VOTW: 3D Music Video Doesn't Require Glasses
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.
- Nintendo,
- 3D ,
- 3dtv ,
- 3d-Glasses ,
- 3DS ,
- music-video
- Guess How Many JooJoos Have Been Sold
- 51% Would Rather Have Laptop Instead of an iPad
- XFX to Ship Radeon HD 5970 in a P90 Gun Case
- Battlefield 1943 Still Headed Towards PC Gamers
- iPhone Hacker: I'll Hack to Keep Linux on PS3
- WD's New 750 GB 2.5" HDD On The Way
- Gaming Notebook Has Touch, Full HD, Core i7
- VIDEO: MSI Prepping 24-inch 3D AIO PC
- Xbox 360 Flash Drives: $40 for 8GB, $70 for 16GB
- Get All Old Quake Games for Just $15
- Toshiba Crams 1TB Into Your Pocket
- Report: XFX Not Making GeForce GTX 480, 470s
- Behind-the-Scenes With ATI Eyefinity 6 in Our Labs
- Asus Matrix 5870 Can OC Itself for 19% FPS Boost
- Sony's PS3 Drops Linux; Why You Should Care
- An Exclusive Peek Inside Tom's Hardware's Offices
- Early iPad Reviews Give Apple Two Thumbs Up
- Microsoft Says Google Chrome Steals Your Privacy
I've seen a lot of music videos that induce headaches and vomiting.
What the f**k, it made me dizzy.
Call it Seizure and Throw Up... STU 3D
"What does 3D without glasses look like, anyway?"
Go outside and look around!
The one frame one frame thing is HORRIBLE!
Plz stop it already with the 3D hype, it sucks.
The frame switching should be done at least 16 times a second
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
... 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)
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.
Don't know why I was expecting more then what I saw that video.
Couldnt see 3-D anything at all, it was just a screen with frames moving back and forth.
If this is the answer to 3D without Glasses, I don't want to know the question.
I could get the same effect by blinking the left eye then the right eye really fast.
on WAY! too much acid.
define 'too much'
All I see is jittery video that's complete junk.
The idea is actually really good! They just need to make it so fast we cant see it. 120hz alternating frames should do it.
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.
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!
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.
I'm sick
Have there been any studies on long term affect of 3D on the mind? What about developing minds and eyes?
i can see the 3D, but i don't like it.
DAMN that hurts the shit out of my head!!!!
Ugh, this the first time I have ever had a video give me a headache.
Some of the scenes do look 3D, maybe with a higher framrate it would look better.
This is just stupid.
Holy shit.
I'm trying to read the comments after that video, but I can't stop my eyes from shaking.....
I'm getting dizzy....(not even kiddin)
.... either my eyes are too used to 60fps gaming, but this vid looks shaky. how is this effect even supposed to work? Granted, interesting experiment and proposal
"DOUBLE SLAP" this is how I felt while seeing the video... i couldn't find a better pic to represent my feeling
IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
Fail
For this being a music video for a crappy indie band I was pretty impressed. This is just a first step, and certain parts looked pretty decent for what it was. I'd imagine it would be pretty tedious to edit this together. This was not a multi-million dollar project and for a cheap budget it is passable, headache inducing, but passable.