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by Michael Grotticelli June 28th, 2011
 SMPTE has launched a new YouTube channel for 3-D enthusiasts. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has launched an official YouTube channel with a series of 60-second clips on the scientific and research findings presented at its recent International Conference on Stereoscopic 3-D for Media and Entertainment.
The conference, held on June 21 and 22 in New York City, focused on the critical technologies and strategies needed for widespread and sustained 3-D adoption. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, issues, production, SMPTE, technology, YouTube
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by Michael Grotticelli June 27th, 2011
 With its modular components, the Meduza can be set up in minutes, has interchangeable lenses, precise remotely controlled variable interaxial and precise convergence adjustments. The Meduza, a camera that can capture 4K digital stereoscopic 3-D images, has been chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to shoot the final Space Shuttle Launch at Cape Canaveral, FL, in mid-July.
Crews from NASA will use the Meduza camera to shoot the launch in 4K 3-D and high-speed (120fps) 2K. Weighing less than 15lbs, the camera system can support any number of cameras fully synchronized without the use of cabling. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, cameras, Meduza Systems, NASA, Shuttle launch
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by Michael Grotticelli June 27th, 2011
 Crews are using five 3-D camera rigs from Element Technica with Sony HD cameras mounted in different configurations. This year’s 2011 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament finals matches are being broadcast live in 3-D by the BBC with support from UK-based production company Can Communicate.
Crews are using five 3-D camera rigs from Element Technica (ET) with Sony MPE-200 HD cameras mounted in different configurations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, beam splitter, Brainstorm Multimedia, cameras, Championships, Element Technica, estudio, finals, graphics, mirror, rigs, Sony, tennis tournament, Wimbledon
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by Michael Grotticelli April 26th, 2011
 The PMW-TD300 3-D camcorder features a twin optical lens equipped with three half-inch CMOS Exmor sensors for each eye view. It was another year for new 3-D cameras at the NAB Show as major video manufacturers tackle the production issues and high costs that have been plaguing producers of 3-D content for TV and motion pictures. Counting those introduced last year, there are now literally dozens of options to choose from.
The industry as a whole is clamoring for operator-friendly, light and single-body production equipment that can replicate the 2-D HD production experience, and there was clear evidence this year that vendors understand the requirements and are working to make cost-effective production a reality. Here are a few notable cameras that were presented at this year’s show. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, cameras, FOR-A, JVC, Medusa, Panasonic, production, Sony
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by Michael Grotticelli March 22nd, 2011
 The new on-demand media will be accessible via the 3-D application on Samsung’s Smart TV platform. Samsung’s home country, Korea, has gotten the go-ahead for a 3-D VOD service. In a content partnership with DreamWorks Animation, the service will begin with movie trailers, music videos and children’s educational films including shows on teaching English and classic fairy tales. This will be followed by full-length feature films.
The new on-demand media will be accessible via the 3-D application on Samsung’s Smart TV platform. The platform has an app store that allows users to download and install applications to select 3-D content. Though the service will eventually be available globally, Samsung said the United States and Europe are next. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, DreamWorks Animation, Korea, on-demand service, partnership, Samsung, VOD
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by Michael Grotticelli March 22nd, 2011
 The new Dolby 3-D glasses use a nylon frame and multilayer optical film lenses from 3M that reduces weight and increases comfort for moviegoers. Dolby Laboratories has developed a new type of inexpensive passive 3-D glasses for theater owners that are lighter and easier to wear. The company said it joined with 3M to produce the glasses, which are compatible with existing Dolby 3D Digital Cinema systems.
The new glasses use a nylon frame and multilayer optical film lenses from 3M that reduce the weight and increases comfort for moviegoers. In addition, the new frames fit comfortably over 98 percent of prescription glasses and are well-suited to youth and adults. The new 3M lenses are scratch-resistant and include an antireflective coating. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, 3M, digital cinema, DLP, Dolby, glasses, passive, Texas Instruments
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by Michael Grotticelli December 27th, 2010
 According to PGA Tour representatives, the 3-D feed of the Sony Open will also be made available to its broadcast partners around the world. The Golf Channel is taking a big new bet on 3-D technology. The network will air the Sony Open in Hawaii, Jan 15-16, with 16 hours (eight of those live) of 3-D coverage from the Waialae Country Club in Oahu, HI.
The Golf Channel will work in conjunction with Comcast, production company NEP Superhsooters and Sony on a production that will present views from the second green, at the third and fourth holes, and the 16th green, at holes 17 and 18. The broadcasts will use six Element Technica rigs equipped with Sony 3-D cameras. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, Broadcast, coverage, Golf Channel, outside broadcast, production, Sony Open
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by Michael Grotticelli November 22nd, 2010
 Figure 1. The 3-D image in Figure 2 shows how captioning can be disconcerting for the viewer, compared to the 2-D captioned image in Figure 1. As more content is being produced in 3-D, the need for captioning, now mandated by the U.S. government, has been brought to the forefront. While all of the vendors in this category are aware of the need to do it, very few customers have asked for it, which holds back development.
“We certainly have the capability to produce captions in 3-D space, but we’re not investing a lot in R&D until there is customer demand and a standard specification for how to do it,” said José M. Salgado, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based SoftNI, a veteran captioning and subtitling software provider. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, CEA, closed captions, Computer Prompting & Captioning, FCC, industry standards, SoftNi, subtitles
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by Michael Grotticelli November 9th, 2010
 James Cameron said no one is willing to spend the two or three or four months on the post-production process necessary to do conversions right. The high-quality conversion of 2-D movies to 3-D is slow, painstaking, hands-on work that costs at least $15 million per film to do “reasonably well” and much more to do perfectly, said director James Cameron, who is in the middle of converting his “Titanic” feature film to 3-D.
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Cameron said the field of enhancing existing 2-D movies with 3-D elements is emerging, and that the handful of special effects companies that do such work “have been low-balling their bids … to get a foothold in the market.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, conversion, Director, feature films, James Cameron, Post Production, signal processing
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by Michael Grotticelli November 9th, 2010
 The new study was conducted by ESPN during more than 1000 testing sessions (about 200 lab hours). It appears that sports fans liked watching ESPN’s coverage of the World Cup tournament this summer in 3-D TV more than 2-D HDTV. The results of a new study conducted by the sports network encompassing more than 1000 testing sessions (approximately 2700 lab hours) found that subjects showed “a higher level of viewer enjoyment” and “a stronger sense of presence” with the 3-D telecasts. Quantifying that even further, ESPN said fans’ enjoyment increased from 65 percent to 70 percent in 3-D, while “presence” went from 42 percent to 69 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, Disney Media and Ad Lab, ESPN, Internet-Connected TV, market study, viewing habits, Web, World Cup
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Michael Grotticelli is writer and editor of Broadcast Engineering’s “Beyond the Headlines” and “Sports Technology Update” e-newsletters. Each week, he provides a fresh perspective on the latest in 3-D technologies and innovations as well as report on real-world applications of 3-D in the broadcast, professional video and film industries.
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