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slycatIf you had asked me a year ago about 3DTV, I would have said it was a gimmick and would never catch on in the living room. Most of the 3D films were in their own right used 3D as a gimmick to poke your eyes out, however with films like Avatar and Up before it, directors are using 3D as a cinematic device to help tell the story and help the viewer feel more immersed.
In terms of home 3DTV however, the first time I saw what the technology was capable of was when I viewed a ~£8000 JVC HDTV which used polarised 3D technology at EuroGamer Expo back in October. They were showing the Avatar game which while looking like a dull game, the visuals were utterly stunning and created the same effect as 3D films in the cinema. As the TV was polarised, it was just like the way RealD 3D is done in the cinema with, right up to the point where you only had to wear the same glasses you do in the cinema for the 3D effect to work. The problem with polarising on an LCD screen is that for the polarisation to work, they're effectively using two screens layered over one another, each with the different polarisation for each eye and doing it this way is very expensive. The only other way to do polarised 3D would be what nVidia were doing at their seminar which also at EuroGamer Expo, which was to have a clever set up with two projectors which were perfectly matched for the distance of the screen and each had a different polarising filter on it. However this isn't really practical for the home as it would require a lot of fiddling to get right. Maybe eventually they'll do digital 3D projectors for the home which do what the ones in the cinema do but still, most people don't want a projector in their living room anyway.
So, what seems to be happening in 2010 is that RealD is partnering with companies such as Sony for their home 3DTV setup which would involve active shutter glasses rather than the passive glasses used for polarised 3D. The main difference is that the glasses themselves have to be synced with the screen and need to be powered to blink each lense in time with the frames displayed onthe TV. The TV would also need to be able to support at least true 120hz (60hz for each eye). This technology already exists in the form of nVidia's 3D Vision for PC where you need to get the glasses, receiver and a 120hz screen. It seems that in the next year, Sony will have standardised the format for 3D on Blu-Ray and there's also a new HDMI 1.4 standard for 3D video.
My prediction is that the film Avatar will become one of the first 3D Blu-Ray films to be released with the new standard and due to it's popularity, it would become the "killer app" or must have movie which makes people to want to upgrade their setup. Personally however, as much as I'd want to get on to this bandwagon, I can't see myself upgrading my TV any time soon as no doubt early adopters will be stung with high prices and I really like my TV! I may eventually get me one of those nVidia 3D Vision & 120hz monitor setups for my PC sometime next year however as I do like the effect it gives.
In terms of home 3DTV however, the first time I saw what the technology was capable of was when I viewed a ~£8000 JVC HDTV which used polarised 3D technology at EuroGamer Expo back in October. They were showing the Avatar game which while looking like a dull game, the visuals were utterly stunning and created the same effect as 3D films in the cinema. As the TV was polarised, it was just like the way RealD 3D is done in the cinema with, right up to the point where you only had to wear the same glasses you do in the cinema for the 3D effect to work. The problem with polarising on an LCD screen is that for the polarisation to work, they're effectively using two screens layered over one another, each with the different polarisation for each eye and doing it this way is very expensive. The only other way to do polarised 3D would be what nVidia were doing at their seminar which also at EuroGamer Expo, which was to have a clever set up with two projectors which were perfectly matched for the distance of the screen and each had a different polarising filter on it. However this isn't really practical for the home as it would require a lot of fiddling to get right. Maybe eventually they'll do digital 3D projectors for the home which do what the ones in the cinema do but still, most people don't want a projector in their living room anyway.
So, what seems to be happening in 2010 is that RealD is partnering with companies such as Sony for their home 3DTV setup which would involve active shutter glasses rather than the passive glasses used for polarised 3D. The main difference is that the glasses themselves have to be synced with the screen and need to be powered to blink each lense in time with the frames displayed onthe TV. The TV would also need to be able to support at least true 120hz (60hz for each eye). This technology already exists in the form of nVidia's 3D Vision for PC where you need to get the glasses, receiver and a 120hz screen. It seems that in the next year, Sony will have standardised the format for 3D on Blu-Ray and there's also a new HDMI 1.4 standard for 3D video.
My prediction is that the film Avatar will become one of the first 3D Blu-Ray films to be released with the new standard and due to it's popularity, it would become the "killer app" or must have movie which makes people to want to upgrade their setup. Personally however, as much as I'd want to get on to this bandwagon, I can't see myself upgrading my TV any time soon as no doubt early adopters will be stung with high prices and I really like my TV! I may eventually get me one of those nVidia 3D Vision & 120hz monitor setups for my PC sometime next year however as I do like the effect it gives.
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