of Stereoscopic 3D HD, Live & animated material
from a dedicated 3D HD Multimedia PC. Using high speed shutter glasses,
the audience were heard to say over and over, mainly one word,
”Amazing”.
MD of the Company, Jack Ezra, was also
giving advise on a “Question Time” panel with regard to Stereoscopic 3D
and the renewed interest from Hollywood for producing 3D Movies. On that
he said, “Some of the production company's here in the UK need to wake
up to the fact that 3D is going mainstream fast. 3D Experience have been
making 3D movies for years for theme parks and selling 3D equipment to
American Company’s for years. We need to light a fire under the British
Film industry regarding producing 3D movies or we are going to be left
behind”.
Jack was also asked by a member of the
audience, if he thought 3D HD TV would be available in the home within 5
years, and Jack replied, “I can not say too much, but we have been
working on a solution for about 18 months and we hope to be the World
leader in this by making 3D HD TV available by this summer”.
3D Experience was also showing some 3D
Stereoscopic camera mounts and what they claimed was the most compact 3D
HD rig in the world.
3D for Land, Sea and maybe even
beyond the Stars
3D Experience have developed the world's only,
fully controllable underwater 3D stereoscopic digital video camera
system.
The underwater 3D video system,
consisting of a pair of cameras, special multiplexing electronics, a
mini DV deck and a unique electric convergence and alignment platform,
was specially developed for Monde Savuage theme park and zoo in Belgium,
to enable them to film marine life in their natural habitat, in
stereoscopic 3D digital video.
While the electric 3D camera platform
had its own design and production difficulties, there was a more
intriguing problem awaiting.
It sounds silly, but the most
challenging aspect of the rig was to develop the buttons and switches on
the outside of the unit, explained Jack Ezra, Managing director of 3D
Experience, England.
I could not find a single company on
the internet who produced a totally immerse-able LANC controller to
operate the Sony Mini DV recorder. Also I needed a main power on/off
switch and two, two-way toggle switches to operate the tiny motors
backwards and forwards, which separate and converge the pair of cameras.
If there is one thing crucial to
making good three dimensions images, it is the instantaneous control and
the relationship of the pair of 3D cameras with what you intend to film.
They have to be constantly on the move unlike the fixed pair of cameras
you might expect to find. The closer you get to a subject, the closer
the cameras slide together. Where they are targeted is also crucial. The
"camera convergence point" determines whether objects and scenes come
out of the screen or look as if they are way back in the distance, when
viewed in the 3D theatre. It was essential that the diver or camera
operator had all of these controls at his fingertips.
All the components of the 3D
underwater rig was housed in a 12 inch diameter plastic pipe with clear
acrylic ends, while rubber "O" rings sealed the clear windows to the
pipe walls via eight pull down latches. The mini DV deck supplied the
diver with a perfect view of what he was filming and amazingly, the
whole system could be powered for 5 hours from a single battery.
The buoyancy and general size of the
rig was a little cumbersome as we were in a rush to provide the theme
park with a workable solution. However we have just made a new squarer,
stainless steel housing which is half the size and far more manageable.
A lot of the technology which went into the development of the uw 3D
system is applicable to the riggers of space. It should fit nicely on
the "Martian Lander" or the shuttle or other space probe.
Meanwhile a more down to earth 3D
Digital Land rig has been produced to enable 3D Experience to offer
their production services to one and all.
A pair or svhs quality Sony modules
had to have special control software written to synchronise all the
camera functions while a mini DV camcorder acted as the recorder. The
camcorder LCD screen neatly becomes the 3D monitor and in bright
sunlight the colour viewfinder is used. This time a manual convergence
unit allows the operator to change the settings for 3D capture and this
rig even incorporates zoom and Hi Fi Stereo audio.
Jack hopes that the availability and
accessibility of this rig will inspire creative people to film their
work in 3D.
As if this is not enough to keep most
techno addicts contented, Jack is now busy developing a High Definition
tapeless 3D rig, which promises to come close to the quality of 35 mm
film.
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3D
Technology moving In Leaps and Bounds - 2004.
This year has finally brought
recognition to 3D Experience in the form of winning a government SMART
award for years of innovative 3D Technology.
NASA Visits 3D Experience Ltd
NASA have visited on 2 occasions and have discussed using “ SpexFree 3D”
and other 3D Experience technology.
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Eye-Gate - The Future of 3D?
“Eye-gate” will allow large audiences to view real
”coming-out-of-the-screen” 3D movies on giant screens without the use of
3D glasses and from any position in the auditorium.
Initial development will be more conservative using smaller CRT, PC,
plasma and projection TV aimed at a handful of people simultaneously
viewing Holographic type, full colour moving images, for use in shopping
malls, home entertainment, information stations in museums and in art
galleries.
High end optics and special materials will create the viewing screen
while a unique camera rig and recording system will be developed to
allow the capture of live action. Special software “plug-ins” will be
created for existing 3D animation software which will allow architects
and designers to pre-visualise their work along side their clients as if
their creations were real.
