9:55
Game, VR Displays
Introducing the PanoramaScreen :
The PanoramaScreen is a cylindrical projection environment for 360°-panoramic projections, which has been developed at the ZKM | Institute for Visual Media in collaboration with the iCinema Research Centre, Sydney since 2005.
The screen has been implemented to display panoramic movies via 4 or 6 projectors, such as 3D animations or video footage. For the recording of 360°-moving imagery, the Institute specially developed a high resolution 360°-PanoramaCamera.
The screen can also be used for stereoscopic VR-applications. Furthermore, the environment is equipped with an 8-channel audio system and offers by means of the Panorama Display Software, a software system developed at the Institute, a wide range of applications for interactive real-time applications, which are being further developed in the context of international artistic and research projects and co-operations.
The first version of the PanoramaScreen [PSI] measures 3.50m in height and 10m in diameter. The second version of the environment with currently a higher resolution [PSII] measures 2.80m in height and 8m in diameter.
Thanks to Whaly 
Tags: Curved Screen, iCinema, Projector, Stereoscopy
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15:39
VR Displays, Virtual Reality DIY
The DLP 3D technology is reaching mass market!
This ZDNet article says that those TVs “which uses DLP-based rear projection and ranging in price from $1499 to $4500″.
Moreover, Mitsubishi is planning 3D Blu-Ray player for early 2008.
From the DLP official site :
DLP® 3-D HDTV System Requirements:
• A DLP® 3-D Ready HDTV offered by either Mitsubishi or Samsung
• VESA compatible LCD shutter glasses and sync signal transmitter
• Video or graphics source which shows 3-D pictures using DLP® HDTV 3-D format.
Advantages of DLP® 3-D HDTV technology
- The DLP® 3-D HDTV technology supplies a 60Hz frame rate signal to each eye (equivalent to 120 Hz).
- The technology has a virtually zero implementation cost on new DLP® HDTV, benefiting consumers with a future proof capability.
DLP® HDTV 3-D Image Format
3-D stereoscopic video content is sent to the TV digitally, through an HDMI or DVI port. Left and right stereo images are independently filtered, then sampled in an offset grid pattern. The resulting views are then combined, and appear as a left and right checkerboard pattern in a conventional orthogonal sampled image. This format preserves the horizontal and vertical resolution of the left and right views providing the viewer with the highest quality image possible with the available bandwidth.
This whitepaper has more information about the image format.
Tags: Active Stereoscopy, DLP, HDTV, mitsubishi, Norm, Projector, samsung, Stereoscopy, TV, Virtual Reality DIY, VR Displays
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20:21
Uncategorized
[Update 20 Nov 2008: Added a possible way to have up to date nVidia drivers with stereo]
[Update 17 Nov 2008 : Added list of stereoscopic drivers]
I’ve found some pretty interesting material about professionals and enthusiasts building up stereoscopic displays for home use:
- 3D Flight simulator has a lot of information about affordable stereoscopic displays, projectors, 3d-DLP TVs, and tutorials on how to setup your system.
- Here’s a forum which lists a lot of “cheap” projectors to do active stereo.
- Here’s a very recent pdf (aug 06) about the use of LCD monitors and DLP projectors for active stereo. The bottom line: no lcd monitor is good, lot of dlp projectors are good.
- By the same author, more recent, a technical paper about “The compatibility of consumer DLP projectors with time-sequential stereoscopic 3D visualisation” and a list of the results.
- A Stereo Emitter with long range and adjustable frame delay.
- A nice article at tom’s hardware : Wall-Sized 3D Displays: The ultimate gaming room
- Infos about DLP 3D HDTV & HD Projectors
- Stereoscopic drivers : IZ3D Drivers, TriDef Drivers, Vuzix Drivers , nVidia Stereoscopic drivers
- How to have nVidia Stereo drivers with recent drivers.
See also VR Resources for forums about stereoscopy.
Tags: Norm, Projector, reference, resource, Stereoscopy, TV, Virtual Reality DIY
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19:08
VR Displays
Sorry for the lack of updates, I didn’t find time nor something enough interesting to say lately =)
Here are two videos I found through this article about the Mersive technology, which “allows you to combine low cost projectors and display technologies into high resolution; large scale displays that are cost effective and easy to setup and maintain.”
Tags: Blending, mersive, Projector, VR Displays, Warping
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16:56
Virtual Reality DIY
[EDIT : I’m moving this page here, and will update it based on my foundings!]
[DEPRECATED]
I’ve found some pretty interesting material about enthousiasts building up stereoscopic displays at home:
- Here’s a guy who’s building a passive stereo system.
- Here’s a forum which lists a lot of “cheap” projectors to do active stereo.
- Here’s a very recent pdf (aug 06) about the use of LCD monitors and DLP projectors for active stereo. The bottom line: no lcd monitor is good, lot of dlp projectors are good.
- 3D Flight simulator : they have a 2 projectors, active stereo setup, with a tutorial to make a cheap rear-projection screen.
Tags: DLP, LCD, Projector, simulator, Stereoscopy, Virtual Reality DIY
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