The 3D market is expected to be 25 times the size it is now
within four years but many think there is not enough content of buying the
equipment. Could "up scaling" 2D content to give it an extra
dimension be the answer?
As recently as last week, an Informal report stated
"fewer than half of the 11 million 3DTV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will
be active and regular users of 3DTV content."
So a number of major manufacturers are trying to make sure
everyone with a 3D TV will be using it.
A process has been developed which explain the flat image in
real-time and converts it into a 3D picture, with the use of the correct
glasses of course. The marketing literature from the manufacturer’s promises
results almost as good as the real this. It means that any DVD or Blu-ray,
regardless of whether it was filmed in 3D originally, can be watched in three
dimensions.
My personal philosophy is that post conversion should be
used for one thing and one thing only - which is to take library titles that
are favourites that are proven, and convert them into 3D - whether it's Jaws or
ET or Indiana Jones, Close Encounters... or Titanic.
Because of the way 3D technology tricks the eye, the way the
image is cropped affects how well the 3D image will look. And this has left
many experts unconvinced about how good the current technology is.
Nine years has been spent turning Star Wars into a 3D production.
3D movies have a much higher chance of achieving a big
box office than 2D movies: 52% for 3D versus 5% for a 2D movie, 3D movies are almost
certain to make money J ,
an unheard request for 2D movies.
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