Further development will explore the “Eye-gate” system as an arcade
booth and training simulator where several players will be able to
participate in interactive games in real-time and in full auto
stereoscopic 3D. Observers sitting next to each other, will each see
different stereoscopic 3D views which will still be retained even while
moving around during a high action, flying or driving game. Air line
pilots, train drivers, or novices learning to drive will experience a
true sense of reality during training simulations.
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UK's 1st 3D DVD
At the End of 2002, 3D Experience were the first in the UK with their
“Ultimate 3D DVD.”
A collection of short Theme Park Movies Converted to play on most home
DVD Players, PC’s, PlayStations & X-boxes.
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Low Budget 3D Movie Production
In September 1997 3D Experience Ltd developed a high resolution video to
movie 3D Film Technique. This meant that for the first time in two
decades new 3D movies could be custom made for realistic budgets, Theme
Parks could afford. This immediately lead to a contract for a 3D movie
“Battle For Treasure Castle” for "Duinrell", a major Theme Park in
Holland. The movie played to appreciative audiences recently and is now
being offered for sale or hire to Parks worldwide.
Left & Right eye views projected
simultaneously from movie film on to giant screen
Audience experiences a single clear three
dimensional picture leaping from the screen
3D EXPERIENCE,
England have developed a high resolution video to movie 3D Film
Technique. This means that for the first time in two decades new 3D
movies can be custom made for realistic budgets, Theme Parks can afford.
Split lenses project movie film
Hollywood 3D movies like "Terminator 3D" (famous for being the most
expensive 15 minutes of film ever produced) are state of the art but
carry a price tag of $100m. Older films have been shown too many times
and lack the special effects, sound quality and excitement that todays
audiences expect.
3D EXPERIENCE have been producing 3D Video hardware and software for
trade shows and product launches and specialist applications and
providing 3D Theatres on a smaller scale to the SeaLife Centres,
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, British Telecom and many International
clients.
Viewed with 3D polarised glasses
Realising there was an enormous gap in the market, 3DE's Managing
Director, Jack Ezra developed the new system for producing low budget 3D
movies on film and was immediately commissioned by "Duinrell", a major
Theme Park in Holland, to produce "Battle for Treasure Castle". This is
currently playing in Wassenaar - Holland for the new summer season.
Duinrell - The first Amusement Park to
benefit from the new 3D system
Stills from the movie -
Battle For Treasure Castle
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Improved RedBlue 3D Glasses
One product that Jack Ezra, Managing Director of 3D Experience, is very
excited about is “ClearColor”. This futuristic clear plastic material
offers benefits over the old style Red/Green or Red/Blue 3D glasses. 3D
glasses made from “ClearColor” offer purer whites and give a 25%
increase in overall brightness. Jack believes that the days of
traditional coloured filter 3D glasses are numbered.
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Stereoscopic 3D Software
In1998 3D Experience developed “StereoView 20/20” with the involvement
of Apple UK. Software for Macintosh and pc which turn users designs, and
animations into true stereoscopic images. “StereoView 20/20” includes
innovative features like an interactive 3D camera rig and instant output
of all major 3D viewing options including 3D Video & SpexFree 3D. The
“StereoView 20/20 Macintosh Bundle”, is currently shipping, which also
offers connection to the growing number of stereoscopic 3D Internet
sites. This has now been followed by the pc version for Caligari
TrueSpace users. 3D Experience are planning to produce a “SV 20/20”
Direct X plugIn so all 3D design & animation programmes and 3D games can
be viewed in the stereoscopic option of your choice.
3D Experience has developed a Stereoscopic plug in called "StereoView
20/20" for TruSpace 4 by Caligari. This will have similar functions to
the "TruView 3D" (later also named StereoView 20/20) plugIn for 3D World
for Power Macintosh. The Mac version can be purchased through this site.
Click on the StereoView 20/20 button on the main page for more details.
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Opps! - SONY's DV blunder
If you think you are the proud owner of a Sony DV Walkman, particularly
the GVD300, GVD900, DSRV10P or similar variation, then think again.
3D Experience Ltd, of London, UK, a
video production company who specialise in 3D stereoscopic video
material, discovered a major recording problem with all the models they
tested.
As 3D Experience tend to use their own
dual camera rigs and the majority of their produced 3D video material is
action footage, a small DV recorder was required. At first the GVD300
looked like it was just the ticket. It of course had the Firewire
input/output and the svhs and video connector. The 3D video camera rig
connects to their own box of tricks, called a 3D video encoder or
multiplexer, before the combined left and right signals are recorded to
DV tape via the svhs connector.
The rest of us using these DV
recorders tend to use them with a single, tiny, remote camera for those
great Point Of View shots. You know the ones looking up at the pilot's
face flying some hair raising aerobatics or looking over the helmet of a
formula one racing driver or just recording great movies off air.
