3D movies -- with funny glasses

[Ernest Burden III]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/11/theaters.3d.ap/index.html

 

Has anyone seen arch-vis animation done in 3D? I hereby claim Arch'O'Vision, so get your own moniker.

 

I have a pair of 3D shutter glasses that came with an Elsa graphics card (remember Elsa?) and I had tried them out playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater. 20 minutes and I felt sick for a few hours, but the effect sure worked as an immersive 3D experience.

 

But beyond interactive 3D, like a game, what about arch-vis animation in 3D? Interesting prospect.

 

The 3D glasses I have use an eye blanking technique so they 'cover' the left eye, they the right. You need a refresh rate of at least 100 (so each eye sees at 50) but that's getting pretty easy to find, and a special driver from nvidia. Then it runs in any DirectX environment. I'm sure there are better versions of this now.

 

Acme Digital is pleased to announce our new Arch-O-Vision group. Clients: the line forms to the left. Hey! One at a time, there's plenty for everybody.

 

And while I'm at it, I claim Arch'O'Rama. Mine.

[Fran]

...And while I'm at it, I claim Arch'O'Rama. Mine.

 

LMAO!

[vizwhiz]

EBIII, you dont do? Arch-o-Torture illustration?

 

Elsa, now That is a blast from The past

(but i didnt Think That you are That old)

 

i signed up a website as 'The archi-Torturist'

(but i just cant remember The website name)

 

randy

[Tommy L]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/11/theaters.3d.ap/index.html

 

Has anyone seen arch-vis animation done in 3D? I hereby claim Arch'O'Vision, so get your own moniker.

 

I have a pair of 3D shutter glasses that came with an Elsa graphics card (remember Elsa?) and I had tried them out playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater. 20 minutes and I felt sick for a few hours, but the effect sure worked as an immersive 3D experience.

 

But beyond interactive 3D, like a game, what about arch-vis animation in 3D? Interesting prospect.

 

The 3D glasses I have use an eye blanking technique so they 'cover' the left eye, they the right. You need a refresh rate of at least 100 (so each eye sees at 50) but that's getting pretty easy to find, and a special driver from nvidia. Then it runs in any DirectX environment. I'm sure there are better versions of this now.

 

Acme Digital is pleased to announce our new Arch-O-Vision group. Clients: the line forms to the left. Hey! One at a time, there's plenty for everybody.

 

And while I'm at it, I claim Arch'O'Rama. Mine.

 

Yes, me and the guys at 3dcom in the UK worked with a local university which was researching this kind of thing. We generated some walkthroughs for them to show on their 3d cinema in their lab. It was fantastic, worked very well. They already had some medical models there, you could kind of walk around a skull and some organs. they had a very advanced setup, with two projectors and surround sound in a cinema with small stage at the front to walk around on. The glasses were the ones you mentioned. setting up the 3d was fairly simple, you just render it from 2 'eyes'. With a bit of experimentation we decided the viewers 'eyes' should be around 8 inches apart (if I remember right, this was around 3 years ago). It was very exciting, but at the same time felt kind of primitive because of the glasses. We also just couldnt figure out a way to bring it to a client effectively.

[Ernest Burden III]

It was very exciting, but at the same time felt kind of primitive because of the glasses. We also just couldnt figure out a way to bring it to a client effectively.

 

We could now use a laptop to display, as long as you could set it to a refresh rate of 100 or 120. The Elsa glasses were driven by an infra-red broadcaster--it blinked and the glasses sync'ed to in wirelessly. So you could have a bunch of people use the system at once.

 

There may be system coming along that don't use funny glasses, but it seems we're stuck with the specs.

 

I just wonder about the perceived value of the results--a typical arch-vis 'walkthrough' with all the usual effects, music, etc. but in 3D. If the technique is to become more common in cinemas, perhaps clients will be more interested in the option for arch-vis.

[Ricardo Eloy]

Interesting topic... Last week a company came to our school to show off their 3D LCD monitor. No glasses, just an auto-stereoscopic screen. Very cool, but after a few minutes I started to feel not so good.