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VOTW: 3D Music Video Doesn't Require Glasses

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What does 3D without glasses look like, anyway?

For the last couple of weeks, people have been discussing the possible technologies behind Nintendo's new 3DS. The company announced it would soon be launching a handheld gaming console that would be 3D-capable but wouldn't require glasses.

The general consensus is that Nintendo will employ Sharp's parallax barrier LCD (click here to learn more) but there are other alternatives when it comes to producing 3D video without the dorky glasses. Below is one such alternative.

The following is a music video for "Doubtful Discomfort" by Blue Roses. Laughing Squid reports that the video uses a technique called wiggle stereoscopy, which films sequences with two cameras, slightly offset from one another. Playback involves rapidly alternating between images from either camera.

As you can see from the video below, watching a movie made using this method would probably induce headaches and vomiting. The 3D also isn't that noticeable but we did find that full screening it and sitting back a little helps.

blue roses - "doubtful comforts" (first 3D camera-shift musicvideo!)

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    TunaSoda , March 31, 2010 5:15 PM
    "What does 3D without glasses look like, anyway?"
    Go outside and look around!
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    gtvr , March 31, 2010 5:05 PM
    I've seen a lot of music videos that induce headaches and vomiting.
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    gtvr , March 31, 2010 5:05 PM
    I've seen a lot of music videos that induce headaches and vomiting.
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    sliem , March 31, 2010 5:09 PM
    What the f**k, it made me dizzy.
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    RooD , March 31, 2010 5:15 PM
    Call it Seizure and Throw Up... STU 3D
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    TunaSoda , March 31, 2010 5:15 PM
    "What does 3D without glasses look like, anyway?"
    Go outside and look around!
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    tommysch , March 31, 2010 5:16 PM
    The one frame one frame thing is HORRIBLE!

    Plz stop it already with the 3D hype, it sucks.
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    TunaSoda , March 31, 2010 5:19 PM
    The frame switching should be done at least 16 times a second
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    Drag0nR1der , March 31, 2010 5:22 PM
    wow, sucky 3d effect, sucky music, and boring video subject matter ... oh, and judging by the comments on youtube, lying about it being novel too. I've always hated the stupid expression 'epic fail' but I'm sorely tempted to use it for this video
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    Drag0nR1der , March 31, 2010 5:26 PM
    Drag0nR1der ... oh, and judging by the comments on youtube, lying about it being novel too


    Oops, should have checked my facts firt, those 'other' videos mentioned just use a shaky effect, they dont try to recreate a 3d experience (although this one only 'tries to' rather than succeeds)
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    mavanhel , March 31, 2010 5:28 PM
    It looks like a really bad horror movie on WAY! too much acid. I couldn't finish the video 'cause it was just terrible and actually hurt my eyes.
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    Swift_owL , March 31, 2010 5:35 PM
    Don't know why I was expecting more then what I saw that video.
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    Gin Fushicho , March 31, 2010 5:39 PM
    Couldnt see 3-D anything at all, it was just a screen with frames moving back and forth.
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    tsnorquist , March 31, 2010 5:41 PM
    If this is the answer to 3D without Glasses, I don't want to know the question.
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    Trueno07 , March 31, 2010 5:44 PM
    I could get the same effect by blinking the left eye then the right eye really fast.
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    mtyermom , March 31, 2010 5:50 PM
    mavanhelon WAY! too much acid.


    define 'too much'
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    jjobaber , March 31, 2010 5:59 PM
    All I see is jittery video that's complete junk.
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    ktasley , March 31, 2010 6:24 PM
    The idea is actually really good! They just need to make it so fast we cant see it. 120hz alternating frames should do it.
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    megajynx , March 31, 2010 6:25 PM
    After watching a few times I noticed a few parts of the video ALMOST portrayed a sense of three dimensions similar to the 3DTVs they have on display at BestBuy... after of course a series of eye aches, migraines, compulsive vomiting, a half a bottle of Peptol, a nap, more migraines, and some earplugs.
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    Bolbi , March 31, 2010 6:28 PM
    Close... But the frames were slow enough that I didn't get a complete sense of 3D. The one thing it did succeed in doing is making someone who has never been motion-sick before nauseous! :) 
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    counselmancl , March 31, 2010 7:07 PM
    You can interpolate a 2d image that when viewed with a focus point either in front of or behind the actual image, an actual 3d picture emerges. This is the concept behind the magic eye pictures that were a fad fifteen years ago. That concept could work for moving 3d pictures. I'm not sure if you would have to use a random dot type system or if you could somehow use real video frames. Also, stereoscopic pictures can be viewed in 3d without the viewer using the same method to view the magic eye photos.

    I'm not sure if those techniques would take off or not because it would require training the eye to do something unnatural, but that is a way to get 3d images on current technology without any extra equipment.
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    hallock , March 31, 2010 7:41 PM
    I'm sick
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