It might be worth just stopping here
for a moment and explaining what the 3D Experience 3D encoder actually
does. What it does is take signals from each of the Left and Right
stereoscopic cameras, and through rapid multiplexing, lays down, first,
the left camera on field one, followed by the right camera on field two.
This way the combined left and right camera signals are recorded on
every frame as a normal video signal.
So what's all this got to do with the
Sony DV walkman family?
Once the left/right multiplexed signal is produced by the 3D encoder, it
is fed to the DV recorder via the svhs connector. Initially, all looks
fine.....but guess what happens when you play the tape back? The fields
swap.
What that means in terms of a 3D
stereoscopic image is that the left camera image is seen in the right
eye and the right camera image is seen in the left eye. In 3D Circles
this is known as psudoscopic.
In other words what we see is complete nonsense to the brain, a complete
waste of time for 3D Experience and a major foul-up by Sony.
What this means to the rest of us not
using these DV machines for producing 3D video material, is that we have
a major problem with temporal displacement. Particularly if trying to
capture fast moving subject matter.
The problem of temporal displacement explained in simple terms is this.
In the normal cycle of video recording, what should be happening is
field 1 is followed by field 2 for a given frame, then field 1 is
followed by field 2 for the next frame and so on, just as one would
expect. When the DV recorder plays back swapped fields what you get is
Field 2 first followed by field 1 for every frame. This is actually
putting the event that is meant to come second, first.
Think of a tennis ball dropping,
recorded and played back correctly. Each field of each frame shows the
event of the ball getting lower and lower to the ground but with swapped
fields, the frames show the ball dropping while the fields show it
climbing.
Yes, it is very strange - you will need to think about that for a
moment. We can not analyse this field swapping problem by simply looking
at a tape because everything is moving so fast and our brains try to
make sense of it all as best it can. What we end up seeing is distorted,
fuzzy motion. Twice as bad as the expected motion blur.
The only reason that it was discovered
at all is because our boys at 3D Experience use recording to fields in a
more precise manner than the rest of us.
So there you have it.
Every time you switch the DV recorder on and begin recording, it swaps
the fields over. Sometimes your footage will be the correct way around
then the next time you switch on to record, it swaps. Half your material
is OK then the next recording is fuzzy.
For the guys at 3D Experience it means
all the field swapped footage has to be corrected by Adobe Premiere,
field by field and frame by frame - what a pain.
Their 3D material can usually by found at Theme Parks, product launches
and more recently on the "isee3d" channel, a new 3D video internet
channel. 3D Experience's stereoscopic video material is truly stunning.
I've added their contact details at the end of this article.
Interestingly enough, recording via
the digital input is fabulous.
3D Experience say that no field swapping occurs using the firewire
input. However that does not help them, or thousands of other users.
The catch here is that until someone comes up with a little black box
that converts signals from 3 chip, professional cameras which are out
putting RGB, YUV or Y/C signals to DV, our 3D video boys are stuck with
using the y/c input - and that's where the problem is.
A couple of questions arise at this
point.
Would you buy a Sony DV walkman with this hidden problem?
I suppose you can answer that by asking yourself weather you would buy a
new car with defective brakes. Maybe it is not a good analogy as buying
a DV walkman is not life threatening but ask yourself that question any
way. The way I see it is there are a number of other companies out there
offering DV recorders.
Another question is what about all those people who have bought a
machine already?
They don't even know the problem exists. How many units, exactly, are
out there? Have Sony got a fix for their customers?
Do Sony, themselves, know that they have this problem right across their
DV range?
May be they owe a vote of gratitude to 3D Experience for pointing out
their problem or maybe they would rather just keep the whole thing
quiet?
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3D VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM
SpexFree 3D - Now even Bigger -
Brighter - Better.
3D Experience of London, England, a Company who specialise in 3D content
and the development of 3D video and computer technology, have improved
their autostereoscopic display panels by recently signing a partnership
deal with Displaze for a new 20 inch SpexFree 3D screen.
These screens show true stereoscopic
video, computer graphics and animation which really stands out from the
screen without the use of 3D glasses. The new screen has already
demonstrated to advertising agencies and supermarket chain stores, a
higher level of grabbing customers attention.
Displaze, who are connected through
Sunrise Electronics, to NEC, offer to 3D Experience, access to the
latest technology in LCD and plasma displays as and when it first
becomes available. This has led to the joint development of the 20 inch
portrait SpexFree 3D screen, shown recently at the Reflex Show at
Wembley Arena. Resolution is an impressive 1024 x 1280, with improved
brightness delivered by ten lamps.
Further future development includes
streaming 3D video via the internet and introducing a PC into the
SpexFree screen, making these eye catching displays self running.
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3D
Technology Development in the stristest confidence
The above list represents only a small fraction of breakthrough 3D
technology produced by this company and can not begin to elaborate on
certain classified 3D systems undertaken for certain clients
commissioned under the strictest of confidence.
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