A promising new technology hopes to offer 3D films on television displays without the need for special 3D glasses. According to the Fraunhofer Institute, researchers plan to unveil the technology at the end of the month during Berlin’s IFA trade show.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications research team at the Heinrich-Hertz Institute in Berlin says it has developed a new technology that converts Blu-ray 3D content in real-time to be shown on autostereoscopic displays.
“We take the existing two images and generate a depth map — that is to say, a map that assigns a specific distance from the camera to each object,” says Christian Riechert, research fellow at HHI. “From there we compute any of several intermediate views by applying depth image-based rendering techniques.”
“And here’s the really neat thing: the process operates on a fully automated basis, and in real-time,” adds Riechert.
Simultaneous interpretation allows the viewer to screen a 3D Blu-ray disc without the need for glasses while enjoying the same familiar experience of a conventional stereoscopic approach, including the ability to fast forward, rewind, start and stop, etc. The researchers claim that flickering on the edges of objects (commonly due to imprecise estimations) is now imperceptible.
The team’s next step is to collaborate with industry partners to port the software onto a hardware product that can be used with televisions. The post suggests it will be “at least another calendar year” before we see a product in stores.
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