I just created a new Google+ “Community” online – if you are interested in hobbyist shooting of 3D stereoscopic video – hope to ramp this up into a good community.
It’s located here: https://plus.google.com/communities/103616570140047798476
All are welcome to join!
Hilarious short (for photo and video nuts) that left me laughing out loud.
Exactly:
One of the overriding topics of this year’s 3D Stereo MEDIA is how bad 3D is hurting the industry, yet for Comisky, it’s all about the context and the target audience, citing the success of 3D horror films. “I know what bad 3D is when it comes to doing a quality picture but then there are different genres,” noted Comisky.
via Chuck Comisky: “3D will not save a bad movie” | Diary Blog | Screen.
Directors, producers and crews that seek excellence in the entire process are the ones that will be successful. No different than the 2D world!
Did you know that Google Earth is now in stereoscopic #3D? I should have known but only just discovered this. I vaguely remember the announcement in early summer (my Mom passed away at the age of 93 this summer and I was distracted from the Google Earth announcement).
I have an Nvidia display chipset and in the Nvidia Control Panel, I have the “Set up stereoscopic 3D” option set to “Enable stereoscopic 3D”. I do not have a 3D monitor but for me, I have it set to red/cyan anaglyph.
Anyway, Google Earth imagery – and street views – are now display in red/cyan anaglyph 3D!
Update: I am told the street level views, which are in 3D now too, are a fake 3D created from processing the laser range finder data with the still images. Depending on they do the drive-by shooting (couldn’t resist), another possibility would be to use a single frame offset between one image as the left eye and the next frame as the right eye (or vice versa).
I went searching through Youtube this evening for 3D content and found plenty of it – and plenty of it was basically awful!
Badly misaligned left and right eye views, edge violations, poor quality 2D-to-3D conversions. Not the sort of quality that will encourage others to enjoy 3D.
It is good to see people trying to do 3D – but it will take time for new enthusiasts to learn how to shoot and process 3D correctly. As 3D hobbyists ourselves, we need to help teach others how to create good quality 3D.
