With that in mind, 3Net — the 3D cable channel owned by Sony, Discovery and IMAX — have created an in-house production company to make original 3D content.
via 3Net creating 3D production and distribution studio – latimes.com.
A Micro Four Thirds mount camera with CCD sensors
Which means no jello in videos: No joke: SVS-Vistek makes a MFT mount camera with global shutter! | 43 Rumors.
As I understand them, CCDs read/write a frame at a time, unlike the line at a time used in lower powered CMOS sensors. Both can take great photos, but when it comes to video, CMOS results in the “jello effect” seen in handheld smart phone and even high end dSLR cameras using CMOS sensors. HOWEVER, I do not know from the story whether these sensors and cameras would be used for shooting video.
And you may be surprised at who designs and manufactures the image sensors.
Is a 10-bit video codec always way better than an 8-bit codec?
It depends:
“As long as you have the right 8-bit, youre fine." DSLRs like the 5D Mark III have 14-bit sensors, but for video capture, they’re converted down to 8-bit. Its this 8-bit “secret sauce” that the experienced engineers are able to pull off. “If the engineers are getting the right 8-bit in that final codec, its visibly lossless,”
via Misinformation: The Right 8 Bits | HDVideoPro.com.
It also depends on the lighting in the scene. If the scene has a high dynamic range, more bits are better. If the scene’s dynamic range is shallow, fewer bits are needed to capture the full range. And, like the above, it also depends on how the codec itself works to capture in 14-bits but mix down to 8-bits.
Microsoft Develops 3D sensor to track finger movements
New 3D-capable Set Top Boxes Coming from ZTE
Says the new STBs will support Internet content:
ZTE Corp. 763, China’s second-largest maker of telephone equipment, plans to release digital set-top boxes for 3D television services that will run Google Inc. GOOG’s Android operating system.
via ZTE Plans 3D Digital-TV Boxes Operating Google’s Android – Bloomberg.
Which is why I think 3D is going to occur via the Internet more than the traditional broadcast pipes, particularly while 3D is a growing niche.