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3D With the Help of Fog?

FogScreens technology allows creating an image in air with the help of liquid drops. It was developed by scientists from Santa-Barbara University. They invented the new variant of 3D image creating with no use of stereoscopic glasses. 3D images, created by special devices, will just hang in air and one can easily walk it around and take a look from different sides even walk through it. The scientists used already known FogScreens technology, by means of which 2D images are created in the air on the thin layer of liquid drops.

Applying 2 devices – FogScreens and projector, which run the motion of 2D images, 2 flat pictures, transforming into 3D, can be obtained.

Color electronic holography was developed by Japanese National ICT Institute. This technology makes it possible to produce 3D image of moving objects in general lightning conditions with no use of laser beam.
The hologram is created on the base of integral photo, when an object is shot with ordinary lightning by camera, having lens, imitating insect’s oculus. Such a lens includes big amount of micro lenses. It is also used for 3D image demonstration.

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So far the size of displayed object is just 1 sm due to small angle of 3D view – 2 degrees. During the further 3 years the scientists are about to enlarge the size of 3D image up to 4 sm.

The Death of 3D Glasses?

Phillips managed to create 3D TV with no special glasses to be used to see 3D image. Its 3D TV needs a special signal — two similar, but a bit out-of-position images in each frame, a color one and a background one – in gray tints. The lenses, located on the screen direct the image to the left and right eye of a spectator, that results in stereo effect. To see 3D image a spectator must sit in single position, that is the disadvantage of the technology.

3D Glasses - No longer required?

The specialists from Berlin Institute by the name of Genrich Gerts in collaboration with scientific groups from Britain, the Netherlands and Czech work on the salvation of this problem within the project, financed by European Commission. They managed to create the system, following the spectator’s look and adopting the image on the screen accordingly.

3D TV Slow Roll Out In Japan

The first 3D TV entered the Japanese market. It is based on TriDef technique, which builds an image for each eye. The kit includes special glasses, combining the image and providing 3D effect. Without glasses the image doubles. The TV provides 3D image not only in special 3D programs, Japanese television started to produce, but, as developers said, in general 2D programs. In this case the 3D effect is not so noticeable.

The special 3D programs are translated by several cable TV companies. They are released 4 times a day and shot considering 3D viewing. Despite 3D technique is known for a long time already, this is first full-grown 3D television project in the world. The price of such a TV is $3960. the producer is Hyundai company.