NAB2009 Stereoscopic 3D Wrap-Up

This year’s NAB conference in Las Vegas showcased the art of stereoscopic 3D (aka S3D) in a big way.  Attendees were treated to expositions of the tools required for S3D production, post-production and distribution.  There were still the usual tech demos from companies like Sony & Panasonic but most of products reviewed below are available now to rent or purchase.

3D Stereoscopic Acquisition:

Panasonic 3D Concept Camcorder

Panasonic 3D Concept Camcorder

3D Concept Camera & Mobile P2 recorder

It kinda reminds me of Canon’s 3D XL lens concept for the XL1.

3D Film Factory split beam (3D-SB) and side-by-side (3D-SS Indie & Pro) rigs.

3ality TS-2 TS-3 & TS-4 camera rigs (training certificate program)

SI-3D compact 3D Camera rig

SI-3D linear rig small enough for a helmet

Silicon Imaging’s SI-3D camera system

Inition StereoBrain Processor

Inition StereoBrain Processor

Inition StereoBrain

Doremi GHX-3D

Cooke’s /i Intelligent protocol lenses for matching in 3D

Element Technica’s Beamsplitter & side by side rigs with CMotion‘s synchronized 3D follow focus units.

CMotions Wireless lens control system

CMotion's Wireless lens control system

Binocle Disparity Killer: uncorrected (left) and corrected (right) images

Binocle Disparity Killer: uncorrected (left) and corrected (right) images

Binocle 3D stereoscopic correction software (angeniuex booth with 3D live rig)

Display:

Transvideo 3D Anaglyph MonitorTransvideo CineMonitorHD 3DView Anaglyph HD monitor in three sizes.

Hyundai S465D

Hyundai S465D

JVC GD-463D10

JVC GD-463D10

Hyundai (S465D) & JVC (GD-463D10) 3D displays most common at show. Both circularly polarized 46”.

Philips shuts down 3DTV division

SpatialView ships Wazabee 3DShell (wasn’t at show) 13.3 Macbook version (3DeeFlector) coming soon.

SpatialViews AUto-Stereoscopic 3DeeShell for iphone

SpatialView's Auto-Stereoscopic 3DeeShell for iphone

Post-Production:

Miranda Kaleido X16

Miranda Kaleido X16

Miranda Multi-viewer Kaleido-X16

Spatial View & Quantel

Cineform’s Neo3D (my footage demoed)

Avid Media Composer v3.5 (over-under and checkerboard)

Distribution:

Clipster software for DCI mastering of 3D projects

Color-Code 3D giant screen

Next3D 3D Movie Player coming to Mac & PS3 (beta for Xbox360 available now)

3D@Home consortium 1 year old

SMPTE 3D Home Content Master Requirements @ Digital Cinema Summit

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