3DTV anaglyph showreel

Everybody is gearing up for 3DTV right now – with Hollywood and Sky TV leading the way. This movie gives a brief introduction to the production processes and techniques behind 3DTV.

If you are thinking of producing anything in 3DTV, drop us a line. If your projects involve a flatter screen, take a look at our showreel for some examples of our work.

You will need a pair of Red/Cyan glasses to view this movie.

In the meantime, here are a few links you might find useful:

Glasses

You can buy 3D glasses of all kinds here:

http://www.3dimages.co.uk/3d_glasses_menu.html

or here:

http://www.3dglassesshop.com/

Displays

If you are making anaglyph 3d (using coloured glasses) you can display it on pretty much any monitor or TV. However, the system used by many cinema movies uses polarised light, and you need special equipment to show it.

http://www.reald.com/Content/Products-Ordering.aspx

Try taking a look here for sources and costs:

http://www.pixelution.co.uk/index.html

Active Shutter

There is also another format using “active shutter” glasses in which images flicker between the left and right eye to produce a 3d image. This type of 3d uses more expensive glasses, but overall, it is cheap to deliver to a small audience Here are some details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC_shutter_glasses

http://www.3dactiveshutterglasses.com/

Lenticular monitors

One final system exists – Lenticular 3D. This does not require glasses, but you do need a special monitor to watch it. Here is a link:

http://hometheater3d.com/news/?p=1062

Lenticular 3D typically requires 9 cameras instead of 2, so the production process is a bit more complicated than for stereoscopic 3d. The quality of the image is also reduced and the equipment is currently quite expensive.

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